Carter: Still No Clue

New York Post ^ | February 8, 2006 | The Editors

[RWR8189]

Jimmy Carter may or may not have been the worst president of the 20th century — history will have the final word on that — but his disgraceful performance yesterday at Coretta Scott King's funeral marks him as the most shameless. Maybe of all time.

There is, after all, a time and place for everything — but not for Carter.

In a reprehensible (albeit typical) display of tone-deafness, the former president used the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King's widow to score cheap points against President Bush. (He wasn't alone in that regard, more of which in a bit.)

Carter warmed up by conjuring the outlandish conspiracy theories that still linger from Hurricane Katrina: "We only have to recall the color of the faces of those in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi who are most devastated by Katrina to know that there are not yet equal opportunities for all Americans."

Then he segued on to the Bush administration.

In what could only be taken as a direct attack on Bush's electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists — a program Carter has repeatedly denounced as "illegal" — the ex-prez said of Mrs. King and her slain husband, Martin Luther King, "they became the targets of secret government wiretapping and other surveillance."

[AmericanMade1776]

How about this man..no inner peace there. In fact , I remember a speech Al Gore did in Maryland to a black audience, in which he asked them to hold on to their anger and disappointment from his lost election as Pres of U.S.

[Ghengis]

Can you imagine if GWB, or Bob Dole, or any Republican had used the funerals of Reagan or Richard Nixon as a political platform to attack Carter, Clinton, or any Democrat? The outcry would have been deafening.

True. We expect our own to behave as adults with a modicum of class. The expectations of democrats are very low, so this type of stuff is no great surprise.

[maryz]

Rather then get all defensive about it and freaked out about it,

. . . like Kerry and his Botox! LOL!

[76834]

A thought.

Jimma sure aint no spring chicken and is getting very long in the tooth.

Even this bastard cant live forever.
Wonder what his funeral will be like?

[pollyannaish]

You're right! Same malady. The inability to accept a loss makes them bitter and crazy. Crazy being the operative word, of course.

I keep hearing what President Bush said when he thought John Kerry was winning: "It is what it is." I have no doubt that he would have returned to Crawford and lived the rest of his life in peace, a happy man.

On the other hand, when John Kerry started loosing, he said "I can't believe I'm loosing to this idiot." And he hasn't shut up yet. The bitterness keeps piling on.

Good observation. Funny, actually! LOL.

[CFC__VRWC]

The Carter years saw me through my early teens. I was not very political as is typical of kids that age, but even I realized something was seriously wrong with our leadership while I watched the gas lines, the Iranian embassy debacle and our worse than useless attempt to do something about it.

[CFC__VRWC]

Wonder what his funeral will be like?

I'll lower my flag to half staff, but I'll make it clear I only do it out of respect for the office of the Presidency. I will not watch one second of the funeral coverage.

[pollyannaish]

I'm going to put money on the following:

1. The Bushes are classy and say nice things to comfort Roslyn and the rest of the family. Something about how he was a dedicated public servant, who was committed to fair elections, who built houses for the poor. The words "he" and "him" and "they" will be used over 300 times.

2. The Clintons will talk about how wonderful The Carters where to them, how great a relationship they had, how it made the Clinton presidency more important to the world, how Carter supported them no matter what. The words "me" and "I" and "we" will be used over 300 times.

3. The family, or perhaps Al Gore as pointed out previously, will come unhinged and say horrible things about the Bushes and the Reagans and conservatives and talk about how they are ruining the world. The words "stolen," "war" and "worse" will be used over 300 times.


Not that it's predictable or any thing. /eye roll.

[Howlin]

"True enough - though Carter couldn't quite bring himself to note that the wire-tapping was conducted under Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and was originally ordered by Attorney General Robert Kennedy, all Democrats." NYPOST

DOMESTIC wire-tapping -- with NO WARRANT, no less.

I saw Michael Brown, son of the sainted Ron Brown, on H&C last night absolutely denying that one word of that was the truth. He denied it right to the end of the show.

[pollyannaish]

Exactly! Democrats and Liberals have a psychological inability to laugh at themselves.

[pollyannaish]

I saw that too! Why would you do something like that when it is so easily proved?

[jpsb]

BUMP! It hard to be a bigger failure in four years then LBJ was in 6 but Jimmy managed to do it. Worst president ever in my book, no one else can touch Jimmy when it comes to being classless and clueless.

[CFC__VRWC]

4. The media will gush endlessly about what a wonderful human being and president Jimmy Carter was, and proclaim the day of his death to be one of the darkest in our history. There will be nothing seen of the 10,000 word NYT "obituary" that was nothing more than a long-winded screed of pure sneering hatred, none of the thinly veiled contempt shown by broadcast "journalists", none of the grimacing, hypocritical claims of "we really liked him and are saddened by his death" that were fully on display when President Reagan died.

[pollyannaish]

Aargh! I forgot that one. I was blocking it out because it will be so painful I'll have to go scrub the bathroom out or something. Aack!

[Howlin]

It's beyond me, polly; they just state lies as facts and call facts lies.

Something is REALLY wrong with them, but it's all they've got.

[pollyannaish]

Something is REALLY wrong with them

And it is getting worse. I didn't think it could, but it is. Frankly, it is very weird and gives me the creeps.

When he kept saying "no they didn't" "no they didn't" my husband and I just looked at each other stunned. He sounded like a two year old.

[Wolfstar]

He also objected to C-SPAN's practice of taking calls from Republicans--he thought the overwhelming majority of those calling in were "progressives" so they shouldn't take calls from Republicans.

Give C-SPAN time. They'll get around to doing exactly that -- not take calls from Republicans any more.

[Howlin]

I'm with you; I'm beginning to be creeped out, too. It's like up is down and black is white; the proverbial parallel universe.

[HardStarboard]

Republicans are running America.

Democrats are running their mouths.

[Ghengis]

...How would Carter have felt if, at the funeral of Ronald Reagan, Republican after Republican had stood up to denounce Jimmy Carter and praise Reagan for delivering America out of four years of incompetence, economic misery, and foreign policy disasters?...

I was thinking to myself yesterday: The only person who did not deliver a message with the requisite class and humility of the other speakers at President Reagan's funeral was Ronald P. Reagan. A leftwing wingnut.

A very clear and consistent pattern has developed amongst these small, petty, angry, irrational people. Now its words. Eventually their anger and desperation will lead them to further irrational actions. They have a lot of mortar missing between their bricks.