Post turtle
"Post turtle" is a phrase that has been used in the political discourse of various countries based on an old joke about the leader of a group being comparable to a turtle balanced on top of a fence post. The crux of the joke is that both the Politician and the Post Turtle: Did not get to their position on accident. Did not get to their position on their own. Are unable to remove themselves from their current position. Cannot do anything useful from their position Should not be in their position.
"Post turtle" is a phrase that has been used in the political discourse of various countries based on an old joke about the leader of a group being comparable to a turtle balanced on top of a fence post. [1]
The crux of the joke is that both the Politician and the Post Turtle:
- Did not get to their position on accident.
- Did not get to their position on their own.
- Are unable to remove themselves from their current position.
- Cannot do anything useful from their position
- Should not be in their position.
History
[edit]On Good Morning America in 1998, Hillary Clinton said, "If you find a turtle on a fence post, it didn't get there by accident, and I just look at the landscape around here, and I see just lots of big old turtles sitting on lots of fence posts, and I think we need to find out how those old turtles got on those fence posts."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Kennedy, William (March 24, 2002). "The Turtle on the Fence Post". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 2, 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
- ^ "Hillary Clinton talks about turtles on fence posts". YouTube. 21 August 2013.