Jimmy Carter blasts Bush
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I think Jimmy Carter just saw so much wrong with the Bush administration, he had to speak up! To heck with the tradition of keeping silent when so many things are being screwed up by Bush . Carter spoke up against Clinton too so these were not partisan statements. He is a man who does what he thinks is best for the country, no matter what party controls the White House. Was Carter a great President? Nope. I’d dare say he was the most honest and giving man the White House has ever seen though. What do past Presidents do after they leave office? Jimmy Carter continued his work for the poor, etc. Top quality man! Jerry
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – That was the good thing I remember about Mr. Peanut and perhaps his only important contribution. Don’t forget the Camp David Accord between Israel and Egypt. That’s his legacy. Other than that, however, he was a failure. I love the guy (voted for him twice) but his criticism of Bush shows a lack of class. It’s been a time-honored tradition for ex-Presidents to not criticize their successors.
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I think it shows a man who isn’t afraid to tell it like it is. Bush is the most classless president in history.
Better define "class" for us then. Oh, yeah, getting a BJ in the Oval Office and messing up the giver’s dress… now THAT’S class! Rick
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By your crass attitude and insulting name "Mr. Peanut" I can see you have no use for people who are good hearted and volunteer their time to help the less fortunate. What sarcastic nickname do you have for Mother Teresa?
My dear sir. I have been roaming this planet for quite a few years. I remember Eisenhower’s first term. I remember the turkey with the hole in his shoe who ran against him. I remember the day Kennedy was shot. I was working at a radio station and the teletype went nuts for hours. I remember LBJ. I was in the Army then. Sing to the Mickey Mouse Club theme, "LBJ, all the way, and Humpy baby too." I remember Carter. Mr. Peanut was a common nickname for him. It actually was used in at least one movie, "Iron Eagles" staring Louis Gossette Jr. (did I spell that right?). You must be very young to think I coined Mr. Peanut for Carter. It was very common back then and that is how I remember him. Chuck — … The times have been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die. … Macbeth
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"….but his criticism of Bush shows a lack of class."
I think it shows a man who isn’t afraid to tell it like it is. Bush is the most classless president in history. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –
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Don’t forget 1) Iran hostages (444 days in captivity) 2) High unemployment 3) Andy Young as UN Ambassador Carters as a President was an embarresment. His work on the humanitatian side since leaving office is excellent.
No, Clinton was the biggest, moral embarrassment——Bush the biggest mental embarrassment! And Carter’s work on the humanitarian side wasn’t started just after he left office. Jerry
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By your crass attitude and insulting name "Mr. Peanut" I can see you have no use for people who are good hearted and volunteer their time to help the less fortunate. What sarcastic nickname do you have for Mother Teresa? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Jimmy Carter is one of the most admirable people I know of. He is a dedicated humanitarian. He now spends most of his time helping and working with the poor through his Carter Center organization in Atlanta. The Center works to fight disease and homelessness, prevent human rights abuses, build democracy, improve health, and revitalize urban areas. He and his wife lead the Jimmy Carter Work Project (JCWP) for Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) and pitch in to construct houses to help the homeless. He is highly respected as a champion for human rights. He was a Naval officer and Governor of Georgia. As president, among other things he expanded the national park system and created the Department of Education. In 1976 he was Time magazine’s Man of the Year. The last thing he should be called is a "small" person. Whatever. As to being a bad president, he was. However, he was overshadowed by the hopeless incompetence of LBJ still fairly fresh in people’s minds. Mr. Peanut was not directly responsible for thousands of deaths as was LBJ. Actually, Mr. Peanut started the final round that through consistent policy in the Reagan years bankrupted the Soviet Union. That was the good thing I remember about Mr. Peanut and perhaps his only important contribution. The down side was paying the piper when the Soviet Union failed. The economy here was screwed up for a few years from the dislocation of dismantling the military/industrial complex. We, as a country, had to do that. Life under a gun had grown too tiresome. In any event, I considered Mr. Peanut yet another less than mediocre president. I indeed consider a "blast" from him as an endorsement. Chuck — … The times have been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die. … Macbeth
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One of the very few things I liked about Carter as President was his push for developing alternative energy. He did give us that huge alternative energy tax credit, but then the marketers of thos products jacked the prices up.
Yeah, he’s a much better former president than he was a president. Maybe we should give him a second chance? Much of the things that happened while he was president weren’t his fault. Do you think a Carter/Gore ticket could beat a Bush/Bush ticket? I’d proably for for them. The main things that Carter did that I like: (1) signed the bill that legalized small breweries and homebrewing. and (2) Obbackountry: signed the bill that created most of Alaska’s national parks and preserves. JW
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That was the good thing I remember about Mr. Peanut and perhaps his only important contribution.
Don’t forget the Camp David Accord between Israel and Egypt. That’s his legacy. Other than that, however, he was a failure. I love the guy (voted for him twice) but his criticism of Bush shows a lack of class. It’s been a time-honored tradition for ex-Presidents to not criticize their successors.
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Don’t forget 1) Iran hostages (444 days in captivity) 2) High unemployment 3) Andy Young as UN Ambassador Carters as a President was an embarresment. His work on the humanitatian side since leaving office is excellent. Seth Dillon – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – What a laugh! One of the WORST presidents in modern history, double-digit inflation, the gas crisis, and we are supposed to listen to his opinions! LOL! Ruger9 Jimmy Carter Criticizes Bush Tenure PLAINS, Ga. (AP) – In a rare instance of one former president criticizing a current one, Jimmy Carter is taking issue with just about everything George W. Bush has done in office.
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One of the very few things I liked about Carter as President was his push for developing alternative energy. He did give us that huge alternative energy tax credit, but then the marketers of thos products jacked the prices up. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Jimmy Carter is one of the most admirable people I know of. He is a dedicated humanitarian. He now spends most of his time helping and working with the poor through his Carter Center organization in Atlanta. The Center works to fight disease and homelessness, prevent human rights abuses, build democracy, improve health, and revitalize urban areas. He and his wife lead the Jimmy Carter Work Project (JCWP) for Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) and pitch in to construct houses to help the homeless. He is highly respected as a champion for human rights. He was a Naval officer and Governor of Georgia. As president, among other things he expanded the national park system and created the Department of Education. In 1976 he was Time magazine’s Man of the Year. The last thing he should be called is a "small" person. Jimmy Carter Criticizes Bush Tenure Well golly. I wish Jimmy Carter would endorse me that way. I have to live with complements from "smaller" people. Chuck — … The times have been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die. … Macbeth
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One of the very few things I liked about Carter as President was his push for developing alternative energy. He did give us that huge alternative energy tax credit, but then the marketers of thos products jacked the prices up.
The other effect was that people were using the tax credits as a subsidy to install a marginal energy source onto energy inefficient dwellings. In the end, the program was cancelled as being a taxpayer rip-off. If something needs to be subsidized, its a loser. Just as in nature, "Survival of the Fittest" should also apply in the marketplace to weed out the weak, bolster the strong and promote the best of "evolution" … Mr. Blah
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Jimmy Carter is one of the most admirable people I know of. He is a dedicated humanitarian. He now spends most of his time helping and working with the poor through his Carter Center organization in Atlanta. The Center works to fight disease and homelessness, prevent human rights abuses, build democracy, improve health, and revitalize urban areas. He and his wife lead the Jimmy Carter Work Project (JCWP) for Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) and pitch in to construct houses to help the homeless. He is highly respected as a champion for human rights. He was a Naval officer and Governor of Georgia. As president, among other things he expanded the national park system and created the Department of Education. In 1976 he was Time magazine’s Man of the Year. The last thing he should be called is a "small" person.
Whatever. As to being a bad president, he was. However, he was overshadowed by the hopeless incompetence of LBJ still fairly fresh in people’s minds. Mr. Peanut was not directly responsible for thousands of deaths as was LBJ. Actually, Mr. Peanut started the final round that through consistent policy in the Reagan years bankrupted the Soviet Union. That was the good thing I remember about Mr. Peanut and perhaps his only important contribution. The down side was paying the piper when the Soviet Union failed. The economy here was screwed up for a few years from the dislocation of dismantling the military/industrial complex. We, as a country, had to do that. Life under a gun had grown too tiresome. In any event, I considered Mr. Peanut yet another less than mediocre president. I indeed consider a "blast" from him as an endorsement. Chuck — … The times have been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die. … Macbeth
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What a laugh! One of the WORST presidents in modern history, double-digit inflation, the gas crisis, and we are supposed to listen to his opinions! LOL! Ruger9 – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Jimmy Carter Criticizes Bush Tenure PLAINS, Ga. (AP) – In a rare instance of one former president criticizing a current one, Jimmy Carter is taking issue with just about everything George W. Bush has done in office. Carter criticizes Bush for not pressuring Israel to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, for threatening to abandon the anti-ballistic missile treaty and for not supporting human rights more strongly. He says Bush has ignored moderates in both parties and calls Bush’s proposed missile defense shield a “technologically ridiculous” idea that will “re-escalate the nuclear arms race.” “I have been disappointed in almost everything he has done,” Carter told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer in an interview last week from his home in Plains. Asked to comment, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said: “President Bush is just returning from successful, productive meetings with European leaders, including a meeting with Mr. Putin where significant progress was made toward implementing new strategic framework that meets the threats of the 21st century. “The president is looking forward and continuing to build upon the bipartisan progress we are making to achieve meaningful and real results for the American people.” Carter also was critical of President Clinton during the fellow Democrat’s administration, calling the Monica Lewinsky scandal an embarrassment and disparaging Clinton’s policy in North Korea and Haiti. Carter is “a guy with strong views, and I think that’s always been the case,” said presidential scholar Charles Jones of the University of Wisconsin. “What surprises me is a kind of a sweeping critical analysis, at what has to be said is an early stage.” Carter noted that he had volunteered to be one of the few Democrats at Bush’s inauguration because he was optimistic about the administration. “I hoped that coming out of an uncertain election he would reach out to people of diverse views, not just Democrats and Republicans but others who had different points of view,” Carter said. “I thought he would be a moderate leader, but he has been very strictly conforming to some of the more conservative members of his administration, his vice president and his secretary of defense in particular. More moderate people like Colin Powell have been frozen out of the basic decision-making in dealing with international affairs.” He was also critical of Bush for not calling for the removal of Israeli settlements on the West Bank. “George Sr. took a strong position on that issue, and so did I,” said Carter, whose offer to mediate the conflict was declined by both the Israelis and the Palestinians.
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Jimmy Carter is one of the most admirable people I know of. He is a dedicated humanitarian. He now spends most of his time helping and working with the poor through his Carter Center organization in Atlanta. The Center works to fight disease and homelessness, prevent human rights abuses, build democracy, improve health, and revitalize urban areas. He and his wife lead the Jimmy Carter Work Project (JCWP) for Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) and pitch in to construct houses to help the homeless. He is highly respected as a champion for human rights. He was a Naval officer and Governor of Georgia. As president, among other things he expanded the national park system and created the Department of Education. In 1976 he was Time magazine’s Man of the Year. The last thing he should be called is a "small" person. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Jimmy Carter Criticizes Bush Tenure Well golly. I wish Jimmy Carter would endorse me that way. I have to live with complements from "smaller" people. Chuck — … The times have been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die. … Macbeth
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Apparently you can’t read Keyton. Every word of the paragraph you quoted appears in my post. I edited nothing. I simply copied and pasted the article in it’s entirety. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Funny how you edited this paragraph from the same article: "Carter also was critical of President Clinton during the fellow Democrat’s administration, calling the Monica Lewinsky scandal an embarrassment and disparaging Clinton’s policy in North Korea and Haiti. " And you want to lecture me on credibility? Puh-LEEZE!! Jimmy Carter Criticizes Bush Tenure PLAINS, Ga. (AP) – In a rare instance of one former president criticizing a current one, Jimmy Carter is taking issue with just about everything George W. Bush has done in office. Carter criticizes Bush for not pressuring Israel to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, for threatening to abandon the anti-ballistic missile treaty and for not supporting human rights more strongly. He says Bush has ignored moderates in both parties and calls Bush’s proposed missile defense shield a “technologically ridiculous” idea that will “re-escalate the nuclear arms race.” “I have been disappointed in almost everything he has done,” Carter told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer in an interview last week from his home in Plains. Asked to comment, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said: “President Bush is just returning from successful, productive meetings with European leaders, including a meeting with Mr. Putin where significant progress was made toward implementing new strategic framework that meets the threats of the 21st century. “The president is looking forward and continuing to build upon the bipartisan progress we are making to achieve meaningful and real results for the American people.” Carter also was critical of President Clinton during the fellow Democrat’s administration, calling the Monica Lewinsky scandal an embarrassment and disparaging Clinton’s policy in North Korea and Haiti. Carter is “a guy with strong views, and I think that’s always been the case,” said presidential scholar Charles Jones of the University of Wisconsin. “What surprises me is a kind of a sweeping critical analysis, at what has to be said is an early stage.” Carter noted that he had volunteered to be one of the few Democrats at Bush’s inauguration because he was optimistic about the administration. “I hoped that coming out of an uncertain election he would reach out to people of diverse views, not just Democrats and Republicans but others who had different points of view,” Carter said. “I thought he would be a moderate leader, but he has been very strictly conforming to some of the more conservative members of his administration, his vice president and his secretary of defense in particular. More moderate people like Colin Powell have been frozen out of the basic decision-making in dealing with international affairs.” He was also critical of Bush for not calling for the removal of Israeli settlements on the West Bank. “George Sr. took a strong position on that issue, and so did I,” said Carter, whose offer to mediate the conflict was declined by both the Israelis and the Palestinians.
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Jimmy Carter Criticizes Bush Tenure
Well golly. I wish Jimmy Carter would endorse me that way. I have to live with complements from "smaller" people. Chuck — … The times have been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die. … Macbeth
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*retraction* Missed it, never mind. Different paragraph location in your posting than the article I saw. *close retraction*
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Funny how you edited this paragraph from the same article: "Carter also was critical of President Clinton during the fellow Democrat’s administration, calling the Monica Lewinsky scandal an embarrassment and disparaging Clinton’s policy in North Korea and Haiti. " And you want to lecture me on credibility? Puh-LEEZE!! Jimmy Carter Criticizes Bush Tenure PLAINS, Ga. (AP) – In a rare instance of one former president criticizing a current one, Jimmy Carter is taking issue with just about everything George W. Bush has done in office. Carter criticizes Bush for not pressuring Israel to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, for threatening to abandon the anti-ballistic missile treaty and for not supporting human rights more strongly. He says Bush has ignored moderates in both parties and calls Bush’s proposed missile defense shield a “technologically ridiculous” idea that will “re-escalate the nuclear arms race.” “I have been disappointed in almost everything he has done,” Carter told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer in an interview last week from his home in Plains. Asked to comment, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said: “President Bush is just returning from successful, productive meetings with European leaders, including a meeting with Mr. Putin where significant progress was made toward implementing new strategic framework that meets the threats of the 21st century. “The president is looking forward and continuing to build upon the bipartisan progress we are making to achieve meaningful and real results for the American people.” Carter also was critical of President Clinton during the fellow Democrat’s administration, calling the Monica Lewinsky scandal an embarrassment and disparaging Clinton’s policy in North Korea and Haiti. Carter is “a guy with strong views, and I think that’s always been the case,” said presidential scholar Charles Jones of the University of Wisconsin. “What surprises me is a kind of a sweeping critical analysis, at what has to be said is an early stage.” Carter noted that he had volunteered to be one of the few Democrats at Bush’s inauguration because he was optimistic about the administration. “I hoped that coming out of an uncertain election he would reach out to people of diverse views, not just Democrats and Republicans but others who had different points of view,” Carter said. “I thought he would be a moderate leader, but he has been very strictly conforming to some of the more conservative members of his administration, his vice president and his secretary of defense in particular. More moderate people like Colin Powell have been frozen out of the basic decision-making in dealing with international affairs.” He was also critical of Bush for not calling for the removal of Israeli settlements on the West Bank. “George Sr. took a strong position on that issue, and so did I,” said Carter, whose offer to mediate the conflict was declined by both the Israelis and the Palestinians.
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Funny how you edited this paragraph from the same article: "Carter also was critical of President Clinton during the fellow Democrat’s administration, calling the Monica Lewinsky scandal an embarrassment and disparaging Clinton’s policy in North Korea and Haiti. " And you want to lecture me on credibility? Puh-LEEZE!!
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Jimmy Carter Criticizes Bush Tenure PLAINS, Ga. (AP) – In a rare instance of one former president criticizing a current one, Jimmy Carter is taking issue with just about everything George W. Bush has done in office. Carter criticizes Bush for not pressuring Israel to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, for threatening to abandon the anti-ballistic missile treaty and for not supporting human rights more strongly. He says Bush has ignored moderates in both parties and calls Bush’s proposed missile defense shield a “technologically ridiculous” idea that will “re-escalate the nuclear arms race.” “I have been disappointed in almost everything he has done,” Carter told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer in an interview last week from his home in Plains. Asked to comment, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said: “President Bush is just returning from successful, productive meetings with European leaders, including a meeting with Mr. Putin where significant progress was made toward implementing new strategic framework that meets the threats of the 21st century. “The president is looking forward and continuing to build upon the bipartisan progress we are making to achieve meaningful and real results for the American people.” Carter also was critical of President Clinton during the fellow Democrat’s administration, calling the Monica Lewinsky scandal an embarrassment and disparaging Clinton’s policy in North Korea and Haiti. Carter is “a guy with strong views, and I think that’s always been the case,” said presidential scholar Charles Jones of the University of Wisconsin. “What surprises me is a kind of a sweeping critical analysis, at what has to be said is an early stage.” Carter noted that he had volunteered to be one of the few Democrats at Bush’s inauguration because he was optimistic about the administration. “I hoped that coming out of an uncertain election he would reach out to people of diverse views, not just Democrats and Republicans but others who had different points of view,” Carter said. “I thought he would be a moderate leader, but he has been very strictly conforming to some of the more conservative members of his administration, his vice president and his secretary of defense in particular. More moderate people like Colin Powell have been frozen out of the basic decision-making in dealing with international affairs.” He was also critical of Bush for not calling for the removal of Israeli settlements on the West Bank. “George Sr. took a strong position on that issue, and so did I,” said Carter, whose offer to mediate the conflict was declined by both the Israelis and the Palestinians.
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Jimmy Carter Criticizes Bush Tenure PLAINS, Ga. (AP) – In a rare instance of one former president criticizing a current one, Jimmy Carter is taking issue with just about everything George W. Bush has done in office. Carter criticizes Bush for not pressuring Israel to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, for threatening to abandon the anti-ballistic missile treaty and for not supporting human rights more strongly. He says Bush has ignored moderates in both parties and calls Bush’s proposed missile defense shield a “technologically ridiculous” idea that will “re-escalate the nuclear arms race.” “I have been disappointed in almost everything he has done,” Carter told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer in an interview last week from his home in Plains. Asked to comment, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said: “President Bush is just returning from successful, productive meetings with European leaders, including a meeting with Mr. Putin where significant progress was made toward implementing new strategic framework that meets the threats of the 21st century. “The president is looking forward and continuing to build upon the bipartisan progress we are making to achieve meaningful and real results for the American people.” Carter also was critical of President Clinton during the fellow Democrat’s administration, calling the Monica Lewinsky scandal an embarrassment and disparaging Clinton’s policy in North Korea and Haiti. Carter is “a guy with strong views, and I think that’s always been the case,” said presidential scholar Charles Jones of the University of Wisconsin. “What surprises me is a kind of a sweeping critical analysis, at what has to be said is an early stage.” Carter noted that he had volunteered to be one of the few Democrats at Bush’s inauguration because he was optimistic about the administration. “I hoped that coming out of an uncertain election he would reach out to people of diverse views, not just Democrats and Republicans but others who had different points of view,” Carter said. “I thought he would be a moderate leader, but he has been very strictly conforming to some of the more conservative members of his administration, his vice president and his secretary of defense in particular. More moderate people like Colin Powell have been frozen out of the basic decision-making in dealing with international affairs.” He was also critical of Bush for not calling for the removal of Israeli settlements on the West Bank. “George Sr. took a strong position on that issue, and so did I,” said Carter, whose offer to mediate the conflict was declined by both the Israelis and the Palestinians.
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