Posted on 08/04/2006 10:39:54 AM PDT by PDR
Former President Carter and his vice president, Walter Mondale, are teaming up again -- this time at a fundraiser to help Carter's son, Jack, in his longshot bid to oust Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign.
"It will be a real bit of old Americana," Jack Carter said of the event scheduled Friday in Minneapolis at a private home on the Mississippi River.
While Jimmy Carter and Mondale see each other periodically, Jack Carter said it's the first time in more than 20 years that they've been together at a fundraiser. He also said his father has done few such events over the years.
Carter is challenging Ensign, who had $3.3 million in the bank at the end of June. Carter had $482,000 in cash on hand then and says he's down to about $380,000.
Asked whether his eldest-son status figured in getting his father and mother, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, to attend the Minneapolis event, Jack Carter said, "I tend to think of it as me being a lot more qualified for this Senate seat than anyone else."
Jack Carter said the fundraiser is being held in Minnesota because Mondale lives there. Mondale, 78, is senior counsel at a Minneapolis law firm.
Jack Carter's parents were on hand when he launched his Senate campaign in Nevada last February. At that time, Jimmy Carter, 81, said his son "doesn't need any help from me," but added that he hoped to return to the state for campaign appearances.
The former president and first lady are scheduled to appear in Las Vegas at a Sept. 29 fundraiser to benefit the Clark County Democratic Party.
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Because NOBODY in Nevada would give any money to see the two of these geezers together! If Jack Carter has a chance to win a US Senate seat, its not in Nevada. But he might have a chance in Connecticut.
Two losers, campaigning for a loser.
It makes sense, really.
Misguided ones have defined Carter as a great humanitarian while knowing he is friends with some of the most evil dictators in our world. When Bill Clinton was president, we didn't hear Bush senior criticizing his foreign policy. But Bill Clinton and Jimmah Carter will not have the class and dignity to shut up! Jimmah talking about foreign policy is like Ted Kennedy talking about safe driving.
I've believed that Jimmy's brother was the smartest one in the family and that Carter's offspring were about as smart as a sack of rocks.
Hopefully his son will run and the voters will see what a fool he truly is.
"...and then you go ahead and do something that completely redeems you"
Why not get McGovern in there too! He'd be great at fundraising.
That's true....His loss to Coleman made it 50. He can still boast support in DC.
This idiot's going down in flames!
And why have the fundraiser in Minnesota for an election in Nevada?
Peanut sales must be way down.
The last polls I saw indicated Jack was going to lose big time. Is this still the case. I hope.
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