Jimmy Carter Assumed Same Spy Power As Bush

Sweetness & Light ^ | December 19, 2005 | N/A

[jwalsh07]

He was my CIC for a couple of years before I got out. A bad President and a worse CIC but not a bad man, just misguided.

Now Lyndon Johnson is another story, he crossed the River Styx a long time ago. A despicable human being.

[Sam Hill]

"Carter did not have a Congressional authorization of war, either"

I love trolls.

There were fire or six "wars" fought whilst the Framers of the Constitution were still sitting up and taking notice.

None of them were "declared" by Congress.

But maybe you know better than the framers?

[Sam Hill]

"I'm 31 and was too young to remember Carter as President. What the hell were people thinking back in the mid to late 70s?! To see him standing behind a podium with the "President of the United States" seal -- it's almost surreal. Was this guy really President? It's just so hard to believe."

He was strictly a media construct.

[Mad_as_heck]

But we dumb conservatives just don't understand! Jimmy Carter is a Nobel Peace Prize recipient!! Anything he did was done for the children. He needed to give them hope.

Bush, on the other hand, is pure evil. Anything he does is wrong even if completely legal and absolutely necessary for our national defense.

[Brilliant]

what's your point?

[Mo1]

But that was then, this is now

Democrats are HYPOCRITES!!

[DouglasKC]

bump

[Mo1]

What the hell were people thinking back in the mid to late 70s?!

They weren't thinking ..

But they did correct their mistake when Reagan blew Carter out of the water in the 1980 election

[TheRobb7]

Check out the Moonbats debating this as if Bush has openly invited impeachment:

http://mojowire.blogspot.com

ESPECIALLY THE "COMMENTS" SECTION!!

[gondramB]

That wasn't very nice. It is completely reasonable to evaluate the authorizations for differences as well as similarities when an article is presented for evidence.

And George Soros strikes me as the kind of guy who wants to the government to give everybody benefits but probably stiffs his own employees.

[Graymatter]

I'm 31 and was too young to remember Carter as President. What the hell were people thinking back in the mid to late 70s?!

You're still too young to hear about that. But I can say that even for us who were adults then, it was hard to believe Carter was the president. I did a lot of Alka-Seltzer because of Carter.

[rvoitier]

Very Good find, Sam.

So, what do we have at the end of the day:

An enemy in the intelligence community gave the NYT's Risen TopSecret information illegally and Risen prints it (obviously with the editors as his accomplice).

Risen's report is not actually news; it's been going on since air. And it's all legal.

Risen's treason only accomplishes one thing...give a heads up to AQ.

I hope this guy is made an example of.

[Mo1]

I can't read the comments, my firewall is blocking it

But I liked how it started *L*

Somebody needs to talk me down off the ledge.

[Howlin]

But that was then, this is now.

Of course, you meant But that was Carter, this is Bush.

[UglyinLA]

The DemocRATS are too stupid to realize that they are making things worse for themselves. Terrorism is THE major concern with a majority of Americans. The RATS again paint themselves into a corner by attempting to undermine a genuine effort by the administration to combat terrorist in our mist. By again undermining our natinonal safety, they are reminding the American public that the RATS are more concerned about their zany ideology and Bush-bashing rather than the safety of the American people. Their rantings play well amongst their extreme left wing, but it will flop with the average American.
The sad part about this whole issue is that should it succeed in limiting our ability to combat terrorism and the terrorist succeed with their plots, the terrorist will choose targets with the optimal damaging effect, which are the large cities, which are predominately Democratic. So in essense, the RATS are endangering their own supports. I dont know whether to laugh or cry.

[TheRobb7]

I could copy and paste it here if you'd like...

[Verginius Rufus]

I watched a bit of the discussion on the Jim Lehrer News Hour between Mark Shields and David Brooks. Both agreed that what Bush had done was unspeakably awful and inexcusable...Shields has become a hyper-partisan Democrat and Brooks seems to think if he snivels and grovels enough the liberals will like him. Brooks talked about Republicans in Congress who were upset by the revelation...probably the usual RINOS and spineless wonders.

A couple of dozen wiretaps of Al Qaeda operatives who happened to be on US soil has been transformed into domestic surveillance of US citizens and Bush into a wanna-be dictator.

[CommandoFrank]

Yeah, but Jimmah was only worried about aliens, not communists or terrorists.

Don't forget about the 'attack rabbits'...

[Mo1]

I'll pass :0)

[gondramB]

"I'm 31 and was too young to remember Carter as President. What the hell were people thinking back in the mid to late 70s?! "

It was brilliant damned marketing that took advantage of the public distrust of Washington - he was the ultimate outsider and with a background in nuclear submarine duty he didn't seem as soft on defense as some of the other Democrats.

He looked young. He was the first American President to be born recently enough to have been born in a hospital. His daughter ran a lemonade stand talked to reporters. He somehow convinced the Public that he the more moderate and reasonable than Jerry Brown.

Mix in that the public associated President Ford with Watergate because he pardoned President Nixon and you get a perfect storm. It still amazes me to this day. I was in 7th grade and just could not believe this man had been elected President.