Jimmy Carter Honored (USS Irony Edition)

Nick Gillespie | February 22, 2005

Former peanut farmer and naval officer Jimmy Carter has had the "world's most advanced fast-attack submarine named in his honor."

Which leads Neil Steinberg in the "eyes, the ears, the honest voice of New York" (a.k.a. the Daily News) to note:

Name senior centers and, at the proper time, a stamp after him.

But an attack submarine, as the Navy did yesterday? After the man famous for two battles: a tragically botched rescue mission in the Iranian desert, and fending off a crazed bunny with an oar?

Whole thing here (second item; link from Romenesko).