Posted on 02/16/2011 11:48:54 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Former President Jimmy Carter told an Austin audience Tuesday evening that he expects Egypt to hold elections in September and that he doesn't worry about the Muslim Brotherhood wielding inordinate influence.
"I've known members of the Muslim Brotherhood," he told an audience at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library. "They're not anything to be afraid of."
The 39th president and Nobel Prize winner said he believes the Muslim Brotherhood is likely to form a political party, but polls suggest their support is only about 15 percent. "There's no possibility at all that they would prevail," he said. He said he expects to see "a secular, non-religious government."
Carter said the finest man he ever met during his presidency was Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, whose assassination in 1981 ushered in the three-decade-long rule of Hosni Mubarak.
Although the Egyptian military has been in power for more than 50 years - through the presidencies of Nasser, Sadat and Mubarak - Carter said he believes the military will cede political power and allow "competitive elections both for the parliament and the presidency. "I believe there's good chance the military will give up political power," he said.
....At 86, Carter looked remarkably fit. For nearly an hour and a half he answered questions in a strong voice and in intricate detail about world events and the work of the Carter Center in developing nations. He told the Austin audience that the most significant accomplishment of his presidency, he believed, was keeping the peace. "We never dropped a bomb, we never fired a bullet, we never launched a missile while I was president," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.chron.com ...
Carter said the finest man he ever met during his presidency was Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, whose assassination in 1981 ushered in the three-decade-long rule of Hosni Mubarak.
Under an arrangement with the National Park Service, taxpayers are responsible for the exterior of Mr. Carter‘s home in Plains, Ga. — to the tune of $67,841 last year alone. In exchange, the government obtains the right to add the home to the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site when he and his wife pass away.
Other presidents have had similar life estate agreements calling for their properties to be turned over after their deaths, but to have taxpayers footing the bill for upkeep and maintenance of the Carters’ property appears to be unique, and it’s drawing fire at a time of tight federal budgets.
....The list of daily maintenance, financed with taxpayer dollars, includes clearing the driveway, walkway and tennis court, picking up trash along the road that runs by the home, clearing tree branches that have fallen along the estate’s walking trails and cleaning the pool. On a weekly basis, the Park Service removes cobwebs, mows grass around the estate’s pond and weeds the flower beds, and on a less frequent basis clears leaves from the pool’s pump house and washes the windows of the home.......
We need to listen. . . Jimmah has been correct about so many things >/sarc>
We need to listen. . . Jimmah has been correct about so many things >/sarc>
What a tool.
He must really be feeling his oats. How happy to live long enough to lose his “Worst President Ever” title... a title he seemed previously assured of keeping for centuries to come.
Carter: “Ayatollah Khomeini nothing to fear.”
A failed president giving “expert” advice — *YAWN*
That moron said the same thing about the Ayatollah!
Iran hostage crisis"The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. Fifty-two US citizens were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamic students and militants took over the Embassy of the United States in support of the Iranian Revolution."
[snip]
"The crisis has also been described as the "pivotal episode" in the history of Iran – United States relations. In the U.S., some political analysts believe the crisis was a major reason for U.S. President Jimmy Carter's defeat in the November 1980 presidential election. In Iran, the crisis strengthened the prestige of the Ayatollah Khomeini and the political power of those who supported theocracy and opposed any normalization of relations with the West. The crisis also marked the beginning of U.S. legal action, or economic sanctions against Iran, that further weakened economic ties between Iran and the United States."
Carter has never met a dictator he couldn’t love and support.
Ever.
It seems Bugs Bunny was quite a challenge for Elmer (Jimmah) Fudd!!!
There is no fool like a crispy old Socialist fool.
Carter: Muslim Brotherhood nothing to fear(sounds vaguely familiar)
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