The American Presidential Medal of Freedom was established in 1963 by JFK to honour individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, or world peace, or cultural or other significant public or private endeavors".
Some of the names on the list make sense, while I struggle to see the meritorious contribution made by others. **Who do you think is the second most absurd pick?** (Recognising that Bill Cosby almost certainly wins this dishonour, but only in retrospect).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom_recipients
. “Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?”
“Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it.”
.[To an African American female caller]: “Take that bone out of your nose and call me back.”
“We need segregated buses… This is Obama’s America.”
“You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you, James. Godspeed.”
“The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.”
President Trump should give all of us Presidential Medals of Freedom for stocking our stores during this time. 🥇
