Jimmy Carter: Nut

Power Line ^ | March 3, 2006 | Scott Johnson

[yoe]

We've been following the proposed United Nations Human Rights Council to take the place of the disgraced and disgraceful United Nations Human Rights Commission. Last week Ambassador Bolton took a leaf from the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" and pronounced the proposed new Council the same as the same as the bad old Commission. This week Secretary Rice confirmed that the United States opposed the new Council.

Just one problem. The New York Sun reports that Jimmy Carter had personaly promised the ambassadors from Egypt, Pakistan, and Cuba that the Council was a done deal:

The story, as Mr. Carter recalled, began with a recent dinner for 17 he attended in New York, where the guests included the president of the U.N. General Assembly, Jan Eliasson; an unidentified American representative, and other U.N. ambassadors from "powerful" countries at Turtle Bay, of which he mentioned only three: Cuba, Egypt, and Pakistan. The topic was the ongoing negotiations on an attempt to replace the widely discredited Geneva-based Human Rights Commission with a more accountable Human Rights Council.

"One of the things I assured them of was that the United States was not going to dominate all the other nations of the world in the Human Rights Council," Mr. Carter said. However, on the next day, Mr. Carter said, Mr. Bolton publicly "demanded" that the five permanent members of the Security Council will have permanent seats on the new council as well, "which subverted exactly what I have promised them," Mr. Carter said.

"So I called Condoleezza Rice and told her about the problem, and she said that that statement by our representative was not going to be honored," he said. But despite Mr. Carter's assessment that there are "a lot of people" in Washington who oppose Mr. Bolton on the Human Rights Council, Mr. Bolton's opposition to the proposed new structure became American policy.

Jimmy Carter seems under the illusion that Ambassador Bolton is acting as a free agent when he speaks in public on questions related to the United Nations. The Sun helpfully adds:
Mr. Bolton's spokesman, Richard Grenell, told The New York Sun yesterday that it is "naive" to think that Mr. Bolton has "a different position than the rest of the United States government on this issue."

Jimmy Carter seems to be confusing the Bush administration with his own, in which United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young defied Carter administration policy and got himself fired. Next thing you know, Carter will "fire" Ambassador Bolton.

[yoe]

Jimmy Carter - The Migraine that won't go away.........

[VRWCmember]

"One of the things I assured them of was that the United States was not going to dominate all the other nations of the world in the Human Rights Council," Mr. Carter said. However, on the next day, Mr. Carter said, Mr. Bolton publicly "demanded" that the five permanent members of the Security Council will have permanent seats on the new council as well, "which subverted exactly what I have promised them," Mr. Carter said.

Who does this idiot think he is to be making promises about our foreign policy to other countries anyway?

[Rummyfan]

Next thing you know, Carter will "fire" Ambassador Bolton.

On top of being a traitor and an absolute failure as both President and ex-President he's now gone senile!

[Tulane]

Jimmy Carter: Nut.
Sky: Blue.
Grand Canyon: Wide.
Sun: Rises in East.
Headline: Obvious.

[Oilfield]

Looks like Jimmuh's peanut brain has turned to peanut butter and gotten a little to thick.

[Lx]

When did that loser Carter get reelected? Who is he to promise anything; he doesn't make policy. His dementia is getting worse.

[no dems]

This guy was the worst President of the 20th Century. Why does he continue to get any press. GEESH!!!!

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Why is Carter promising anybody anything??

And is Secretary Rice really taking this idiot's phone calls???

[Unkosified]

Once again Carter is wrong AND over the top. Why can't he just SHUT UP???

[nuconvert]

He goes to a dinner and thinks he's running the show?

He's not only nuts, he's dangerous.

[farmer18th]

Jimmy Carter - The Migraine that won't go away.........

I would say he's more like flatulence--smelly, a little humorous, and not much help in a debate.

[sushiman]

The Carter presidency was the reason why I could never forgive Nixon for Watergate !

[conservativecorner]

As noted below, Andrew Young was fired for meeting with the PLO. I'm sure Carter knew of the meeting, but he played the ole' CYA and fired Andy. As we all know, Carter has never met a tyrant he immediately didn't love. This fact was true then just as it is true today.



"In 1976, President Jimmy Carter appointed Young the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. He held that post until 1979, when, contrary to the policy of the Carter administration, he met with a representative of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. When the occurrence of that meeting was revealed, Young's public statements on the status of the meeting were condemned as evasive by opponents of the administration and he was forced to resign. Defenders of Carter's role in securing Young's resignation point to the significance of the pledge made by Carter, when he took office in the wake of Watergate, to commit his administration to the highest standards of honesty in its public statements."

[Let's Roll]

If there's any justice this vicious old man will have a public melt down and be led away, babbling and drooling.

[TexasCajun]

Why the hell is Jimma talking to anyone on behalf of US citizens?

I predict Jimma comes down with a case of Arkacide when Kofi is forced down and Jimma and Slick vie for "World President".

[2001convSVT]

When is this clown going to go away?

[Doogle]

Carter is suffering from the Democratic illusion that he was "king" once.
If a foreign nation wants to hear anything, or promote a policy against the USA,just invite Carter to speak.
I can't believe how difficult this "representative" has made things. He is becoming more and more responsible for our troops safety and constantly makes their job that more difficult to perform.

[N. Theknow]

Whenever I see Carter's name I think of the cartoon with Mr. Peanut leaving his house and telling his wife, "I'll be back in a Jif."

[Polyxene]

Jimmy Carter - The Migraine that won't go away.........

Jimmy Carter -- The Hemorrhoid that won't go away -- a real pain in the a$$.

[RabidBartender]

In his 1982 presidential memoir, Carter cited as his biggest mistake "allowing Ronald Reagan to become President of the United States."