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Jimmy Carter's Son: "I'm pro-choice as far as a woman choosing, but I'm against abortion"
LifeSiteNews ^ | 21 February 2006 | John-Henry Westen

Posted on 02/20/2006 4:02:32 PM PST by Aussie Dasher

LAS VEGAS, February 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Jack Carter, 58, the eldest son of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has announced he is seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate to represent Nevada. At his launch, Carter spoke with reporters revealing his schizophrenic stand on abortion - a stand similar to that of his father.

Speaking with the Associated Press' Kathleen Hennessey, Carter described his abortion views saying, ""I'm a personal freedoms person. I don't want the government to come in and tell my child or whoever it is that they can't have an abortion. I'm pro-choice as far as a woman choosing, but I'm against abortion."

Stephen F. Hayward, PhD., wrote a 2004 book on Jimmy Carter noting the former President's political exploitation of abortion. In an interview with National Review, Hayward recalled Carter's abortion stand: "The 1976 campaign was the first national election after the Roe decision, and the politics of the issue were still sorting themselves out. Remember that Gerald Ford was pro-abortion, while many Democrats, including Sargent Shriver, one of Carter's rivals, were pro-life. In the Iowa caucuses, which Carter put on the map for the first time, Carter told Catholic audiences (and a gathering of bishops) that he opposed abortion and supported legislation to restrict it, thus cutting into Shriver's support. But he told feminist groups at the same time that he supported abortion rights (indeed, he had done so as governor of Georgia)."

The AP report reveals Jack Carter is Baptist and has, together with his wife Elizabeth, four children from previous marriages.

In 2000, LifeSiteNews.com reported that President Carter left the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Carter said at the time that the SBC had adopted policies "that violate the basic premises of my Christian faith," including a denominational statement that prohibits women from being pastors and tells wives to be submissive to their husbands.

However, Morris H. Chapman, chairman of the SBC Executive Committee, noted that Carter, who was originally embraced by Baptist conservatives in 1976 when he publicly described himself as a born-again Christian, lost favour with conservative Christians after such actions as appointing Sarah Weddington - the lead attorney in the landmark 1973 abortion case, Roe v. Wade - to the White House position when he was assistant to the president.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: 2006; abortion; allovertheshop; babykiller; babykillers; babykilling; braindeadjack; dopeydem; jackcarter; jimmah; jimmahjnr; nevada; roevwade; senate; wewontgetfooledagain
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To: Aussie Dasher



"I'm against abortion" means he apparently believes abortion kills the unborn.

But asserting women have the "right to choose" means he thinks women have right to kill their unborn babies.

Duh. Guy is not exactly an intellectual giant. But he is a moral midget.


181 posted on 02/21/2006 4:09:43 PM PST by Liz (Liberty consists in having the power to do that which is permitted by the law. Cicero)
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To: hiredhand

Well since I gave you one for what I was obviously hurt.. your feelings. I've done my duty.

If you would like to share your personal threats of violence that you put in your private mail to me public.. go right ahead.

Apparently you like to try initimate people because it makes you feel powerful. I'm not sure exactly what you would subponea me for.. since I never mentioned a name and was obviously talking about a general situation to prove a point about gov't interference in our lives it only goes to show that you are a very petty man.

I wish you luck and hope you get the anger management skills you need.


182 posted on 02/21/2006 5:46:17 PM PST by Almondjoy
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To: Almondjoy; Admin Moderator
Gosh...I did get too close for comfort didn't I?! I didn't threaten you. I might have "exposed" you, but I didn't threaten you. You feel threatened because it never occurred to you that somebody might know exactly where you are. It's scary when you can't hide anonymously behind your computer is it now? You have no problem being arrogant towards me, but when I actually go to the trouble to find out where you are, you can't handle it? You are an amazing person. An amazingly arrogant person, but amazing nonetheless.

I think it's funny that you picked ME to play the Big Man game with on the net. I made a living for a long time finding people like you.:-) Ah well...I think it's a blessing to be easily amused. I think I've REALLY made you mad though, and for that I am truly sorry. Hear that?! Yep...that's right. I said I'm sorry for making you mad. I didn't say sorry that you got mad, or that you can't handle the truth, or for shattering your false sense of anonymity... I said sorry because I made you mad. Believe it or not, I mean it.

But since you want to drag the admin mods into it then be my guest. You'll be the second in a month or so.

I guess I shouldn't hold my breath for you to say sorry now eh? :-)

Admin Mods - please feel free to through my sent messages in order to determine if any abuse was performed on my part.
183 posted on 02/21/2006 6:10:41 PM PST by hiredhand (My kitty disappeared. NOT the rifle!)
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To: TheMom
"Your argument holds no merit with me.

Slavery vs abortion??????? Please, come up with something better."

Yes you can hardly compare the two, one case an innocent is forced into a life of hard labor, the other and innocent is murdered before they have a chance of a life of any sort.

I agree...abortion is much worse than slavery, but both are evil.
184 posted on 02/21/2006 6:22:47 PM PST by Beagle8U (An "Earth First" kinda guy ( when we finish logging here, we'll start on the other planets.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, "Lillian, you should have remained a virgin."
- Lillian Carter (mother of President Jimmy Carter)


185 posted on 02/21/2006 6:23:42 PM PST by Bean Counter ("Stout Hearts!")
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To: Aussie Dasher

Way to take a stand., Jack. Inherit your spine from your dad?


186 posted on 02/21/2006 6:29:23 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Aussie Dasher

Actually, that was precisely Bush I's stand. It is the statement of a politician.


187 posted on 02/21/2006 6:53:21 PM PST by jeremiah (The biggest threat to Americas survival today, meth usage.)
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To: jeremiah

The Gipper got Bush I across the line in '88. How long did he last?


188 posted on 02/21/2006 6:59:39 PM PST by Aussie Dasher (The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
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To: TheMom
"You must be personally for ANYTHING before you can believe in ANYBODY else has the right to choose it."

I respectfully disagree.

Actually I agree with you. My response was meant as sarcasm.

189 posted on 02/21/2006 7:34:19 PM PST by Jorge
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To: Aussie Dasher

He is still drawing a paycheck, but he got cashiered Jan 20, 1993.


190 posted on 02/22/2006 7:50:00 AM PST by jeremiah (The biggest threat to Americas survival today, meth usage.)
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