Jimmy (The "Useful Idiot") Carter in Cuba

MSNBC, AP, CNN | 12 May 2002

[ibme]

The rabbit was right!

[weikel]

I call him peanut brain.

[muir_redwoods]

Maybe we'll get lucky and the bonehead will stay there. He could have built houses for them if socialism hadn't made it impossible for the stores to stock lumber. Or nails, or shingles or glass etc.

[backhoe]

Mr. Carter...

Stagflation...
The fall of the Shah of Iran...
The Hostage Crisis...
21% interest rates ( no, I'm not kidding! )...
Cubans in Angola...
Unrest in Central America...
Gasahol...
A law forbidding the recycling of nuclear waste ( France has done it since the Oil Embargo without a hitch ) leading inexorably to the Yucca Mountain imbroglio...

... he just never quits giving, does he?

[PoisedWoman]

if socialism hadn't made it impossible for the stores to stock lumber. Or nails, or shingles or glass etc.

Actually, there are no stores. No nice little businesses at all. To start a business means imprisonment. You can spend hours in Havana looking for a place to buy as much as a papaya. Carter, with his commie glasses welded to the bridge of his nose, probably won't notice.

I sat next to a fellow on flight to Nassau who had considered opening a business in Cuba, thru one of his Caribbean businesses,to sell much-needed building supplies, but after his partner did a feasibility study, they realized that Castro lies, cheats, and steals from anyone unwise enough to try to do business there. One Spanish firm purchased an apartment building near oceanfront in Havana and remodeled it into condos to sell to Spanish and other citizens free to travel to Cuba. All paperwork was done with Castro's government, every i dotted and t crossed. They spent millions remodeling the building, then Castro literally stole it from them. They had no rights of recourse. Just a total loss.

[Wonder Warthog]

The US Navy should now be able to forgo nuclear reactors on submarines and other ships---all they need to do is figure out how to harness the energy generated by Hyman Rickover spinning in his grave over the actions of his "protege"--"Jimmuh Cahtah".

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

But he's a nice guy and a "senior statesman" now, so all of his past failures can be forgotten now. /sarcasm

[backhoe]

Hate to admit it, but you are likely right!

[linn37]

he's such a dolt

[CaptIsaacDavis]

From CaptIsaacDavis. Please note that coverage of this breaking story can be found in the sources listed. However, the content of the post above did NOT come from them. It is my synopsis of commmentaries heard on coverage of the event.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Unfortunately, that's how the media portrays him. What they don't report on is Mr. Carter's unauthorized negotiations with countries like China and North Korea. Peanut-head Carter made grandiose promises on behalf of the United States that were not possible to deliver. He should have been prosecuted. As far as I'm concerned, the last two DemonRat presidents should be in prison.

[Illwind]

Don't forget preventing our athletes from participating in the Olympic's and the wheat embargo. The grinning little turd sure taught the Russian's a lesson.

[texson66]

One Spanish firm purchased an apartment building near oceanfront in Havana and remodeled it into condos to sell to Spanish and other citizens free to travel to Cuba. All paperwork was done with Castro's government, every i dotted and t crossed. They spent millions remodeling the building, then Castro literally stole it from them. They had no rights of recourse. Just a total loss.

Wow watta suprise! Dont you think ANYONE would know the nature of a communist country headed by an El Supremo?? Actually, their greed certainly played right into Fidel's hands! God help the US if JC (killer wabbit) makes a deal with the El Supremo too! GWB should revoke JC's passport!

[Free_at_last_-2001]

democrat =anti-American - as long and democRats exist America will never be free.

[F16Fighter]

The Carter-on-kneepads moment where he anxiously prostated himself in front of Castro while Castro was purposely ingnoring him was priceless.

[Captainpaintball]

Doesn't an American need permission to travel to cuba? Who gave him permission? Who owns the plane he is using? Are WE ultimately paying for this trip?

[hinckley buzzard]

This kleptocratic practice began early with the theft of billions in Ametrican assets (after we supported him against Batista, no less.)

That was the reason for economic sanctions. Castro could have ended the "embargo" at any time in the last forty years simply by agreeing to make restitution.

[Puzzleman]

Last February, Michael Kelly wrote what I consider to be the ultimate statement about Jimmy Carter. He described him as "the president who set a record for incompetence that will stand until the seas run dry." Here's the link: Link

[Liberal Classic]

Tool.