Posted on 12/16/2006 7:23:43 AM PST by george76
Former President Carter turned down a request to debate Alan Dershowitz about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the outspoken Harvard law professor "knows nothing about the situation."
Carter, author of a new book advocating "peace not apartheid" in the region, said he will not visit Brandeis University to discuss the book because the university requested he debate Dershowitz.
"I don't want to have a conversation even indirectly with Dershowitz," Carter said in Friday's Boston Globe. "There is no need ... to debate somebody who, in my opinion, knows nothing about the situation in Palestine."
"President Carter said he wrote the book because he wanted to encourage more debate; then why won't he debate?" said Dershowitz,...
Brandeis was founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian university under the sponsorship of the American Jewish community. Carter said he initially was interested in going there.
"I thought it would be a good idea to go to a campus that had a lot of Jewish students and get a lot questions," he said. But then the initial proposal evolved into a plan for a debate.
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Not to mention the bow tie is to big and his head is to small.
You know, I haven't read any of his books. I was basing my opinion on a debate he had with Alan Keyes once, his support for Clinton during impeachment and (of course) his defense of OJ.
But you're right - I should probably check out his books on terrorism. Probably I would agree with a lot of it.
Killer rabbit ! Reminds me of the movie, "Monty Python - In Search for the Holy Grail". Classic !
Billy Carter had some dealings with Omar Khaddafi in Libya.
Bob Hope had a line that "the main difference between Jimmy Carter and his brother was that Billy had a foreign policy."
chrissy wallace would be better choice no?
What Jimmy Carter is really saying is: "Don't want to be confused with facts, my peanut sized brain is already made up."
I think, I hope, we are witnessing the early stages of a total Jimmy Carter breakdown.
That has already happened years ago. Started with the Iran hostage situation in 79.
Was Jimmah' told to leave the navy early ?
Quit today or we fire you tomorrow ?
"Was Jimmah' told to leave the navy early ? "
I have known 2 Annap grads who were nuclear officers while Jimmy was in the Navy. They would not comment about him.
If the guy supposedly knows nothing about Palestine, all the more reason to debate him and confront him with his ignorance.
Spineless coward.
Standard Litany of Georgia Apologies
(...For Jimmah's endless rants & rambles)
Let me see if I have this straight: Carter, a Baptist, knows more about the Palestinian [and Israeli] situation than a Jewish law professor?
Interesting. Carter has been able to say absolutely anything his whole life long, and the MSM has bowed down and worshipped him. He has been able to hug and kiss all the world's worst tyrants, and the MSM has applauded every hug and kiss. He shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Yasser Arafat to the world's applause.
Now, suddenly, he has crossed some sort of invisible line of politically unacceptable behavior, and even the AP is after his blood.
Pass the popcorn.
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