Former President Jimmy Carter Blames 'Irresponsible News Media' for Obama’s Low Approval Ratings
If you’re a left-of-center media personality and you use your national TV platform to call a candidate for the United States Senate a “bitch,” how might you be rewarded? Apparently in this day and age, you’re granted an interview with a former sitting president of your political party.
Even though he wasn’t one of the most distinguished presidents of the United States, former President Jimmy Carter appeared on Joy Behar’s HLN program to promote his book, “White House Diary.” During his interview, Behar asked Carter to offer his assessment of Barack Obama’s performance as president.
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“Tell me something, what do you think of Obama?” Behar asked. “What do you think of the job his doing? His approval ratings are not great in terms of the job even though personally people seem to like him very much. What’s your opinion of the job he’s doing?”
Behar was correct to point out that Obama’s approval ratings have suffered over the past 10 months. But according to Carter, despite “an extraordinary job” by Obama, it is the media’s fault his numbers have suffered – not a poor economy or any other lackluster outcomes from the president’s policies.
“I think under the circumstances that I just described, he’s done an extraordinary job,” Carter said. “He’s got some good things done. They’ve been totally twisted around by some of the irresponsible news media to project him as a person that he’s not and as we all know.”
By several metrics, it has been shown that Obama has gotten favorable media coverage – even better than his predecessors in the early days of his presidency according to the Pew Research Center. Still Carter compared his struggles to secure his own party’s nomination while he was president in 1980 to that of the present-day political environment. According to Carter, Obama hasn’t had the aid of the Republican Party that he had, although that same Republican Party later propelled Ronald Reagan to the presidency.
“But I think that under the circumstances, he’s done a fine job,” Carter continued. “Thirty years ago -- 25 years ago, when I was in the White House, I had superb support from the Republicans. In fact, I had an opponent then, Ted Kennedy, who’s running against me in my own party. And he took away a lot of the support among the very liberal Democrats. I had to turn to the conservative and moderate Democrats and Republicans. They turned out in both parties and helped me a lot. That’s something President Obama has not had.”
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The press is against him?
Submitted by KC Mulville on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 1:04am.
Wow. How deluded do you have to be? Carter is ready for the padded room.
The media has been the ultimate defender, attack dog, apologist, and sycophant for Obama. And so when things go bad, how do the Democrats repay their most loyal servants? Thrown under the bus, like everyone else.
What do all these people have in common? They all voted for Obama.
You're welcome.
Drown and out in MA
Submitted by CO2Maker on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 6:51am.
It's Chappaquiddick Ted's fault!
Carter is the only liberal or Democrat (okay, okay, that's redundant) to blame Kennedy for killing anything—in this case, Jimmah's chances of success and eventually of reelection.
Once again, I appeal to
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 7:11am.
Once again, I appeal to Rosalyn....tell Jimmy to come home.
Now. Please.
It is the media's fault!
Submitted by TheHistorian on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 7:20am.
Try for starters the former Carter shill, Chris Matthews. Why, he hasn't mentioned the Obama thrill and his leg for a month or better!
Dennis Prager
Jimmy Carter: certifiable
Submitted by Mary Louise Turner on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 10:04am.
What planet has ol' Jimmy Carter been living on the past two years? The media has been toadying to Ears ever since he announced his Presidential campaign. With these idiotic statements, Mr. Carter has gone certifiable. It's time for him to just shut up and go back to Plains, GA, for good.
That's funny, I blame Obama
Submitted by rbosque on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 1:10am.
That's funny, I blame Obama for the media's low ratings.
She may as well have
Submitted by Chris Norman on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 1:46am.
She may as well have interviewed some old coot who was shipwrecked on a desert island for the past twenty or so years - the views expressed would have been as relevant. Carter further blamed those rascally Republican leaders Senator Hugh Scott and Congressman Robert Michel for frustrating Obama's grand plans....
Jimmy's got one eye open...
Submitted by P. Aaron on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 1:37am.
...did he blame the media for Bush's (not as bad as Obama's) 'low ratings'?
What an insolent ingrate!!!
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 1:43am.
What an insolent ingrate!!! Jimmah Cahtah should be THANKING the MSM for Boy Blunder booting him out of the cellar of 'Worst American President'.........but he's so clueless, he doesn't even recognize it............
Are you kidding, killa??
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 7:14am.
He doesn't even recognize the fact that he was IN the cellar....
Don't forget, he says we had "almost perfect relations with every nation on earth" while he was in the WH!
Yeah, MB, I know....I know!!!
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 1:18pm.
Yeah, MB, I know....I know!!! Jimmah and his wife and family, and a handful of others, actually think that he was one of the best Presidents in our history - and it's OUR fault that things turned out the way they did.
My eye doctor (an ex-NFL running back who gives me insight into Obamacare and the problems it will cause, or is allready causing) says that he has a patient - a woman - who thinks that Cahtah was the best President of her lifetime.......
Imagine how. . .
Submitted by rick.bren on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 6:42am.
low the bamster's ratings would be if the press didn't have their collective noses up his third point of contact.
What if...
Submitted by mustango on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 8:27am.
That's an interesting "what if" scenario, actually. On the one hand, a less zealously supportive press might have failed to get him elected in the first place. Failing that, Obama might not have been so arrogant in assuming that he could force the Republicans into submission. He might have instead contented himself with a long series of 60-40 cloture votes in the Senate and wound up "accomplishing" a lot more in the long run.
In a backwards way, Carter might actually be right: a press that didn't irresponsibly coddle Obama might have actually made him a more effective and less reviled president. We as a nation may have gotten lucky on that score.
Jeff, Weasel Zippers is featuring your blog.
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 7:34am.
Jeff, Weasel Zippers is featuring your blog.... the picture they have illustrating it is hilarious
Do libs understand
Submitted by johnsonl on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 8:04am.
that other liberals are "dumbing down the message" by going on talk show? We never saw Ronald Reagan on Maury Povich. It cheapens the office. Isn't anyone insulted by the fact that POTUS went on a comedy show? Anyone? Let's hear from the liberals on this!
Ouch!
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 8:11am.
No wonder Carter is, and always has been an economic illiterate....he can't do math! “But I think that under the circumstances, he’s done a fine job,” Carter continued. “Thirty years ago -- 25 years ago, when I was in the White House, I had superb support from the Republicans.Let's see, 30 years ago, Carter was technically in the Oval Office, mere days away from being tossed out....yet he changes his story to reflect 25 years ago. 25 years ago today was October 28, 1985, and the great Ronald Maximus was sitting in the Oval Office. I know the Bush's will never be seen as the best presidents ever, but I think they are both superb ex-presidents. Classy, thoughtful, and quiet. Wow, Rich Text editor is TU again, my para w/the bold is a quote from Carter, and it's eaten my para break. Apologies for ugly looking post.
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What if Obama Was Treated As Bush Was By The Media?
Submitted by Smartypants on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 8:27am.
If Barack Obama were a Republican, his approval ratings would be easily 10 points lower than they currently are. The media would be blistering him on a daily basis, and everything would be his fault. The Dems and their media buddies destroyed Bush's presidency; and Bush allowed it to happen by not fighting back. B.O. gets favorable treatment from 90% of the press, and he spends his time telling all of us to not pay attention to that other 10%.
STFU
Submitted by lkotur on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 8:51am.
Jimmy Carter is an embarrassment!
He continues to bloviate like, "I lost the 1980 election because of the third party canidate!"
What a MORON!
If you add up his votes and Anderson's votes, he still didn't come close.
LarryK
And you can't even do that,
Submitted by mattm on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 10:03am.
And you can't even do that, because at least one third, and maybe even more than half, of Anderson's votes would have gone to Reagan had Anderson not been in the race.
Carter was given an opportunity to fix what LBJ screwed up and what Nixon/Ford couldn't fix, and he failed. He has no one to blame but himself and his fellow leftists in congress.
as Reagan would say...
Submitted by holeinthehull on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 9:00am.
There you go again...
Jimmah, you need to get Nurse Behar to wipe the spittle off your chin, change your diaper, and then go lay down for your morning nap so you will be wide awake for bingo later today.
Someone bring the bus around front please for the ride home.
www.holeinthehull.com
Jimmy of Arabia
Submitted by Thalpy on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 9:02am.
Jimmy of Arabia continues his mindless blather. He'll never admit that Obama is the greatest flimflam artist of our time. The "irresponsible news media" is the reason we have this nothing President in the first place.
I think it's time
Submitted by IgnatzJFahrquar on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 9:23am.
When the elders of an Indian tribe became a burden they had the sense to wander off into the wilderness. Unfortunately, Jimmy is operating under the notion that he is still a viable contributor to society and lacks this sense.
I think it's time for him to be dropped off in the Tetons. Maybe Larry King and Georgie Soros can accompany him, too.
This is why Peanut Boy was
Submitted by mattm on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 9:59am.
This is why Peanut Boy was such a terrible president. He gets everything bass ackwards. If the media had been doing its job, Obama never would have been elected and Mr. Carter would be on an apology tour, not a book tour.
I think it's obvious
Submitted by superdough on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 10:16am.
He was referring to FOX news, not the rest of the MSM
Well, Jimmy did have a higher
Submitted by bassndude on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 10:22am.
Well, Jimmy did have a higher unemployment rate. He did have rationing of gas. He was sucessful in making the Arabs quit sending us oil. Interest rates were in the teens. And he invented the misery index, rationing of heater oil and natural gas for heating and cooling your home. He insured your safety by lowering speed limits to 55. We even have him to thank for the Department of Education, and the resulting public education excellence we enjoy today.
So all things considered, Jimmy would think Obama is doing fine.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal/troll!!
While I agree with the rest
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 10:47am.
While I agree with the rest of your criticisms of Carter, don't blame him for the 55 speed limit.-
That happened before he took office.
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True Free. But you gotta
Submitted by bassndude on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 1:13pm.
True Free. But you gotta admit, if it had not already been done, Jimmy would have done it.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal/troll!!
One of Maher's Stoopid Dogs
Submitted by IVote on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 11:19am.
Well, Jimmy..... you live by the propaganda, you die by the propaganda.
Jimmy Carter boasts, "I can bench-press 350 pounds!"
Submitted by Chunky on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 12:15pm.
On a recent MSNBC news show, former President Jimmy Carter told Rachel Maddow that he was a far superior president than people were aware. http://www.thedailyrash.com/?p=4585
Carter Relinquishes Title to Rookie
Submitted by JakeMo on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 12:25pm.
Jimmy Carter. The 2nd most incompetent boob to occupy the White House.
COT'A!!!!!!!!!! C'MON COT'A!
Submitted by stage9 on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 12:53pm.
Stephanopoulos, Scarborough, Lauer, Matthews, Maddow, Maher, Olbermann, Winphrey, Stewart, Colbert, Soros, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSpiNBC, CNN, NPR, BBC, moveon.org, the ladies on The View, the University of Wisconsin, Democratic Socialists of America, Communist Party USA, CAIR, HAMAS and all of hollywood are doing all they can to garner support for Mahdi Obama.
They're doing the best they can! Be patient, these things take time! (at least that's what I hear)
"If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner." — Malcolm Muggeridge
Jimmy Carter is personally responsible...
Submitted by beauxdog on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 1:49pm.
... for all the crap we suffer from Islamofacists today. The Shah of Iran was repressing a segment of his population... keeping them down... keeping them under control. Uncle Jimmy freed them by getting rid of the Shah. He flew the Ayotollah from exile in France to take control of Iran. The rest is history.
He did the same in Nicaragua. He gave the government of the only staunch US ally in Central American to the communists. I have personally discussed this with a former member of Somosa's cabinet. He translated the letter from Carter to Somosa demanding the terms.
Jimmy Carter should be serving time in the Hague... not building sub-standard houses for the poor.
Carter is trying his new
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 3:33pm.
Carter is trying his new standup comedy routine.
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