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Posted on 08/19/2008 7:55:45 PM PDT by Kaslin
Trade: Never thought we'd say this, but Jimmy Carter finally got something very right. From Plains on Sunday, he urged Congress to pass the free-trade pact with Colombia. Fellow Democrats should take heed.
Along with offshore drilling, Colombia's treaty has languished in Congress without a vote since April. Speaker Nancy Pelosi altered House rules to block a vote — and to advance Big Labor's agenda.
Although the Carter Center called the Uribe meeting a private visit and said Carter made no public statement, Carter's stance echoes one of the few bright spots of his failed 1976-1980 presidency — his willingness to confront protectionists and help local markets.
In 1977, he fought off shoe tariffs and lashed out at special interests. He's since been a booster for Atlanta as a center for Latin trade, a savvy thing since U.S.-Latin trade grew 19.7% in 2007. So, it's not out of character for Carter to help on the Colombia pact.
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Even a blind squirrel finds a nut from time to time.
Refresh my memory. Does Columbia have a brutal communist regime? That’s usually the only was Carter supports a nation.
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No it does not
It was a serious question. I really didn’t know. I do know our lib friends rejected support for free nations and supported communist dictators in south and central America.
That’s why this news is such a stunner. It’s the rest of the Dems that are favoring the brutal communist regimes in this region. Carter is “off the Gulag” on this one.
Maybe he thought he was talking about Cuba and he’ll recant his statement. No /SARC intended.
Broken clock, twice a day, etc...
Jimmy Who?
or just my bud?
Victor Caranza was a friend of mine once in a long forgotten time.
I love Colombia and their women.
Carter was correct on this one but he won’t get any lauding from me.
The son of a bitch destroyed the intelligence infrastructure of this country. He was a disaster. Reagan wasn’t able in eight years to undo some of the damage Carter did in four. Bill Clinton was a tower of strength compared to Carter.
In the years since Carter has embraced and excused way too many blood thirsty dictatorships AS LONG AS THEY WERE ANTI-AMERICAN DICTATORSHIPS.
I won’t wish Jimmy Carter ill health. I won’t say anything bad about him when he passes from this earth. When he finally leaves I won’t say anything since I will have nothing good to say.
Jimmy Carter, Like a Broken Clock is right twice in His Life...
the first time was when He said “Did I loose”??
and now his last time.
you’ll never see it again.
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