Posted on 04/06/2006 4:28:23 PM PDT by aculeus
Carter fittingly used a parable to illustrate how he'd like to see the political/religious debate unfold. [Sugg is interviewing the former President]
"I was teaching a Sunday school class two weeks ago," he recalls. "A girl, she was about 16 years old from Panama City [Fla.], asked me about the differences between Democrats and Republicans.
"I asked her, 'Are you for peace, or do you want more war?' Then I asked her, 'Do you favor government helping the rich, or should it seek to help the poorest members of society? Do you want to preserve the environment, or do you want to destroy it? Do you believe this nation should engage in torture, or should we condemn it? Do you think each child today should start life responsible for $28,000 in [federal government] debt, or do you think we should be fiscally responsible?'
"I told her that if she answered all of those questions, that she believed in peace, aiding the poor and weak, saving the environment, opposing torture ... then I told her, 'You should be a Democrat.'"
(Excerpt) Read more at atlanta.creativeloafing.com ...
Lol. This guy argues like a third-grader.
Do you think Castro, Chavez, Saddam, Bin-Laden, and Stalin were more like Jesus than President Bush?
Of course you do. They loved peace and helping the poor.
One sick puppy.
Sick old man. Shameful.
What do you expect from a man who would willingly sit next to Michael Moore?
Agreed-he is beneath contempt.
If you think each child today should start life PERIOD, instead of being an abortionist's victim, you won't be a Democrat!
Now that sounds better...
Uriah Heep had nothing on Carter.
Do you think Hollywood millionaires and their lawyers should import domestic help illegally, pay them poorly with no benefits and no taxes? If not, send some democrats to jail.
Look up "emetic."
Know what I want? I want Jimmy "444 days and do nothing" Carter strapped to the first bomb we drop on Iran.
'Are you for appeasement of terrorists and tyrants, or do you want democracy for all?'
'Do you favor government getting out of the way of the doers and achievers of society so they can spread their wealth to all,....
or should it seek to help the self appointed victims of the succesful by rewarding them with entitlements to the point of dragging the entire country down with them?
Do you want to pursue radical environmentalism, or do you want sane common sense balanced approach to conservation?
Do you believe this nation should engage in protecting democracy and freedom at all costs?, or should we cave in to the demands of our enemys and the corrupt UN?
Do you think each child today should start life responsible for $28,000 in [federal government] debt because of runaway over promised unsustaniable liberal created entitlements? or do you think we should be fiscally responsible?
"if she answered all of those questions, that she believed in peace through strength , aiding the poor and weak by teaching self reliance, conserving the environment AND promoting commerce, opposing torture by radical islamist and tyranical dictators... 'You should be a republican.'"
TAKE THAT JIMMAH!
Jimmy be the emetic. I need something to spew in! nyuk, nyuk.
Clean out your tummy by reading the full article. The interviewer likes Jimmy ... says he's our best EX!
Supply your own bag! :)
Like I mentioned, I was in jr. high when Jimmah was elected, and hs when Reagan was elected. In a short period of time, I grew up. I'm proud of the fact that for my first presidential election, I was able to vote for Ronald Reagan.
Oh how I wish this country had more Ronald Reagans.
As I grew up, I became apathetic to Jimmah. During the Clintoon years, my apathy for Carter continued but my disdain for Clinton knew no bounds.
But during these last 5+ years of W's term I have become more apathetic to the pathetic Clinton (though I feel he was one of the most corrupt presidents of all time), and I have come to absolutely loath Jimmuh. At one time I viewed him as a waste of a president, but as a good man. But no longer. He can do all the "good works" he wants, his real actions and words reveal whats at his core.
Any man who calls himself a christian, and embraces Fidel and all he stands for, and yet denounces this country and all it stands for, simply by focusing on what might be some faults, is no real christian.
"Supply your own bag! :)"
Too late. Need new keyboard.
He makes Al Gore look like a genius.
Like the Brazilian rich who use the poor as slaves who live in decrepit,filthy hell holes called frivellos. Thats were we are headed. What use is a minimum wage or Unions when We allow Illegal Aliens and their Employers to avoid taxes, benefits and then give them free Welfare. Education and Health care on the backs of legal citizens paying taxes and playing by the Rule of Law!Look aat how many past middle class U.S. long term Citizens are now making minimum wages in retail and warehousing where they use to be craftsmen and manufacturing skilled workers at $20-$30 per hour.Buy American, demand Made in U.S.A.,and don't accept illegals doing any work or services that Americans will do for a fair hours pay.
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