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Carter Fades Away
American Spectator ^ | 26 aug 08 | Philip Klein

Posted on 08/26/2008 3:26:08 AM PDT by rellimpank

DENVER -- Poof. Just like that, he was gone.

With all the focus on Ted Kennedy and Michelle Obama's speeches before a roused audience last night, little attention was given to Jimmy Carter, who also appeared on the stage at the Pepsi Center on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention. This was by design.

In the four years since the former Democratic president took the stage in Boston in 2004, 14 members of his Carter Center resigned in protest after he published a book comparing Israel's treatment of the Palestinians to the treatment of blacks in South Africa under apartheid, and he's met with top leaders of the terrorist group Hamas.

With Barack Obama already under scrutiny for his limited foreign policy experience, his willingness to engage with the leaders of hostile regimes, and his associations with leading critics of Israel (including former Carter National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski), Obama could ill afford to give Carter free reign to express his controversial views.

(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2008dncconvention; democrats; elections; jimmycarter

1 posted on 08/26/2008 3:28:00 AM PDT by rellimpank
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"In the four years since the former Democratic president took the stage in Boston in 2004, 14 members of his Carter Center resigned in protest after he published a book comparing Israel's treatment of the Palestinians to the treatment of blacks in South Africa under apartheid, and he's met with top leaders of the terrorist group Hamas."

Carter & Terrorists Love

2 posted on 08/26/2008 3:31:53 AM PDT by musicman
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To: rellimpank

They may try to hide the act, but the unlit torch of failure has been passed...


3 posted on 08/26/2008 3:35:46 AM PDT by LRS (NO DRILLING; NO PEACE!)
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To: rellimpank

Carter shouldn’t be lionized, he should be in jail.


4 posted on 08/26/2008 3:36:58 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: rellimpank
Carter Fades Away ...but his stink still lingers.
5 posted on 08/26/2008 3:43:31 AM PDT by johnny7 ("Duck I says... ")
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To: Joe Boucher

—somehow, I suspect George McGovern and Gary Hart(pence) won’t get center stage, either-—


6 posted on 08/26/2008 3:45:18 AM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the MSM tells you about firearms or explosives--NRA Benefactor)
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In many respects, b. Hussein Obama is the second Jimmy Carter. If elected we’ll experience the horrors of Jimmy Carter’s second term (a tragedy we dodged with the election of Ronald Reagan).


7 posted on 08/26/2008 3:50:42 AM PDT by Stepan12 ( "We are all girlymen now." Conservative reaction to Ann Coulter's anti PC joke)
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To: rellimpank

In many respects, b. Hussein Obama is the second Jimmy Carter. If elected we’ll experience the horrors of Jimmy Carter’s second term (a tragedy we dodged with the election of Ronald Reagan).


8 posted on 08/26/2008 3:51:23 AM PDT by Stepan12 ( "We are all girlymen now." Conservative reaction to Ann Coulter's anti PC joke)
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To: rellimpank

Geeeeez!

The headline had me smiling thinking that @sshat had finally assumed room temperature...


9 posted on 08/26/2008 3:54:54 AM PDT by JDoutrider (Obama: The Hype and Chains candidate)
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He's a busy man doing things besides meddling in affairs that don't concern him.

He's building a Carterville for disenfranchised Americans. It is filled with tarpaper shacks and he is the chief nail pounder.

10 posted on 08/26/2008 3:58:10 AM PDT by IbJensen (Ali Bama isn't going to make it!)
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"But the downside was that he did not pick the best cabinet -- and that was his downfall."

Its never the man, but the people around him, so they claim....

11 posted on 08/26/2008 4:18:47 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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The entire democratic party is made up of delusional losers. Sadly, some of their losers win.


12 posted on 08/26/2008 4:50:53 AM PDT by billhilly (I was republican when republican wasn't cool. (With an apology to Barbara Mandrell.))
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(My latest creation...:)

13 posted on 08/26/2008 5:02:01 AM PDT by rlmorel (If they can call George "Dubya", we can call Barack "Hussein")
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To: musicman

Who is Jimmy Carter?


14 posted on 08/26/2008 5:05:26 AM PDT by trublu
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To: rlmorel

Ooooh. Spooky.


15 posted on 08/26/2008 5:28:12 AM PDT by far sider
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(My latest creation...:) Why, it looks just like it is morphing from a Positive to a photgraphic Negative and back!

Obama: The dark side of the Farce.

16 posted on 08/26/2008 5:54:44 AM PDT by Gorzaloon
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FTA: Whiteville, Tennessee delegate Randall Rice argued that Carter assumed office under a difficult set of circumstances.

“In my view, when Carter was elected in ‘76, he inherited a very bad situation that had been brewing for quite some time under the previous administration,” Rice said. “He had a lot of high interest rates. If you examine what was going on, it was already in the works before he took over. He happened to be there when it occurred, so I don’t blame him for that.”

My re-structure:
In my view, when Bush was elected in 2000, he inherited a very bad situation that had been brewing for quite some time under the previous administration. There was a wall created between intelligence and justice. If you examine what was going on, it was already in the works before he took over. He happened to be there when the 9/11 attacked were carried out, so I don’t blame him for that.


17 posted on 08/26/2008 5:58:02 AM PDT by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "P" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
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You can’t blame the Democrats for wanting to sweep Carter under the rug. If they had any sense of shame, they’d sweep the entire Party under the rug—but if they had any sense of shame they wouldn’t be Democrats in the first place.


18 posted on 08/26/2008 8:10:47 AM PDT by Savage Beast (The ruling Chinese oligarchy is the envy of the American Left.)
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Yes, but Mr. Carter was a democrat president. The other two simply ran for the office. Lots of has beens and never were have run for president.
Hell even the swimmer ran for president.
I think the Dems are ashamed of the Carter years of president. I know I nearly bought a home then with a mortgage of 17 3/4 percent. Thanks Mr Carter no just go away.


19 posted on 08/26/2008 11:19:58 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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