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Jimmy Carter says he would have defeated Reagan had he been more 'manly'
The Washington Examiner ^ | 10-1-14 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 10/01/2014 9:00:05 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

Former President Jimmy Carter claimed Wednesday that he would have been re-elected and beaten Ronald Reagan in 1980 if had been more “manly” in his dealings with Iran.

Interviewed by the show "CNBC Meets," Carter repeated his belief that the failed mission to free American hostages held in Tehran killed his chances, but then added that had he gone to war, America would have rewarded him with a second term in 1980.

“I could've been re-elected if I'd taken military action against Iran, shown that I was strong and resolute and, um, manly and so forth,” said the former president, who has established himself as a world human rights leader.

“I could have wiped Iran off the map with the weapons that we had, but in the process a lot of innocent people would have been killed, probably including the hostages and so I stood up against all that all that advice, and then eventually my prayers were answered and every hostage came home safe and free. And so I think I made the right decision in retrospect, but it was not easy at the time,” he said, according to a transcript provided to Secrets.

Interviewed with his wife, Carter said he also had to ignore Rosalynn’s pleadings to “do something.”

In the end, she said that she was proud of her husband. “Peace is very difficult. War is popular in our country,” said Mrs. Carter.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: carter; desmondtutu; iran; jimmycarter; lebanon; presidents; reagan; rosalynn
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To: afraidfortherepublic

61 posted on 10/01/2014 9:32:36 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I lived through it and yes, the Iran thing was pretty much a death knell for his Presidency. But there were many, many other things going wrong all at the same time (gas rationing, a massive coal strike with rolling blackouts, Russians in Afghanistan and Poland, Cubans in Angola, Misery Index economic numbers with an 18% prime rate, etc.)

Not unlike King Obama has going on today.

It was close because those “Reagan Democrats” (blue collar union types who had traditionally voted Democrat) only decided to break for Reagan at the last minute.


62 posted on 10/01/2014 9:34:07 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: afraidfortherepublic
The one word coming to mind is senility.
63 posted on 10/01/2014 9:34:24 AM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Imagine where we would be if he had won. /shudder


64 posted on 10/01/2014 9:37:22 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Yes, and if Jimmie had been allowed to identify as a woman way back then...he could’ve been the first female president.


65 posted on 10/01/2014 9:39:32 AM PDT by moovova
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Carter is obviously senile. Carter disgraced this entire nation for many a long day after day as we had to endure seeing our countrymen mocked by Iranian punks. Carter had difficulty even getting the guts to authorize the SPECOPS mission that ended in the desert. I recall another SF legend, Dick Meadows, got Ross Perot’s folks out of Iran.


66 posted on 10/01/2014 9:40:42 AM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Killer rabbit? What’s the story behind that?


67 posted on 10/01/2014 9:42:55 AM PDT by Sister_T (So, ACA is the law of the land? Remember: DADT and DOMA were the laws of the land! Repeal ACA!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
ROTFLMFAO! Who rousted Jimmuh from his crypt?
68 posted on 10/01/2014 9:46:59 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Carter is attacking Hillary.

IOW “manly” wins elections.

Hillary is not a man

Hillary does not win elections.


69 posted on 10/01/2014 9:50:17 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
...said the former president, who has established himself as a world human rights leader.

According to whom? Every tinpot Third World dictator with money to donate to the Carter Center? -

Carter should be giving thanks for Obama replacing him as worst president.

70 posted on 10/01/2014 9:50:39 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Yeah, and if I were 7 feet tall and 22 again I could play in the NBA.


71 posted on 10/01/2014 9:53:51 AM PDT by Let's Roll (Save the world's best healthcare - REPEAL, DEFUND Obamacare!)
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I heard carter say that the hostages came home safe and free.

Nice way to clean yourself up there jimmy.
Trying to somehow claim credit for bringing home the hostages...

jimmy you made a whole generation of democrats embarrassed.

You made a whole group of people that voted for you ashamed-do you get that, you jerk?

You made me decide to vote republican when I reached voting age you Sorryass SOS.
72 posted on 10/01/2014 9:57:34 AM PDT by novemberslady
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To: MeshugeMikey

The clown on the right does the same motion over and over like an Obama speech.


73 posted on 10/01/2014 9:57:52 AM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: skeeter

Jimmuh would never be able to pull off ... “manly”.


74 posted on 10/01/2014 9:58:42 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Lumper20

indeed INDEED! and he makes as much sense as Obie ever has... to boot.


75 posted on 10/01/2014 9:59:25 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Jimmah catta should have stayed with peanut farming and helping his brother brew beer.


76 posted on 10/01/2014 10:02:57 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Guns are like parachutes. If you need one and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again.)
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To: Seaplaner

Don’t forget gas lines and rationing.


77 posted on 10/01/2014 10:04:35 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Guns are like parachutes. If you need one and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again.)
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To: wastedyears

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_rabbit_incident


78 posted on 10/01/2014 10:06:43 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Sister_T
Killer rabbit? What’s the story behind that?

While on vacation fishing someplace Carter claimed to have been attacked by a rabbit. It made all the headlines and soon the late night comics were making Killer Rabbit jokes.

Within hours after Reagan was sworn in the White House released a photo.


79 posted on 10/01/2014 10:06:49 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Jimmy ate too many peanuts and his brain turned to peanut butter.


80 posted on 10/01/2014 10:11:22 AM PDT by mulligan (I)
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