Jimmy Carter:Presidents Should Not Be Liars (DEDCON 5 Barf Alert)

Washington Post ^ | May 9, 2008 | Jimmy Carter

[freerepublic_or_die]

I do not think the President of the United States should be a liar, and believe that the overwhelming majority of U.S. citizens agree with me. For security reasons, the whole truth cannot always be revealed, but it is quite obvious that lies are seldom made to protect our nation. Almost invariably, the political fortunes of the prevaricator are at stake.

During my campaign for the White House in 1976, veracity was a very important issue, because of the known falsehoods having been told during the Vietnam War and the revelations of the Frank Church senatorial investigation that our government had, through the CIA, committed murder and other crimes. I habitually told my small groups of supporters, "If I even make a misleading statement, don't support me."

Although stigmatized as naïve and often having to suffer the consequences, I maintained this commitment to truthfulness during my term in office, and it paid off in many ways. One example was the trust aroused in me by President Anwar Sadat and Prime Minister Menachim Begin, which was instrumental in orchestrating the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty. I've observed at other times that the exploding consequences of a small lie can result in political catastrophe, as was shown in President Nixon's effort to conceal the Watergate break-in.

[Convert from ECUSA]

Dhimmi Jimmuh can kindly go french kiss a water moccasin and then eat a prune stew and drink a case of beer.

[freerepublic_or_die]

IMHO, the distillation for all that the egregiously naive, wholly incapable, stupefyingly unqualified,legend-in-his-mind, abysmal failure that Jimmy Carter continues to perpetuate is when he suggested (paraphrasing) rescuing the Iranian hostages without have to kill any Iranians in the process.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I bet Mr. Peanut was vigorously defending X42’s litany of lies, whoppers, and blunders.

[Dr. Thorne]

Uh huh. Well the I think it's high time that "Jenny" Carter came clean regarding the fact that "he" is, in fact, a woman.

Yes, it's true. If elected, Hillary would not be the first female president as "Jenny" already holds that honor! Her parents, Lillian "Gas Bomb" Carter and James Earl "The Moron" Carter were disappointed in "Jenny's" gender and decided to raise her as a boy, never imagining that she would rise to the high Office of President.

The shocking truth is that former First Lady Roslynn Carter never discovered this fact due to her willful ignorance of all things sexual. The former First Couple never consumated their marriage and never will. Their children were actually the result of early cloning experiments gone horribly wrong, a fact easily understood when one has the unfortunate experience of seeing Amy Carter without her bhurka.

So much for Carter honesty.

[Anonymous Rex]

But it’s o.k. to be a traitorous moron is that the deal Jimmy?

[Shermy]

“I was NEVER told, cautioned or advised by the State Dept. not to go into Gaza and speak to Hamas.”

Even Hamas called Jimmy a liar, in so many words.

[skinkinthegrass]

Remember, James Earl "Malaise" Carter said he’d never lie to us.....and the truth is here...TRUTH/FACTS, Is the Enemy of Liberalism.

[windsorknot]

Jimmy, Presidents should not be preachers, especially when they are as flawed and incompetent as you are.

[sono]

The quote:

I have nothing against a community that is made up of people ... trying to maintain the ethnic purity of their neighborhoods. This is a natural inclination.

The speaker was:

A. Louis Farrakhan

B. David Duke

C. Robert Byrd

D. Jeremiah Wright

E. None of the Above

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/192662.php

The correct answer is E - the author was the worst Ex-President in American History, James Earl Carter.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110011033

[BigSkyFreeper]

Jimmy Carter continues to lie about his position on Israel. If there ever was an anti-semite, he is one.

[avacado]

"Jimmy Carter:Presidents Should Not Be Liar"

Agreed! And that's why your boy Slick Willy got his butt IMPEACHED!

[Doctor Raoul]

Somebody turn that bunny loose. Jimmah needs a good bite in the ass to bring him back to reality.

Just yell “CLEAR” like they do in the ER before you let go of it...

{Cue theme from JAWS}

[Ditto]

A Jimmy Carter lie here.

And a couple more Carter whoppers here.

And even more lies here.

The question is, does Jimmy ever tell the truth?

[vietvet67]

Put um up Jimmy, put um up!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Nice talk for a guy on the Saudi payroll.

[Old Grumpy]

Oh, Lord, Jimmy’s at it again.

[KC_Conspirator]

This is the 3rd dumb article I have read in the ComPost today, Carter, Milbank, and Arkin....Whats with these guys?

[enough_idiocy]

so he’s agreeing Clinton should’ve been impeached?

[freerepublic_or_die]

With the Wapo, like most of the dead tree media, the number of dumb articles will ALWAYS equal the number of articles read.

[pepsi_junkie]

But apparently it's okay to be a self-serving, self-centered, obsequiously pandering,embarrassing national catastrophe, abysmally tragic failure as president, laughing stock on the world stage as I am.

Jimmy forgot that it's also okay to be an incompetent bumbler who's brief four years in office is spent coddling dictators and thugs on the sole condition that they hate America, setting up 30 years (and counting!) of international disasters.