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Jimmy Carter's son running for Senate (The Other Peanut)(US Senate race Nevada)
Reuters via The Washington Post ^ | February 7, 2006 | Adam Tanner

Posted on 02/07/2006 3:37:20 PM PST by new yorker 77


Tue Feb 7, 1:35 AM ET Democrat Jack Carter, 58, the son of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, smiles at an event in Carson City, Nevada February 6, 2006, where he formally announced a run for the U.S. Senate in his first bid for elected office. (Adam Tanner/Reuters)

CARSON CITY, Nevada (Reuters) - Democrat Jack Carter, 58, the son of former President Jimmy Carter formally announced a run for the U.S. Senate on Monday in his first bid for elected office.

With his parents sharing a stage in the Nevada capital, Carter invoked many of the same themes his father used to rise from relative obscurity to win the Democratic nomination in 1976 and go on to become president.

"All we need is a return to our core American values and new leadership," Carter said as his father smiled broadly and applauded with a receptive crowd of several hundred people. He criticized the Bush administration's invasion of Iraq as well as its domestic spying and drug prescription programs.

One of four children, Democrat Jack Carter was active in his father's 1976 campaign for president but has devoted his professional life to business. He lived in Bermuda as an investor before moving to Nevada three years ago.

Carter is seeking to unseat Nevada's junior Sen. John Ensign, a Republican who grew up in the state, but polls suggest newcomer Carter faces an uphill battle.

"He's far ahead now of what I was when I started running for president," the elder Carter told journalists.

Warmly received, the former president signed autographs for the crowd and told them to back his son. "I've known Jack ever since he was born and he doesn't need a lot of advice about politics: he helped me get elected president," he said.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: 109th; 2006; jackcarter; johnensign
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1 posted on 02/07/2006 3:37:21 PM PST by new yorker 77
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To: new yorker 77

He looks every inch the idiot his old man is.


2 posted on 02/07/2006 3:38:15 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: new yorker 77
Im sorry Nevada all ready has it's quote of idiot Democrat Senators.
3 posted on 02/07/2006 3:39:20 PM PST by MNJohnnie ("Vote Democrat-We are the party of reactionary inertia".)
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To: new yorker 77

What's up with that face of his? Is he trying to "clean and jerk" that folder over his head?


4 posted on 02/07/2006 3:39:25 PM PST by frankjr
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To: dead

Now we know for sure that cloning is despicable!


5 posted on 02/07/2006 3:39:46 PM PST by rocksblues (John McCain says adopt a terrorist today!)
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To: dead
He looks every inch the idiot his old man is.I wonder if he is taking "contributions" from the "sporting" houses?
6 posted on 02/07/2006 3:40:09 PM PST by llevrok (NFL Refs for sale. Dial 1-800-Rooney)
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To: dead

He looks every inch the idiot his old man is.

"Looks?"

"sun's coming up I got cakes on the griddle..."


7 posted on 02/07/2006 3:40:17 PM PST by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when")
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To: new yorker 77

Seems like a "NUT", just like his old man.


8 posted on 02/07/2006 3:40:33 PM PST by GeorgeW23225 ("Grow your own dope. Plant a liberal")
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To: dead
"He looks every inch the idiot his old man is."

Just what the political landscape needs...another nut job.

9 posted on 02/07/2006 3:40:56 PM PST by TheClintons-STILLAnti-American (Keep the adults in charge of Congress.)
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To: dead
This was already posted yesterday. But he really is just as out of touch as his daddy. The guy moves to Las Vegas in 2003 and he already thinks he knows Nevada well enough to be our Senator. Not only is he a maroon, but his arrogance is stunning. He must be a really good liberal because he apparently knows what is best for us even though he just got here!!

Ensign is going to crush this bozo just like he crushed the ambulance chaser they put up 6 years ago. The secret is that none of the major industries are going to make any kind of effort to help Carter. He will be running a campaign essentially on his own. Even the AFL-CIO will not put all their eggs in that basket.

10 posted on 02/07/2006 3:41:14 PM PST by bpjam (Now accepting liberal apologies.....)
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To: dead

The hubby has actually spoken to him and said he is as stupid as he looks.


11 posted on 02/07/2006 3:42:10 PM PST by CaptainK
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12 posted on 02/07/2006 3:42:21 PM PST by new yorker 77 (FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
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To: new yorker 77

Funny--he looks a lot like Harry Reid!


13 posted on 02/07/2006 3:42:25 PM PST by Mamzelle
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Separated at Birth????

14 posted on 02/07/2006 3:42:44 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: new yorker 77

"He lived in Bermuda as an investor to avoid U.S. taxes."
There, fixed it.


15 posted on 02/07/2006 3:43:19 PM PST by BienHoa69-70 RVN
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To: MikeinIraq

Horrifying.


16 posted on 02/07/2006 3:43:20 PM PST by new yorker 77 (FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
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To: new yorker 77

heeheheh :)


17 posted on 02/07/2006 3:43:52 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: mainepatsfan; scott says; Perdogg

hey guys, check out post 14

heh heh heh heh heh /evil laugh


18 posted on 02/07/2006 3:44:24 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: new yorker 77

Some times you feel like a nut.....


19 posted on 02/07/2006 3:44:26 PM PST by llevrok (NFL Refs for sale. Dial 1-800-Rooney)
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To: MikeinIraq

He looks like a major-league doofus!!


20 posted on 02/07/2006 3:45:02 PM PST by sissyjane (Don't be stuck on stupid!)
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