Posted on 05/20/2007 12:47:19 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
White House hits back at Carter remarks
By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer 14 minutes ago
In a biting rebuke, the White House on Sunday dismissed former President Jimmy Carter as "increasingly irrelevant" after his harsh criticism of President Bush.
Carter was quoted Saturday as saying "I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history."
The Georgia Democrat said Bush had overseen an "overt reversal of America's basic values" as expressed by previous administrations, including that of his own farther, former President George H.W. Bush.
"I think it's sad that President Carter's reckless personal criticism is out there," White House spokesman Tony Fratto responded Sunday from Crawford, where Bush spent the weekend.
"I think it's unfortunate," Fratto said. "And I think he is proving to be increasingly irrelevant with these kinds of comments."
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So irrelevant you just had to comment to raise his relevancy.
Is sub relevant a word?
He’s been hanging around peanuts too long and is beginning to think like them.
This addle-pated old coot is a complete disgrace to his office. I yearn for the dignity of the not-so-old times when ex-Presidents respected the office and would never stoop this this disgraceful behavior.
Biting rebuke? “Sad?” “Irrelevent?” Biting rebuke???? No wonder the dems are winning.
To be decreasingly relevant one must first have been relevant. No one whose opinion I respect has considered Jimmy Carter relevant since 1980.
Somebody tell Fratto his boss is one amnesty bill away from being irrelevant himself.
Jimmy Carter decrying Bush’s foreign policies?
Oh, THAT’S rich....
then have the old bird committed to a nut house .
The White House fired back at the current sharp comments of former President Jimmy Carter, with the statement of Anthony “Steel Emmies” Gorgonzola, who stated “Ay!
Who da F-ck cares wha’ tha’ senile old Commie co-ksucker says or thinks, eh?”
“Da’ miserable little prick needs a dirt nap, an soon.”
A lot of people are too young to remember that Carter was the worst President ever in my lifetime. When he left office, we had double digit inflation, double digit unemployment, double difit interest rates and our Tehran embassy employees being held hostage for over a year. Let’s also not forget his speech in which he said “that the United States was in a state of malaise”. Carter was a disaster and it took Ronald Reagan a couple of years to dig us out of the mess he inherited. For Carter to blast other Presidents tells me he is total denial of himself.
Agree with you 100 %, this addled brained old fool should be confronted with the facts of his failed Presidency,
the current situation in Iran is his doing.
There are millions uninformed 30 years old and younger,
who have probably not even heard of his attempted rescue of hostages with limited manpower.
The hares were not even afraid of him.
Jorge is giving Jimmuh a helluva run for his money to claim that "honor."
Pot. Kettle. Black.
And that applies to both sides, on multiple issues and at multiple levels. It’s a battle among a group of irrelevant parties over who can be the least relevant.
Hey Carter! You’re still eligible for one more term as President (Thank you Ronald Reagan!). If you know so much, run in ‘08. Let’s see how well you do.
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