Bush honors Carter, other Nobel laureates at White House -

The Nobel Committee played politics with this award. Not surprising President Bush's reception might be "muted"....

The 78-year-old former president won the Nobel Peace Prize in October for his "untiring efforts" to champion human rights, promote democracy and broker peace between Israel and Egypt in 1978.
The decision to award the peace prize to Mr. Carter became tinged with controversy after Nobel Committee chairman Gunnar Berge said the prize wasn't just a tribute to Mr. Carter's work, but a rebuke to the current U.S. administration's policy toward Iraq.

I get my disgraced Democrat ex-presidents confused:

Was Carter the sanctimonious little pr**k?
Or was he the lecherous, incontinent buffoon?

I get my disgraced Democrat ex-presidents confused:
Was Carter the sanctimonious little pr**k?
Or was he the lecherous, incontinent buffoon?

heh heh ! Yes.....

Was Carter the sanctimonious little pr**k? Or was he the lecherous, incontinent buffoon?

I saw that sanctimonious little pr**k standing next to my president yesterday.

It brought back memories of what a buffoon he was and still is.

Guess the answer to yer question is "YES".

That's Carter in a nutshell.

My guess is that this is one of those have-to-do things by the president. Kind of like having to take a leak at half time.

LOL !

For comparison sake, read wat the Washington Times adds to their coverage of Carter's visit.

The Washington Times
www.washtimes.com

Bush greets critic Carter during Oval Office visit
Joseph Curl
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Published 11/19/2002

     Former President Jimmy Carter, who left the White House in 1981, returned yesterday as the guest of President Bush, whom he has frequently criticized.
     Mr. Carter, one of six American winners of Nobel Prizes this year, received a somewhat cool reception by Mr. Bush.
     "Of course, I welcome somebody who spent a lot of quality time here," the president said in his only comment directed at Mr. Carter.
     Mr. Carter had no comment during an Oval Office photo session, and did not speak to reporters after his White House visit.
     Mr. Carter, 78, won the Nobel Peace Prize last month for his "untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development," the Nobel Committee said.
     The committee lauded the former president for his 1978 effort to bring peace to the Middle East by bringing Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat together to sign the Camp David peace accords.
     The Nobel Committee's decision to bestow the award on Mr. Carter was seen as a rebuke to Mr. Bush's policy on Iraq. The committee said: "In a situation currently marked by threats of the use of power, Carter has stood by the principles that conflicts must as far as possible be resolved through mediation and international cooperation based on international law, respect for human rights and economic development."
     Mr. Carter has repeatedly criticized the Bush administration.
     "I have been disappointed in almost everything he has done," the former president said this summer, criticizing Mr. Bush for not pressuring Israel to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, for threatening to abandon the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia and for not supporting human rights more strongly.
     In September, Mr. Carter said he was disturbed by administration threats to take military action against Iraq without the blessing of the United Nations, and he said he would have voted against the congressional resolution allowing the president to use force against Iraq.
     But he changed his stance when Mr. Bush won a tough, new resolution from the United Nations, saying it was "beneficial" that the United States had reserved the right to take action against Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein if he does not disarm and the U.N. Security Council does nothing.
     Mr. Carter has worked tirelessly to redeem his reputation after a one-term presidency that some historians have described as a failure. Narrowly elected in 1976, the former Georgia governor was unable to free 53 hostages held for more than a year in Iran. He was resoundingly defeated by Ronald Reagan in 1980.
     He is remembered by many Americans as the architect of an economic policy that resulted in runaway inflation, high interest rates, a recession he blamed on American "malaise," and long lines at gasoline pumps.
     Mr. Carter will collect his Nobel Prize and the $943,000 cash award that comes with it Dec. 10 in Oslo. He has said he will donate the money to the Carter Center in Atlanta and to the Rosalynn Carter Institute and several universities.
     Mr. Bush also greeted the other Nobel laureates yesterday in the Oval Office. The Nobel economics prize went to Americans for the third year in a row: Daniel Kahneman of Princeton University and Vernon L. Smith of George Mason University.
     Robert Horvitz of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shared the Nobel Prize in medicine and John B. Fenn of Virginia Commonwealth University shared the chemistry prize.
     Two Americans shared the Nobel in physics: Riccardo Giacconi of Johns Hopkins University, and Raymond Davis Jr. of the University of Pennsylvania.
     "These Americans are a great honor to their fields and a great honor to our country, and we're proud to have you here," Mr. Bush said. "We're proud for what you've done, for not only America, but for the world."

Bush shows considerable character and class by allowing Jimmy Carter the honor of an Oval Office visit.

Carter would have shown considerable character and class had he declined the Nobel Prize, particularly after the head of the Nobel Committee made it clear that they were only using Carter to symbolically slap George Bush.

Thanks for the update. I got this far.....

"I have been disappointed in almost everything he has done," the former president said this summer, criticizing Mr. Bush for not pressuring Israel to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, for threatening to abandon the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia and for not supporting human rights more strongly.

....and had to post this one:

Noting that Mr. Carter had spent "a lot of quality time here," ...

Ah, yes, I remember it well. Jimmah's quality time at the White House. How he loved to sit in front of the fireplace in his lovely blue cardigan sweater with the thermostat set at a crisp 65 degrees. He would compassionately consider the many human rights violations occuring around the world, commiserate mentally with the American hostages held in Iran, think of the lines of automobiles, engines running, as they patiently waited for the next fill-up, contemplate how people would acheive the American dream by financing a home at 21 per cent interest.

Jimmah would wonder how this national malaise thing ever got started, and whatever would he do about it? On occasion, his mind might drift back to a mental picture of some backwoods rural woman standing barefoot in her dirt driveway, washing her car, bending across the hood, moving a soapy rag in languid circular motions as her cheap cotton dress damply clung to every curve of her young, lithesome body...and the lust in his heart, that persistent curse which had plagued and bedeviled Jimmah from his days of earliest recollection would return, and Jimmah would have to pull himself back into reality, mummering under his breath, "Yeah, that Cool Hand Luke was a real good movie , all right." Then the former governor, and now the president whose compassion knew no bounds would return to his duties and consider which of the national problems he should next meditate about. Hmmmm...perhaps if he could think of something really, really nice to do for the Ayatollah Khomeni, he could yet convince his counterpart to release the hostages. After all, he and the Ayatollah were both heads of state, both men of deep religious convictions....different yes, but neither one better than the other...fellow inhabitants of a small planet hurtling through space.....let me think......you know, Walter's daughter Eleanor is quite a looker....what is she,about 18 now?,..twenty maybe?......

I saw a picture of Ol' Peanut Brain with the President on the cover of the "Old Grey Whore" this morning...no I didn't buy the issue.

Carter's face looks like five miles of chewed up tank trail! Even his wrinkles have wrinkles.!

Carter's like a pedophile, he starts a war within, but ask the innocent to end the urges of war by disarming further.

W's dignified behavior is a tribute to and evidence of his character and maturity and depth. I would've probably tried to knock the little schmuck down but W acted like a grown-up and honored him along with the others. Once again, I note how blessed we are to have W as our president during these challenging times.

Great cartoon! Thank you for sharing.

Great cartoon! Pathetic man! Despicable, actually!
The last time he was at the White House - for some ceremony in the Rose Garden - he had just returned from a trip to Cuba, where he insulted American values and President Bush.
President Bush was gracious on that occasion as well.
I can only imagine the strength of character it took for W to have him in the Oval Office yesterday.

I would love to hear some commentary from some of the captives who languished in Iran while Jimmy limp-wristedly "led" our country through the prolonged crisis. Wonder what they would say about disappointment??

President Bush showed class once again in the face of crass political farce. Carter did not win because "he negotiated settlements"... Carter won because someone wanted to stick it to the current President of the United States. And Carter was too needy to turn the prize down. So he sold his President out -- for very few pieces of silver. What a jerk.

My guess is that this is one of those have-to-do things by the president. Kind of like having to take a leak at half time.

LOL! That's why I moved my season ticks to an aisle seat near the exit. That way I avoid the "half-time rush."

Too bad that President Bush can't avoid those "duties".

Haha! Excellent portrayal. Thanks!