Amazingly enough, Carter was considered a moderate and was heavily criticized by the liberal wing of the party, the Kennedy wing. They never forgave him for endorsing Scoop Jackson against McGovern. They disliked him for beginning the full-scale development of the AGM-86B cruise missile and the Patriot missile and for deploying Pershing missiles in Europe after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. They considered him a war-monger and did not like zero-based budgeting either. Remember when Kennedy ran against him and after he (Kennedy) was soundly beaten in some very divisive elections, Kennedy pranced around the podium at the convention then effectively sat out the election, splitting the party. It is only relatively recently that he has come to be considered a liberal, mainly by people like you who just call him that using the term as an epitaph; and by others who really are too stupid to know better. Some of the latter argue it most vociferously here as a canard when they cannot muster any facts or logic against my arguments. Even though I proclaim to be a liberal they have been programmed such that they cannot think of anything worse to call him while trying to insult me. And look at this stuff from the self proclaimed rat Rodentia Castoridae, I mean really... pitiful. Amateurs. I appreciate your erudition.

Obama is definitely a more dynamic speaker. Since the differences between him and Hillary are minute it really doesn’t matter to me at this point how much he talks about issues. He has laid out some plans in great detail on his web site and in speeches, others not so much yet. Realistically, any small difference between, say, his health plan and Clinton’s, are meaningless considering both plans will twist and turn as they pass (or fail) through Congress. Shockingly and depressingly, we still have 8 months before the election. Plenty of time for every nuance of every issue to be ground exceedingly fine, so have no fear.

I hope tonight Hillary’s quest is ended; which it will be if Obama takes Texas as it looks like he may. I think he might take Ohio. Vermont for sure and Clinton wins Rhode Island. Interpretation will be interesting if Clinton wins the popular vote in Texas and loses the delegate race which seems likely if Obama doesn’t win outright.

So, on to tonight which will be mucho interesting!

And I ain’t trading my hot sports car for no VW van; the beads were too hard to dust anyway, and the fat lady hasn’t sung. But Richard, truly if you think about it, considering all the people in the race a year ago, to end up with Obama vs. McCain… I’ve already won.

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"President Bush talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years. Maybe a hundred, that's fine with me. I don't think Americans are concerned if we're there for a hundred years, or a thousand years, or ten thousand years." John McCain

Jimmy Carter: Terrorist Stooge

Censure Carter.com

The Volokh Conspiracy

Former Carter Center Member Says Jimmy Carter Condones Palestinian Terrorism

Jimmy for Terror

Moonbattery - Jimmy Carter Praises Hamas "So-Called Terrorists"

Father of the Iranian revolution

Let me know if you want more, Jeff. There's plenty out there.
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No wonder I missed all of this last year when it came out. The liberal media refused to cover it. And Alan Dershowitz’s book - on Carter: "Ex-President for Sale" - - How rich.

Thanks for sharing. Sheds a whole new light on Jimmy's post presidential activities. Just proves what a desperate man is capable of - which includes ANYTHING to attempt to erase the memory of being labeled as the worst President in the 20th Century.

Looks like Bill Clinton (the second worst) learned many a good lesson from Jimmy Carter on finding post presidential funding.

The Bard of Peachtree City

I misspoke below in “Dershowitz?”

Besides childhood vaccinations, part of the money went towards distributing Mectizan in Africa for treating Onchocerciasis, or river blindness.

Earlier this year, the Carter Center distributed its 100 millionth dose of Mectizan in Africa.

The Carter Center River Blindness (Onchocerciasis) Program

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"President Bush talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years. Maybe a hundred, that's fine with me. I don't think Americans are concerned if we're there for a hundred years, or a thousand years, or ten thousand years." John McCain

Oh well, too bad - it still can't change those four years in office.

You can tell a lot about someone by his enemies. I think that might make us both happy.

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"President Bush talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years. Maybe a hundred, that's fine with me. I don't think Americans are concerned if we're there for a hundred years, or a thousand years, or ten thousand years." John McCain

Dershowitz’s piece would have been a lot more effective if Carter had ever taken a dime from any source except his books since he left the White House. All other income has been given to the Carter Center (including the money received from winning the Nobel Peace Prize) which discloses all expenses and President Carter himself has never received a penny from the Carter Center or any donor.

The specific funds that Dersh complains about were raised specifically for and spent specifically for childhood vaccinations in Africa as fully disclosed by the Carter Center’s annual report which is where Dersh got the information. The annual reports are on-line for anyone interested or printed copies can be picked up for free at the Center.

A swing…………. and a miss.

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"President Bush talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years. Maybe a hundred, that's fine with me. I don't think Americans are concerned if we're there for a hundred years, or a thousand years, or ten thousand years." John McCain

Don't confuse him with facts, Jeff! His mind is already made up!
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I actually tracked down an e-mail address for Melanie Moonbat at the censure carter site once and offered to write an accompanying rebuttal she could have for free. I even offered to send her some more pictures even though I did add that it was absurdly silly to post pictures of high government officials with people and then insinuate that because they are in the same picture they are somehow ideologically connected. (No I’m not going to post one of the pictures of Rumsfeld sucking up to Saddam, don’t worry).

Anyway, Melanie M. frothed and blew spittle via e-mail and for some reason started into a long exchange about Rumsfeld being the best SecDef we ever had. I offered to write up a nice piece about Rumsfeld that she could post on her web site and offered a short sample. Melanie M. became enraged and ranted like a rabid dog about some silly thing or the other.

So I sent her another e-mail offering to help with her petition and got a message back saying my e-mail had been blocked! I was hurt.

So sign her petition. And if you ever run across her or come up with an e-mail address, please send her my best regards.

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"President Bush talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years. Maybe a hundred, that's fine with me. I don't think Americans are concerned if we're there for a hundred years, or a thousand years, or ten thousand years." John McCain

during the Iran Hostage crisis is all you need to mention. Attempt after attempt failed. What a supreme national embarrassment.

Gee, doesn't that sound very similiar to the foreign policy being espoused by Barack Obama???

Sounds like "change" for the future is really just a return to FAILED POLICIES OF THE PAST.

The Bard of Peachtree City

You gotta remember, bard, that Ronald Reagan's campaign team (led by William Casey) were busy committing treason at the same time that President Carter was trying to secure the release of the hostages. "Just hold them until we get elected and we'll release allllllll those funds that Carter embargoed". They did, and they did.
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Treason? Successfully negotiating the release of hostages is treason? NOT. And thank God Reagan and Casey did it. Because Carter's efforts were completely IMPOTENT.

But you left out many other significant parts of the negotiation sniff. Like negotiating from a position of strength, instead of weakness.

If Carter had been re-elected, the hostages probably would have DIED over there.

Get a grip. And get over it.