the guy on the right has the words......
Posted on 10/01/2014 9:00:05 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Former President Jimmy Carter claimed Wednesday that he would have been re-elected and beaten Ronald Reagan in 1980 if had been more “manly” in his dealings with Iran.
Interviewed by the show "CNBC Meets," Carter repeated his belief that the failed mission to free American hostages held in Tehran killed his chances, but then added that had he gone to war, America would have rewarded him with a second term in 1980.
“I could've been re-elected if I'd taken military action against Iran, shown that I was strong and resolute and, um, manly and so forth,” said the former president, who has established himself as a world human rights leader.
“I could have wiped Iran off the map with the weapons that we had, but in the process a lot of innocent people would have been killed, probably including the hostages and so I stood up against all that all that advice, and then eventually my prayers were answered and every hostage came home safe and free. And so I think I made the right decision in retrospect, but it was not easy at the time,” he said, according to a transcript provided to Secrets.
Interviewed with his wife, Carter said he also had to ignore Rosalynn’s pleadings to “do something.”
In the end, she said that she was proud of her husband. “Peace is very difficult. War is popular in our country,” said Mrs. Carter.
The image of her standing next to Jimmy giving his concession speech that night is etched in my mind, it’s one of pure anger.
What rabbit is everyone talking about? Did he have a run-in with one, or referencing Monty Python?
Boy am I glad you put a /sarc tag on that post.
Why was he reelected? Voter fraud and race.
Cause no innocents have been killed thanks to the rise of the islamic republic.....
Not quite as big an insult as being called a racist for not liking Obama.
Much like my aunt Jimmie. If she’d of had balls she would have been my uncle.
I would give Billy a break. Billy Beer served a useful purpose.
Today is Jimmy Carter’s 90th birthday.
To paraphrase Hillary, “It didn’t matter.” Carter could have been more manly than Tarzan. That would not change the fact that he is a bigoted A-hole. His performance as President was nothing short of dismal, and he continues to demonstrate his dismalness every time that he opens his mouth.
Why is it that former Democrat presidents never quite go away???
I remember watching that concession speech. Nobody captured an image of my face, but at the time it was an expression of pure joy.
Carter Administration?
Inflation at nearly 15%,
Interest rates at (IIRC) over 18%,
And.... an economy in a tailspin.
Manly?
Ha!
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LOL. Its good to see that, 34 years later, Reagan is still renting space in bitter old Jimmy’s head.
If a frog had wings he wouldn’t bump his butt everytime he hopped.
But Jimmy your prayers were answered. God allowed a real man to be elected in your place who got the hostages home without flattening Iran. (Not that that would have been a bad thing)
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