Posted on 02/03/2016 6:20:32 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o
Former US President Jimmy Carter tonight told the UK Parliament he wants Donald Trump to land the Republican nomination ahead of frontrunner Ted Cruz .
Speaking on a visit to Britain, the 91-year-old Democrat warned Mr Cruz is committed to "Far Right-wing politics" which he would pursue "aggressively" if he makes it to the White House.
By contrast, Carter said, outspoken billionaire Mr Trump has no fixed views at all.
"If I had a choice of Republican nominees, between Cruz and Trump, I think I would choose. Trump - which may surprise some of you," he told an audience in the House of Lords.
"The reason is, Trump has proven already that he is completely malleable.
"I don't think he has any fixed opinion that he would fight for.
"On the other hand Ted Cruz is not malleable. He has far right-wing politics, in my opinion, that would be pursued aggressively if he wins."
Texas senator Mr Cruz is opposed to abortion and gay marriage; denies climate change exists and has called for parts of Iraq and Syria to be "carpet-bombed".
Carter, who was US President from 1976-1980, said the race to be the Republican candidate for this November's election is "almost completely unpredictable" - but that he ultimately expects former frontrunner Mr Trump to âfade awayâ.
"When people actually put on the ballot 'this is the person I want to lead me for the next four years', I think they're going to have a little bit of a different opinion," Carter said.
"And of course I'll be supporting the Democratic nominee."
Speaking afterwards to the Mirror, Carter said he had "huge admiration" for 74-year-old Mr Sanders, saying the Vermont senator's views "have hardly changed" since he ran to be a city Mayor in 1981.
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“Malleable”,,, that’s a nice word for it. Ignorance of basic institutional structure and of ideological interconnections would be more accurate!
Carter loves him some Trump.
By the time we get a primary candidate they will all be disqualified by mud slinging and no one will get out and vote.
Loser strategies going strong.
Probably the same type of dumbass that would let a moon god worshipper country hold a bunch of Americans hostage and not kill said countries citizens in job lots until they freed them.
Jimmah is now the authority, for CRuzer’s!! Lol. Love it :)
WOW!! How deep is the worship..of the Trumpets.
Thank Goodness Jimmy was able to fight off the killer bunny that wanted to get in the boat with him. To me it looks like one of Ted’s operatives was able to infiltrate Jimmy’s caretaker staff. She probably whispered this type of thing into Jimmy’s ear when he needed his butt wiped. When the full story comes out they will call it Cartergate.
Trump will be proclaiming that he can work with Jimmy Carter......
Here’s what it means to be a Washington Republican. I won’t vote for it anymore.
1) Start wars that never end. Then when the wars are lost, act like you had no hand in the outcome whatsoever. Avoid all blame and point your fingers at the other party.
2) Spend Trillions of dollars and blame everyone else but yourself.
3) Export factories and jobs, and import jobless workers from other countries.
Don't forget former Sen. Scott Brown's endorsement of Trump. A real trifecta.
Another loser endorses T.Rump!
Warning: Pundits say unlike Donald Trump, Ted Cruz (right) believes what he's saying
But I like what you said about "being flexible yet strong, adapt, change if needed, be spontaneous." Makes me think of the strip club, somehow.
Or 'no principles', for those of you in Rio Linda.
What a horribly misleading headline.
He just said if he had to choose between the two.
That was bad.
Jimmy Carter is just afraid that he’s repeating his past life in the form of a Republican landslide after an unpopular ultra-Leftist president.
This time the actors being played by Jimmy=Obama, Reagan=Cruz.
Sometime it is so easy..!
I noticed you evaded, as usual, trying to defend Cruz on his pro-Obana-RINO agenda items.
I used pliable which means the same thing as malleable. I’m tired.
You know what’s sad, bro? I wasn’t sure until the end whether or not you were kidding.
“3) Export factories and jobs, and import jobless workers from other countries.”
You are so far behind. According to Rush, you need to get with the program. Rubio is for amnesty and immigration, and Cruz is for immigration and against amnesty since Trump came out against it. And according to Trump, Rubio is the son of Reagan.
And of course you have proof that he donated to Carter?
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