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<p>In early 1976, as Jimmy Carter's surging presidential candidacy was cast as an antidote to the deceits of Watergate, Harper's magazine published a piece entitled, "Jimmy Carter's Pathetic Lies."</p> <p>"We were shocked," remembers Carter media strategist Jerry Rafshoon. But the initial press buzz soon faded, and Jimmy Carter captured the Iowa and New Hampshire contests on his way to the presidency.</p>

On Saturdays, neither the NY Sun nor the WSJ is published, so I buy the NY Times. It keeps me from being overly optimistic. Today, on page 4 of the Times, there’s a story entitled "North Korean Standoff Poses ‘Greatest Threat,’ Carter Says." Here’s the lead paragraph: “Tokyo, Sept. 5 - Former President Jimmy Carter, the man credited with defusing the 1994 North Korean nuclear crisis, warned here today that the current standoff was the world’s ‘greatest threat.’” Here’s how I would have written that lead: “Tokyo, Sept. 5 - Former President Jimmy Carter, the man blamed for the failed...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Former U.S. president and Nobel Peace laureate Jimmy Carter said on Friday that guaranteeing North Korea's security was critical to solving the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear program. He also slammed the stance of the administration of President Bush, which has branded the North Korean government part of an "axis of evil." Carter visited North Korea in 1994 during a previous crisis over the communist state's nuclear program and negotiated a deal with then-leader Kim Il-sung in which Pyongyang confirmed its willingness to freeze its nuclear program and resume talks with the United States. He told a news...

Jimmy Carter offers to mediate peace talks between Israel and Palestinians... developing...