Jimmae!!!
"Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, "Lillian, you should have remained a virgin."
Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)
After leaving office, Jimmy Carter, one of America's worst presidents (speaking as an amatuer presidential historian, not a partisan hack) was highly regarded as one of America's greatest ex-presidents. And up until about a decade ago, he worked hard to earn that designation. Here is someone who spent a great portion of his time working with Habitat for Humanity to be sure that low income individuals received decent, affordable housing. He went abroad to supervise elections (too bad he never came to Washington State!) He writes historical novels about the Revolutionary War period so people can have a greater understanding of that time.
However, under the auspices of "concern," he has become, once again a partisan hack. So while Presidents Ford, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton have largely, imperfectly, kept up the respect of the Presidency, Carter is now going over the edge. So once again it is open season!
Recently, at the funeral of Coretta Scott King, according to Drudge (which you might not think of as a credible source, although if you believe he is wrong, you can try to dispute the facts as well as the context) said, "It was difficult for them then personally with the civil liberties of both husband and wife violated as they became the target of secret government wiretaps."
Yes, it was wrong to wiretap somewho who advocated peaceful change. However, the pendulum has gone too far the other way so that law enforcement cannot do it's job. For example, take 9-11. Carter seems to lack judgement when it comes to these matters. In fact, Carter seems to lack a lot of judgement altogether, which is why America was such a mess after one term of office, leading to his defeat in the landslide in 1980.
This is a man who had "adultery in my heart" as he admitted in 1976 to Playboy. Listen, if you're gonna sin, instead of being a dork, why not go all the way? Go tell your spouse that you have feelings for some other chick and see what happens (by admitting it to a dirty magazine, it becomes public knowledge) - almost as bad as being found in flagrente delicto. Not that I advocate adultery, but don't say such things (of course this was during a presidential campaign, but still).
Here is a man, who, sticks tried and true with the Southern Baptist church during the period when it was essentially one of the chief defenders of segregation, despite no real Biblical basis for it's position. However, when it changes it's political focus, and takes it's position on issues for which there is a clear Biblical basis, then he calls it "intolerant." Yes, one can pick anything out of the Bible to support almost any position, but you sometimes have to stretch things. However, when the Bible again and again condemns a certain behaviour as sinful, and does so quite directly, then it's kinda hard to take a theological position arguing against it. Not that I am really hot-to-trot on this issue, but I find it silly that people try to defend certain behaviours by ignoring, or even lying about, Biblical positions.
And, he even used race baiting in his 1970 election to the governorship of Georgia. At that time, Georgia still voted Democrat, so whoever won that nomination, won the election. So what did Jimmae do to win the nomination? He distributed pictures of his opponent being around African Americans - thus winning the election. A man of real integrity would never sink to this depth.
And, then there is his term of office. For which there is a lot of history, which we need not painfully go over.
Jimmy Carter has abused his position as ex-President to push a partisan agenda. While all ex-Presidents have a duty to support their party, there is a fine line between promoting your party, and promoting national unity. Since he has little judgement, he cannot find this line, and has gone way beyond it.
This man had a chance, like Nixon, to restore himself to the good graces of the American people after his failed term of office. Instead, this oaf has once again become a national embarassment.
Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)
After leaving office, Jimmy Carter, one of America's worst presidents (speaking as an amatuer presidential historian, not a partisan hack) was highly regarded as one of America's greatest ex-presidents. And up until about a decade ago, he worked hard to earn that designation. Here is someone who spent a great portion of his time working with Habitat for Humanity to be sure that low income individuals received decent, affordable housing. He went abroad to supervise elections (too bad he never came to Washington State!) He writes historical novels about the Revolutionary War period so people can have a greater understanding of that time.
However, under the auspices of "concern," he has become, once again a partisan hack. So while Presidents Ford, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton have largely, imperfectly, kept up the respect of the Presidency, Carter is now going over the edge. So once again it is open season!
Recently, at the funeral of Coretta Scott King, according to Drudge (which you might not think of as a credible source, although if you believe he is wrong, you can try to dispute the facts as well as the context) said, "It was difficult for them then personally with the civil liberties of both husband and wife violated as they became the target of secret government wiretaps."
Yes, it was wrong to wiretap somewho who advocated peaceful change. However, the pendulum has gone too far the other way so that law enforcement cannot do it's job. For example, take 9-11. Carter seems to lack judgement when it comes to these matters. In fact, Carter seems to lack a lot of judgement altogether, which is why America was such a mess after one term of office, leading to his defeat in the landslide in 1980.
This is a man who had "adultery in my heart" as he admitted in 1976 to Playboy. Listen, if you're gonna sin, instead of being a dork, why not go all the way? Go tell your spouse that you have feelings for some other chick and see what happens (by admitting it to a dirty magazine, it becomes public knowledge) - almost as bad as being found in flagrente delicto. Not that I advocate adultery, but don't say such things (of course this was during a presidential campaign, but still).
Here is a man, who, sticks tried and true with the Southern Baptist church during the period when it was essentially one of the chief defenders of segregation, despite no real Biblical basis for it's position. However, when it changes it's political focus, and takes it's position on issues for which there is a clear Biblical basis, then he calls it "intolerant." Yes, one can pick anything out of the Bible to support almost any position, but you sometimes have to stretch things. However, when the Bible again and again condemns a certain behaviour as sinful, and does so quite directly, then it's kinda hard to take a theological position arguing against it. Not that I am really hot-to-trot on this issue, but I find it silly that people try to defend certain behaviours by ignoring, or even lying about, Biblical positions.
And, he even used race baiting in his 1970 election to the governorship of Georgia. At that time, Georgia still voted Democrat, so whoever won that nomination, won the election. So what did Jimmae do to win the nomination? He distributed pictures of his opponent being around African Americans - thus winning the election. A man of real integrity would never sink to this depth.
And, then there is his term of office. For which there is a lot of history, which we need not painfully go over.
Jimmy Carter has abused his position as ex-President to push a partisan agenda. While all ex-Presidents have a duty to support their party, there is a fine line between promoting your party, and promoting national unity. Since he has little judgement, he cannot find this line, and has gone way beyond it.
This man had a chance, like Nixon, to restore himself to the good graces of the American people after his failed term of office. Instead, this oaf has once again become a national embarassment.
posted by EricMatthew at 6:57 PM
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