Carter: U.S. perceived as 'too arrogant'

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[mikenola]

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) --People around the world perceive the United States as "too arrogant" and "too self-centered" because the country doesn't do enough to alleviate poverty and other social ills in the developing world, former President Jimmy Carter said in an interview to air Friday.

[bert]

Jimmy Carter illustrates the quip:

"You can never be declared as a total failure, because you can always serve as a horrible example"

[DWSUWF]

"...Carter has never been a traitor. Just a disgusting wuss..."

Are you Sure about that?

There have been accusations that he conspired with agents of the Soviet Empire to affect the outcome of an American presidential election, which would be treason plain and simple.

It might not be accurate to assume that this fool is not a traitor.

With regard to him a wuss, we agree.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Jimmy's daddy was an unreconstructed Southerner. Clearly he passed his hatred for the United States down to his son."

Tweren't his daddy he got these notion from, twere "ole Miz Lillian" herself. You know--the old biddy who joined the Peace Corps at age 70. The problem isn't hatred for the United States, it is love of socialism.

[TheEngineer]

Proposed title of upcoming book about Jimmy Carter's mission to North Korea: "Gullible's Travels"

[sweetliberty]

And yet another dinosaur is dusted off to offer "advice".

[albee]

"I think there is a sense that the United States has become too arrogant, too dominant, too self-centered, proud of our wealth, believing that we deserve to be the richest and most powerful and influential nation in the world," Carter said.

We do deserve to be the richest, most powerful and influential nation on earth. We EARNED IT!!!

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

"For every time an American gives a dollar, a citizen of Norway gives $17"

And does any of that Norway money pay for an army to defend world freedom? How much of Norway's money goes to the UN? How many of Norway's sons would lay their lives on the line to help liberate a country in need?

Does Jimmy not understand that more is at stake here than "money". The typical Democrate mentality to solving problems.... toss money towards the problem and it will go away.... even better yet, toss someone elses money, not your own! I wonder how much tax is taken out of Jimmy's pension each month?

[William Terrell]

Aside from the warm fuzzy fallacy, he may have a point. Success, high intelligence, strength and wisdom are admired and accepted without jealousy by people so long as they are wielded with humility and good cause. If they are percieved as being used in arrogance, a jealousy-like rage is the result.

It may not be fair, but that's the real world of human beings.

[Northpaw]

People around the world perceive the United States as "too arrogant" and "too self-centered" because the country doesn't do enough to alleviate poverty and other social ills in the developing world

Okay, Jimmah........Two questions:

1. Can you name a country that offers more world aid than the U.S.?

2. What do you consider 'enough'?

[TheEngineer]

I think there is a sense that the United States has become too ... believing that we deserve to be the richest and most powerful and influential nation in the world,"

I almost fell out of my chair when I read this... as if our leadership position wasn't earned... as if we should feel guilty about our success.

[Sam Cree]

" The only President ever to have been attacked by a fearsome deadly amphibious bunny."

It's funny and strange how perfectly and completely symbolic the "bunny incident" was of the man and his presidency.

[B Knotts]

Hey, Jimmy:

We can't help the fact that this is the GREATEST nation in the history of the world.

The rest of the world needs to imitate us, instead of whining.

[gaspar]

Using Norway as a comparison for foreign aid is both absurd and hypocritical, and Carter knows it. Norway has huge hydrocarbon resources; so large in fact that the nation is perhaps the world's wealthiest per capita. And because it damn-well doesn't know what to do with its wealth, and in true neo-Nordic fashion feels guilty for its success, it can afford to donate millions to foreign assistance.

[Sam Cree]

"We do deserve to be the richest, most powerful and influential nation on earth. We EARNED IT!!!"

Yeah, and we are also the only nation ever founded on the basis of individual freedom.

Individual freedom and personal liberty provided the motivation and the means for our unique success.

[jwfiv]

Well...I'm starting to feel for the guy...any senile, carp-lipped, doddering old fool with a conscience guilty of the negligent manslaughter of American soldiers, the ruination of the economy, and humiliating electoral impotence, malaise and defeat deserves to be a self-loathing megalomaniac projecting his sins and faults on the his country.

It's either that, or face the consequences and take responsiblity for what he's done, and we all know that is simply inimical to the Dimokrat psychological makeup.

Carter is a fool's fool, the king of fools, a hunchbacked miscreant living in his own dream, OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY AND BOUND FOR HELL.

[philman_36]

Over here too.

[OrioleFan]

"I haven't had Jimmy Carter's experience. I wouldn't be caught dead with it." Ronald Reagan - 1980

"Carter was supposed to go on 60 Minutes to talk about his accomplishments, but that left him with 59 minutes to fill." Ronald Reagan - October 20, 1980

"No matter how much [Carter] tries to run away from his record, he has to account for it to the American people." Ronald Reagan - October 31, 1980

"Depression is when you're out of work. A Recession is when your neighbor's out of work. Recovery is when Carter's out of work." Ronald Reagan - October 24, 1980

[Grampa Dave]

Carter is not a fool. He was the paid hit man who tried to destroy our country. He never meet a Communist, Opecker Prince or Islamofascist that he didn't love.

He was responsible for what happened in Iran re their radical Islamofascism and Islamokazi financing.

He tried to destroy our military, and it took President Reagan to reverse that destruction.

Economically he plunged this nation into a terrible downfall and allowed the Opecker Princes and Islamofascist thugs in the Opec countries to rip our economy.

He enabled the Watermelon Jihadists to control our energy programs and start to destroy our ability to produce the energy that our country needs in the name of enviralism. They have had a negative impact on our economy ever since, and they still have.

He outed good CIA agents and started the destruction of the CIA as a valid intel agency.

Carter is very intelligent. He got into the Naval Academy and was picked by Admiral Rickover to be in the Navy's nuclear sub program. So he is not dumb, he is a vile anti American who became president. Since the day he was sworn in and after he was defeated he has worked 24/7 to weaken America.

[Starrgaizr]

Right, Jimmy. Americans aren't generous enough, the problem in Israel is that there is an Israel, and North Korea is just feeling lonely and wants attention. Enjoy your trip to Europe. Stay for a while, like forever.