Posted on 09/23/2005 4:42:47 AM PDT by Klickitat
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23
2005
Five years after the controversial 2000 presidential election, ex-President Jimmy Carter now says he's certain Al Gore defeated George W. Bush.
"Well I would say that in the year 2000, the country failed abysmally in the presidential election process," Carter told a panel Monday at American University in Washington, D.C. "There's no doubt in my mind that Al Gore was elected president."
Those in attendance broke out in applause for that statement.
"[Gore] received the most votes nationwide, and in my opinion, he also received the most votes in Florida," Carter continued. "And the decision was made as you know on a 5-4 vote on a highly partisan basis by the U.S. Supreme Court, so I would say in 2000, there was a failure."
The year 2000 saw the closest presidential election in American history, as Bush won the electoral vote 271-266, despite losing the popular vote to Gore by a half-million votes.
Carter's analysis went on to include last year's matchup between Bush and Democrat Sen. John Kerry, as the election came down to a battle over the electoral votes in Ohio.
"The year 2004 is hard to grade," said Carter. "I don't have any detailed information about what actually went on in Ohio. If Ohio had gone one way or the other, it would have changed the outcome of the election. And the only thing that I know about Ohio, was that there's general consensus that the secretary of state of Ohio, who is responsible for the administration of the election, was highly partisan in his public approach and perhaps even in his private adminstration. But I don't know about that."
Carter's remarks are sparking discussion on messageboards across the Internet, with comments including:
An audio excerpt of Jimmy Carter's remarks is available here.
A full transcript of Jimmy Carter's remarks is available here.
Five years later and Jimmah is still 'stuck on stupid"......
I disagree. A boil on the a$$ can be lanced. An ex DemonRat president is a lot more like a bite from a Brown Recluse spider--a growing, rotten, putrescent sore that grows, takes forever to heal, and leaves a huge scar afterwards.
*sigh*
Really, we Georgians aren't all like Mr. Carter. His type tend to gravitate towards Atlanta.
The rest of us shake our head and feel pity for the poor man. Shouldn't he be in the Gulf area, building houses?
Talk about a national disgrace, Carter just doesn't understand what a low-life he truly is.
The democrats sure did themselves proud with Carter, then Clinton. Both are destined to destroy themselves. Both are 98% of the way there already.
Awww....give Carter a break.
After all, some seniors are so fixated on the past they reinterpret things to suit themselves.
We don't argue with them. We just medicate them!
Jimmy's problem was a lack of grapes, if you know what I mean.
More pabulum from the Neville Chamberlain of Plains, GA, an insipid, gutless appeaser who nearly brought this country to its knees during his disgraceful tenure in office.
Billy Carter was the only one in the Carter family with any brains: http://img.iskon.hr/kl/2003/12/03/0002018v.jpg
Guess he's tired of His Slickness sucking up all the post-Prez oxygen.
After all the Palm Beach votes were tallied, Al Gore invited the residents over for a celebration. The butler comes in and says, "Cocktails are now being served in the library." They all got back into their cars and drove downtown.
Hey noboby knows a good ass whupping like Peanut Jimmy. His butt still has marks from where Reagan beat him.
Well said.
This quote proves he's delusional:
"And the only thing that I know about Ohio, was that there's general consensus that the secretary of state of Ohio, who is responsible for the administration of the election, was highly partisan in his public approach and perhaps even in his private adminstration. But I don't know about that.""
What?????????????? What "consensus" is he talking about? Among liberal wackos?
And I love how he's 'partisan,' which means a Republican that didn't give in to crazy liberal demands ("keep the polls open into the evening, let people who aren't registered vote, etc.).
Oh, and Jimmy, how about all the incidents of vandalism (i.e. slashing tires) committed by Democrats? Care to comment on that? All the stolen Bush/Cheney signs?
Jimmy Carter is yet another "Stuck on Stupid" Democrat loser!
He said this to give the moonbats a rationale for preserving "balance" on the Supreme Court -- that is, for preserving Roe v Wade -- that is, for rationalizing abortion on demand.
He is a peanut head.
Didn't you hear? Carter still thinks Reagan won the election because George Will stole Carter's briefing book for the debate, thus helping Reagan cheat.
Yeah - like Reagan needed to cheat to beat that moron. I was 9 nine-years-old when Reagan won and I remember people in my neighborhood setting off fireworks on election night, because people were so excited to get rid of Jimmy Carter and bring in Reagan.
You're right, but 5-4 is always repeated by democrats, so it looks like the "conservative" Supreme Court put Bush into office.
Well, My history Book says Bush beat Gore in 2000.
Interestingly enough, It also says that Khomeini beat Carter in 1979.
Oh, and BTW Jimmah, tell us how well the world has been while hositng the Islamic Republic of Iran....
Dickhead.
"...a huge scar afterwards."
heh heh. pretty good, festering metaphor.
I've run out of things to say about Jimmy Carter. Words fail me. If only that would happen to him.
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