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- RansomHoldiay, on 04/03/2008, -16/+127carter is the man. he's old and doesn't give a ***** what you think. more power to him.
- rancemo, on 04/03/2008, -2/+76Soon enough Bill Clinton will be endorsing Obama...
- billricardi, on 04/03/2008, -3/+55I'm normally a lurker, but I can't help but pipe up here. The reason that the Carter endorsement is important has nothing to do with the man's time in Office (which, by the way, I've never seen lower than about 35th worse on any large, objective pole, despite the haters).
Jimmy Carter became popular AFTER his stint as POTUS. That he established the Dept of Energy and the Dept of Education (as a separate entity from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare) are notable events... but given their track record, these events were about as bland as the rest of his presidency. Carter did his best work after he lost to Reagan. Douglas Brinkley does a much better job of this, but briefly:
The dude comes back to his peanut farm, which his trustees have suddenly left 1 million bucks in debt. So rather than retire, the man works his ass off and hits the lecture circuit, and then writes a series of best selling books. He digs himself out of the hole.
But that wasn't enough. He travels the world to fight for human rights and against poverty. The Carter Center friggen wipes out Guinea worm disease, taking it from 3 million cases a year to 10K. He spreads the ideals of global human rights for 15 years. It was his outspoken record on human rights that earned him the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. Suddenly, the guy is a hard hitting, no holds barred commentator, and a globetrotting aide to presidents. Presidents send him to Israel, North Korea, and even Venezuela during it's 2004 recall election to act as a neutral observer. He meets with Castro and gets permission to write and deliver a political and human rights speech in Cuba... in Spanish.
THAT is the endorsement. This is a Nobel prize winner and a respected figure in the global community, not just some 1 term President from the 70's. If Carter in 1980 offered to endorse you, you might run scream. If Carter in 2008 offers to endorse you, you say YES (if I may quote Ghostbusters). - ElectroOverlord, on 04/03/2008, -13/+58I can't wait for Obama to win....
Just to drive you ***** crazy!
I love how you just Troll everywhere btw.... - inactive, on 04/03/2008, -4/+35"I guess Carter ses the value in having a completely inept man in the oval office"
Bush? - wild, on 04/03/2008, -5/+35Cashman, you just get sadder with each passing post.
- InfamousAtheist, on 04/03/2008, -8/+36Bitter much?
It must sting pretty bad that an African-American is going to be President - you racists are going to have eight years to bitch and moan, and I'm going to love every minute of it. - brstilson, on 04/03/2008, -3/+31How many Jimmy Carter haters on here were actually alive when he was president?
- cobbwobbles, on 04/03/2008, -14/+41To all the kids insulting Jimmy Carter, just because you are ignorant doesn't mean he wasn't one of the best and most intelligent US presidents in history. Go Carter, and GObama.
Obama 08! - ElectroOverlord, on 04/03/2008, -8/+34A nice Southern Endorsement....
- scottc, on 04/03/2008, -5/+30He has always said what he believed, which is precisely why he was despised by the right wing. It's also a reason why he had a hard time being effective as President. When you are honest about your shortcomings you give your political enemies an opening to attack you. Nevertheless, he has probably accomplished more for our country then any President since...it's just that most of his accomplishments came after he left the office.
- fancycwabs, on 04/03/2008, -8/+26George W. Bush endorsed Obama?
- RansomHoldiay, on 04/03/2008, -0/+18'rights stealing'? he was a constitutional lawyer. last time i saw it was the conservatives who have been taking away our rights for the last 8 years.
- brstilson, on 04/03/2008, -2/+19"a man with no leadership experience, no macroeconomic expertise, no foreign policy expertise"
Abraham Lincoln served only one term in elected office before becoming president. - KnightWhoSaysNi, on 04/03/2008, -5/+22English *****! Do you speak it?
- doogie68, on 04/03/2008, -1/+17I think a credible argument could be made that the existing administration (of whom we've had 8 years, not 4) is patently more incompetent.
- Radigg, on 04/03/2008, -6/+22thats great, pretty soon Obama will catch up in super delegates. I have a feeling this primary contest will be over soon with Clinton finally admitting defeat!
- sodade, on 04/03/2008, -3/+18Even if Obama does turn out to be inept, at least he will push for transparency of government so that we can address the full depth of our whole damn government's ineptitude.
- rholland356, on 04/03/2008, -4/+19You are utterly incorrect and misguided. Carter was ahead of his time, and keep that in mind as you pay $4/gallon at the pump. Imagine where you would be today if Reagan had decided a sustainable energy policy was wiser than a burn-baby-burn policy.
- Ellipsys, on 04/03/2008, -1/+14Writing a book that attempts to look at both sides of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and explain the intricacies of it to lay people, despite being lambasted by certain religious extremists. And be builds houses for the freakin' homeless after a stint in the office of the (debated) most powerful man in the world.
- gothicform, on 04/03/2008, -0/+12I guess that almost eradicating a disease that saves the health of 3 million people a year is nothing. The entire continent of Asia is now completely free of it and almost 70 million people have benefited so far but who cares... 70 million is almost the population of Germany.
- inactive, on 04/03/2008, -1/+12lol, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/ne ...
"Last week, Mr Powell revealed that he has been advising the senator from Illinois on foreign policy - provoking a flurry of speculation about the plans and ambitions of both men"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/10/colin-pow ...
"From GQ's new interview with Colin Powell:
You've met with Barack Obama a couple of times and given him advice. Is it possible that you will support him?
I will give advice to any of the principal candidates. I've met with others, including John McCain and Rudy Giuliani. Barack called me and came by, and we had a long talk. Right before he decided to run, we talked again about the presidency and the type of decisions and problems that come in the middle of the night. I think he's a very impressive man, I think he's very smart, and I think he's going to be a formidable candidate." - jarrodandlaura, on 04/03/2008, -6/+17Wow. Obama's been picking up endorsements and pledged delegates at a fairly rapid rate. Whether any of the endorsements carry any weight with voters is another story... being from the South, I know that many Southerners (conservatives especially) couldn't give a ***** what Jimmy Carter thinks. Nevertheless, this is good for him and Carter's own comments reaffirm that Obama's 50-state strategy really is working and may (hopefully) propel him to a win over McCain in November.
HuffPo has a good basketball analogy of his strategy here -> http://digg.com/political_opinion/Obama_s_Got_Game - MrErr, on 04/03/2008, -0/+11Not sure what you are saying, but i think Carter was on of the most principled presidents we have had, and I also appreciate his foresight. Unfortunately we seem to measure presidents on short term goas only.
- scottc, on 04/03/2008, -0/+11If you think he hates Isreal you've never really listened to the man.
- writerwriter, on 04/03/2008, -2/+12Y'know the part where Bill Clinton is freaking out in public? Yeah. They know they're done.
Obama is your President. He's essentially the President now. He just has to wait for the existing excuse for pres leaves office.
The election next November is a no-brainer.
McCain? Please! It must be that people in the US have had enough of criminal, uninformed, war-mongering, old, nearly dead guys leading their country. - inactive, on 04/03/2008, -0/+10Bush must be awesome then since he was re-elected.
- stix213, on 04/03/2008, -0/+9Clinton will never admit defeat - not in her best interest. What is in her best interest is to do anything she can to harm the Obama campaign and give McCain the best chances to win in November. Then Hillary can run against McCain in the 2012 election. Otherwise if Obama wins she will have to wait until 2016 for another go at it.
Expect to see that the Clinton machine will offer little assistance to Obama after Obama's party victory and will actually work to undermine him in the general election. You can already see evidence of this in recent statements from her where she talks up McCain and herself compared to Obama.
Also to support this is that Clinton will not take the VP seat under Obama. - bicyclethief, on 04/03/2008, -1/+10If I were a superdelegate, I wouldn't disclose my choice either. You wouldn't want a knock on the door at 3 am.
- bicyclethief, on 04/03/2008, -3/+12lol
Romney is a schmuck. - fantasticFlan, on 04/03/2008, -0/+9What?
- doogie68, on 04/03/2008, -0/+8You forgot "boot-licking toady that would say anything to further his political aspirations."
- SketchaMPM, on 04/03/2008, -0/+8And there it is.
Well said, billricardi. - sulthernao, on 04/03/2008, -1/+9Sorry, Bush endorsed McCain.
- inactive, on 04/03/2008, -0/+8One of the dumbest comments I've read all day.
- scottc, on 04/03/2008, -0/+8His work for Habit for Humanity gave the organization a big boost and they now have an international presence. His was work on health issues in Africa have spurred others into action (i.e. Gates and Buffett). The Carter Center has pioneered many techniques for effectively monitoring elections in order to help bring about democracy all around the world. His personal diplomatic missions to countries with disputed elections has prevented violence and eased the transition of power from one party to another.
That was only a general list off the top of my head...a list of his specific accomplishments in each of those areas would be very, very long. - Ellipsys, on 04/03/2008, -3/+11You do know that there is evidence that the reason that American citizens were held hostage for that extensive period of time was because they were waiting for Regan to make good on his Iran-Contra weapons promises, behind Carter's back. If Regan wasn't waiting in the wings with that deal to make the captors happy and make himself look like a hero, they probably would have been released much earlier.
- inactive, on 04/03/2008, -4/+12The people who think Carter was a terrible president were never going to vote for Obama anyway. Overall, Carter has higher approval ratings that Bill Clinton, and his numbers are absolutely sky-high compared to the smirking chimp: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/pol ...
- SketchaMPM, on 04/03/2008, -1/+9Well seeing as how George W. Bush is one of the worst presidents in history, facnycwabs obvious sarcasm was completely relevent.
- inactive, on 04/03/2008, -2/+9http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/17/powell-surge/
Today on CBS’s Face the Nation, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said he did not support surging tens of thousands more troops in Iraq, a plan that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) supports and that President Bush is expected to carry out. - Triskozko, on 04/03/2008, -5/+12Welcome to my block list; have a nice stay.
- RansomHoldiay, on 04/03/2008, -0/+7noo dont block him! if you ever are having a bad day just open any obama story on digg and rest assured the first comment will be cashman, buried to around -35 on average. and just open the comment and laugh.
- gothicform, on 04/03/2008, -0/+6Was it his fault inflation went haywire because of the Oil Crisis of 1973that drove prices through the roof which happened when Nixon was in charge? People really need to read some history here... most of Carter's problems were inherited. He made the mistake of winning an election at the wrong time.
- mrsammercer, on 04/03/2008, -1/+7You are a fool. In the US, we have the center and the far right. There is no real "left" in our politcial spectrum. Neither Hillary nor Obama are Socialists. Look at europe and you will see how right of center the entire US political scene has shifted.
- inactive, on 04/03/2008, -1/+7John McCain agrees: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23481178/
- goon5000, on 04/03/2008, -3/+9I was. I remeber interest rates at 25%.
- cobbwobbles, on 04/03/2008, -1/+7here on planet Earth we do things differently.
- Plotinus, on 04/03/2008, -5/+11Ha ha ha, you guys make us laugh. You think Carter is one of the worst US Presidents ever and yet Europeans and Brits rate him as one of the best.
- inactive, on 04/03/2008, -2/+8What if he was a dumb white texan who said "freedom" and "constitutional" over and over again?
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