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Top 10 Embarrassing Moments in U.S. History
There are many events in the history of the United States that make Americans proud of their heritage and history. At the same time, there are several moments in U.S. history that are shameful, and go down in history as outright embarrassing. Here is a look at the Top 10 Most Shameful Moments in U.S. history:
10. Barack Obama Disses Nancy Reagan:
In his first press conference after being elected as President, Barack Obama said that he spoke to all the living presidents, and then clarifies that by adding, “I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances.” The poor woman is frail and lost her husband to Dementia. Someone should teach Obama to respect his elders.
9. Salem Witch Trials:
In 1692, the daughter and niece of Reverend Samuel Parris of Salem Village became sick all of the sudden. When the two children failed to improve, the village doctor, William Griggs, was called in to investigate. His diagnosis of bewitchment put into motion the forces that would ultimately result in the death by hanging of nineteen men and women (Salem Witch Trials}. In addition, one man was crushed to death; seven others died in prison, and many more lives were changed forever. As years passed, apologies were offered, and restitution was made to the victims’ families. No apology doesn’t bring back the dead.
8. Alger Hiss Convicted Of Perjury:
in 1950, Algr Hiss, who advised Franklin Roosevelt at Yalta, turned out to be nothing but a Soviet spy. He was convicted of perjury in 1950. Although he had been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, He served only three years and eight months. He was released on November 27, 1954. While serving his time, Hiss acted as a voluntary attorney, adviser, and tutor for many of his fellow inmates. Trying to probably sway people to the left in the penal system.
7. Larry Craig Restroom Incident:
Senator Larry Craig painted a new picture to the word caucusing when he got caught playing footsies in an airport men’s room with another dude in 2007. Needless to say, the world had a field day laughing at Craig or “The Restroom Don Juan” as David Letterman called him. Craig announced his resignation, but then backed down after “talking it over with guy in stall number 3″ (Conan O’Brien), angering his colleagues as a result.
6. George H.W. Bush Vomiting Incident:
The George H.W. Bush vomiting incident took place on January 8, 1992 when U.S. President George H.W. Bush fainted after vomiting at a banquet hosted by former Prime Minister of Japan, Kiichi Miyazawa. Bush later made comments to the press that he had a 24 hour flu bug. I guess this was was just a case of bad sushi. The incident sparked a wave of late night television jokes and ridicule amongst the international community.
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