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Posted on 12/02/2005 1:39:23 PM PST by wagglebee
Jack Carter, the son of former President Jimmy Carter, has launched a Web site soliciting donations and support for a potential challenge to Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev.
Carter called the site part of his "listening tour" designed to gauge Nevadans' reactions to his Democratic candidacy, which would be the Las Vegas investment consultant's first personal foray in politics. He previously campaigned for his father.
"One of the things you listen for is how are people going to contribute," he said Tuesday.
Carter, 58, said he won't officially announce his decision until after the first of the year, but said response to the site, which was posted last week, was "excellent." He does not have to disclose contributions until January.
The Web site includes a biography detailing the former president's oldest son's move from "Navy brat" to peanut farm hand to business consultant "fascinated by the art of hedging - the use of futures markets to protect profit margins."
Carter addresses his own stint in the Navy briefly.
"By mutual agreement, I and the Navy decided we were not meant for each other and I was released at the end of 1970 with an administrative discharge," he writes.
Carter was discharged from the military after he admitted using drugs.
"I went into the Navy voluntarily. I served my country well, I thought. When they asked people if they'd done drugs I told them that I had. When they asked me to leave, I was not sad about it," he said in an interview. "I have never lied about it."
Carter doesn't appear to have an opponent for the Democratic nomination, although rumors that Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman is eying the Senate seat have circulated.
Democratic Party spokeswoman Kirsten Searer says the party supports a Carter candidacy.
"We have a strong potential candidate in Jack Carter and we look forward to the race," she said. "As far as we know, no one else is interested."
Carter is coming from far behind in the money chase.
Ensign, a first-term senator, has reported $2.1 million in campaign contributions and has said he's prepared to raise as much as $10 million if the race heats up.
Jimmuh is his own youngest child.
Shows how much I know. I thought Amy was the only Carter kid.
Amy was the only one he discussed nuclear war
with over pancakes.
Sounds like a blind man listening for the sound of coins in his cup.
Is this a safe seat or is Ensign in trouble?
I think Amy was much younger than her siblings, so she was a child when Jimmah was in the White House. The older children had already left home.
Were his teeth bucker than Jimmah's ?
This is a joke right?
"The Republican party stands with the people who make the drugs; the Democratic party stands with the people who use them."
Which becomes:
"[T]he Democratic party stands with the people who use [drugs]."
--Jack Carter, son of the former President
(Actually he was talking about perscription drugs... source)
We had carter, then clinton, we don't need another carter nor do we need another slimy clinton....
What we do need, however, is to ship the carters and clintons to an island where NOONE will bother them and keep them there, so the rest of America can proceed to live like humans again....
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"One of the things you listen for is how are people going to contribute," he said Tuesday.
Simple answer to that, Carter. Illegally of course. How else would YOU launch a campaign.
Sounds like the acorn doesn't fall far from the treee.
I'm sure that this Jack Carter is just as big a comedian.
The Carters aren't acorns, they're peanuts. They grow in the dirt. To appreciate them, first you have to shake the dirt off, and they're no good until they've been roasted or boiled.
Scroll back to 49:00 to hear Carter admonish the Dummycrats for being "tied to" pro-abortion and additionally caution the Dums that marriage is defined as between a man and a woman. Don't worry Jimmuh, they ain't listenin.
LOL!
Last night I was covering a Habitat for Humanity meeting in the area. I am new as a reporter, so I introduced myself and said, "my ex-president has worked with your organization" (or something like that), and the response to that comment was lots of smiling people nodding their heads.
I didn't tell the crowd how I actually *felt* about my ex-president, LOL!
Running for Senate...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!
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