On Monday's "Good Morning America," co-host Chris Cuomo conducted a sycophantic interview with former President Jimmy Carter. In the introduction alone, the ABC anchor glowingly described Carter as someone who is " waging peace, fighting disease and building hope." A few seconds later, he again cheerfully enthused that Carter is a "a man who is all about peace."
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Cuomo even went so far as to tell the one-term president that, given some hindsight, America would now appreciate Carter's leadership during the hostage crisis. He described Carter's handling of the 444 day long spectacle of American hostages being held in Iran as the philosophy of saying, "'We will negotiate. We will not just go in and bomb and see what happens.'" To make it perfectly clear that Cuomo was praising Carter and simultaneously slamming President Bush, the ABC host elaborated, "It just seems that today in our political climate, restraint is seen as strength, because we've seen what happens when we use force." After a brief discussion of the 2008 campaign, Cuomo, the son of the former liberal governor Mario Cuomo, gushed that he hoped the Democrats pay "attention to your message. It certainly serves well with the current political situation."
Cuomo also allowed Carter to get away with asserting that, regarding the hostage crisis, "not a single person died in Iran." Of course, in 1980, President Carter oversaw a botched rescue effort that resulted in the deaths of eight U.S. military personnel. This disaster, which is widely seen as one of the events precipitating Carter's defeat in November of that year, wasn't mentioned by Cuomo. However, he did manage to ask gooey questions, such as effusively observing of Carter's new book, "Beyond the White House," "What does it mean to you when you look back on this book, which, of course, came from your own hand?"
A transcript of the segment, which aired at 8:41am on October 8, follows:
Chris Cuomo: "President Jimmy Carter left the White House in 1981. Since that time, he has traveled the world waging peace, fighting disease and building hope. That is the motto of the Carter Center, a foundation dedicated to human rights, which this year, celebrates 25 years of service to human kind. It's also the subject of Mr. Carter's new book, 'Beyond the White House.' It's my pleasure to welcome President Carter. Thank you for coming back. It's great to have you here always. So you're a man who is all about peace. And yet, we read in the headlines you go to the Sudan and you almost get into a fight with people in one of the most dangerous places in the world. What happened, Mr. President?"
Former President Jimmy Carter: "Well, we were in Darfur. We visited several sites there. After visiting in Khartoum and also the southern part of Sudan, Juba, then we went to Darfur for a visit with the displaced persons there, about 2.2 million of them. And I was in a little village called Kikabia (PH) which is a strange one in that about 16,000 people live in a little village, and 53,000 displaced persons have moved in with them. They don't live in camps. They just live in the village. So, I was visiting throughout the camp and throughout the village, had been in the schools, talking to the leaders of the displaced persons. Then I decided I wanted to visit with the chief or the mayor, we would call him. So, I started to his house and a security guard told me I was forbidden to go because it wasn't on the schedule. We had already departed a long time ago from the schedule. So I just told him I was going to visit the chief anyway, whether he had orders or not, and if he objected, he could contact President al-Bashir, the president of Sudan and see if I was free to go where I chose. So, eventually, we compromised and the chief came to visit me. And I had a private conversation in my vehicle on the way to the helicopter pad. So, it worked out okay."
Cuomo: "Now, aside from that little bit of intrigue and drama there, you had signs of hope in that latest tour there."
Carter: "Well, there are two major peace agreements that are inseparable. One is the comprehensive peace agreement between the north and south to end 20 years of war within which over two million people died. And we were deeply involved in that peace process ever since 1989. And in the most recent one, obviously, is the Darfur peace agreement that was consummated in Abuja a couple years ago and that's supposed to bring an end to the suffering in Darfur. And I was there with a group of so-called elders, accompanied by Nelson Mandela's wife and by Archbishop Tutu and Mr. Brahimi, who is the chief negotiator for the United Nations. And, so, we were there, trying to see how we as senior statesmen could help bring it to fruition, the hopes and dreams that have been expressed in these peace agreements. And so, it's a very dicey situation in that there's still a lot of tension between north and south Sudan, may re-erupt into war and of course, the suffering of the Darfur people. It is now paramount in the people's conscience around the world."
Cuomo: "What do you think when you look pack on this book? 25 years. You won a Nobel Peace prize. You've been in situations all over the world, all over this country. What does it mean to you when you look back on this book, which, of course, came from your own hand?"
Carter: "I wrote every word of it."
Cuomo: "But what does it mean to you?"
Carter: "Well, it's just a recollection of the importance of preserving peace, and people like me who have had a wonderful life and been president of the greatest nation in the world, using what influence I have to promote peace and justice and promotion of human rights, protecting the environment, and particularly, to alleviate suffering. And the purpose of this book is to just acquaint people who read it and who hear about it with the obligation that we as affluent, blessed people in the world, need to share what we have, our time and our effort and our money with those who are desperately in need. The Carter Center now has programs in 71 different nations in the world, the poorest and most destitute people on Earth. 35 of those countries are in Africa, so I'm often with Rosalynn, the Carter Center people, all over Africa."
Cuomo: "A couple of political questions for you. First one, one of perspective. The Iran hostage situation, if that happened today and the same call was made. 'We will negotiate. We will not just go in and bomb and see what happens.' Do you think the perception of it would be very different?"
Carter: "I doubt it because I was heavily advised by my political advisors to take military action. And I could have destroyed Iran, as you know, with our bombs and missiles and weapons. But it would have rested in the death of our hostages and it would have killed 30, 40, 50,000 innocent Iranians. I decided to be patient and to negotiate. And although it may have cost me the reelection and so forth, not a single person died in Iran, and every hostage came home safe and free."
Cuomo: "It just seems that today in our political climate, restraint is seen as strength, because we've seen what happens when we use force. Let me ask quickly, what do you see in the election?"
Carter: "Well, I think the Democrats he an excellent chance to win it."
Cuomo: "I'm sure you do."
Carter: "We have a good panoply of good candidates and any one of whom, I believe, would do a very good job in the White House, much better job than is being done now."
Cuomo: "Hopefully, they're paying attention to your message. It certainly serves well with the current political situation. And let me congratulate you most of all, not the Nobel Peace Prize, not the 25 years, 61 years of marriage."
Carter: "All right. It's been a good 61 years."
Cuomo: "That is a legacy in and of itself. President Carter, thank you so much."
Carter: "And to the same woman, by the way."
Cuomo: "Yes. Yes. Please. How could you even suggest it? You can all go to ABCnews.com for an excerpt of the book."
—Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center.















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Disgusting, despicable and
October 8, 2007 - 16:13 ET by bigtimerDisgusting, despicable and deplorable.
Carter and Cuomo
No class, no brains, enemies.
*GAG* Feel dirty all over
October 8, 2007 - 17:50 ET by bassndude*GAG* Feel dirty all over now. Must shower, scrub with wire brush...
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
b-n-d
October 8, 2007 - 18:37 ET by drillanwrI agree ...
That's one <gushing> session even too damn dirty for me.
Toss me that brush when you're finished ...
Carter gushing
October 9, 2007 - 15:43 ET by merlin61Latest I read, there's no genocide in Darfur
according to the wonderful Mr. Carter.
He still just doesn't get it!!!!
"'We will negotiate. We
October 8, 2007 - 23:01 ET by motherbelt"'We will negotiate. We will not just go in and bomb and see what happens.'" Cuomo, summarizing Carter's strategy during the Iran hostage crisis.
Translation: We won't irritate them; we'll just wait until they decide on their own to let the hostages go.
As for Cuomos' adulation: it just proves again that, to be idolized by left-wing "journalists" (and I use the term loosely) all you have to do is run down your country at every opportunity.
Oh, and Mr. Carter, yes, people died in Iran....the soldiers in that helicopter that you sent in to mount a rescue....or don't they count?
Now send him over to
October 8, 2007 - 16:23 ET by Chris NormanNow send him over to Scarborough.
Or in other words...
October 8, 2007 - 16:29 ET by Prester John....I must say something to those who have written to my wife or myself in these last weeks to tell us of their gratitude for my efforts and to assure us of their prayers for my success. Most of these letters have come from women -- mothers or sisters of our own countrymen. But there are countless others besides -- from France, from Belgium, from Italy, even from Germany, and it has been heartbreaking to read of the growing anxiety they reveal and their intense relief when they thought, too soon, that the danger of war was past.
If I felt my responsibility heavy before, to read such letters has made it seem almost overwhelming. How horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas masks here because of a quarrel in a far-away country between people of whom we know nothing. It seems still more impossible that a quarrel which has already been settled in principle should be the subject of war.
I can well understand the reasons why the Czech Government have felt unable to accept the terms which have been put before them in the German memorandum. Yet I believe after my talks with Herr Hitler that, if only time were allowed, it ought to be possible for the arrangements for transferring the territory that the Czech Government has agreed to give to Germany to be settled by agreement under conditions which would assure fair treatment to the population concerned. . . .
Neville Chamberlin, 27 September 1938
http://www.historyguide.org/europe/munich.html
And then three days later.....
My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour.
I believe it is peace for our time...
Go home and get a nice quiet sleep.
Neville Chamberlin
http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Neville_Chamberlain's_%22Peace_For_Our_Time%22_speech
And we all know how well things went after this, don't we?
Jihad Jimmy is delusional, and Chris Cuomo is an idiot.
October 8, 2007 - 16:31 ET by Dave R"not a single person died in Iran."
Maybe not an American hostage during that particular crisis, but thousands of Americans have died at the hands of the Islamic barbarians in the years since.
Yeah, thanks, Jimmy, for being the enabler for these blood-thirsty murderers. I'm sure Osama and his crowd think you're a pretty swell guy.
This is beyond disgusting.
When I'm president, privatization is off the table because it's not the answer to anything.-Hillary Rodham, September 3, 2007 AARP Legislative Conference.
Jimmy Lied Kids Died
October 8, 2007 - 17:01 ET by allanfYes Chris, I'm sure you just loved the gas lines, high inflation, collapse of Iran, high interest rates, Desert One, military cutbacks and Soviet invasion of Afghanastan. That is your Democrat Party in action. If you lack moral clarity, then nothing is worth defending (except maybe the rights of Guantanamo Bay terrorists).
The failure of Jimmy Carter respond to an act of war by Iran, was the single greatest breach of Presidential responsibility the later part of the 20th century. It paved the way for today's Islamo facism.
The Iranians, not the Americans, would have borne responsibility for the innocent people who would have lost their lives in a War. Your ruling out military action, early in the crisis only exacerbated and encouraged the situation. You also condemed millions of Iranians to live under Islamo Facism because you lacked the moral clarity to defend this nation.
By the way Jimmy, Americans did die in Iran. Maybe you don't consider the soldiers who died in the Iranian desert in Desert One people.
Pass the Malaise
October 8, 2007 - 19:59 ET by ahusserBy not supporting the Shah of Iran he paved the way for all subsequent terrorist acts. Appeasement was the name. The Islamo-terrorists knew that the Carter would not do anything about any act. Still the worst President in my lifetime, bar none. In another vein I recall when gas prices and the lines were at their worst and the public was clamoring for some kind of solution good ole Jimmy said that we should move closer to work.
malaise
October 8, 2007 - 20:02 ET by BlondeAh yes, ahusser,
I'd forgotten about "maliase".
But I also remember Jimmuh telling us to turn down the thermostats...and wear ugly cardigans.
It's absolutely incredible the left is holding up this demented old fool as some kind of icon. I'm astounded, actually. Wun, kiwwer wabbit, wun!
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Blonde,
October 8, 2007 - 20:40 ET by Dave RIt's absolutely incredible the left is holding up this demented old fool as some kind of icon.
It's even funnier when you consider that most of the MSM considered Jihad Jimmuh to be a "closet conservative" while he was president.
When I'm president, privatization is off the table because it's not the answer to anything.-Hillary Rodham, September 3, 2007 AARP Legislative Conference.
Well, Dave
October 8, 2007 - 20:45 ET by BlondeI guess that just goes to show you how incredibly stupid the MsM has been....for a very, very long time.
Too bad everyone is so late to this party (recognizing the MsM's bias and agenda). Seriously, I had not clue one until I started reading Newsbusters.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
One of the reasons Jimmy
October 8, 2007 - 16:35 ET by fitzfongOne of the reasons Jimmy Carter was such a catastrophic failure as President is that he had a sycophantic media cleaning up all his messes for public consumption. This just enabled the abject disaster of the Carter Presidency to continue and get worse. Jimmy Carter was the worst President ever, and the media-driven makeover of his record is frankly embarrassing...though not surprising. Here they have partisan Democrat hacks like Cuomo and Stephie masked as "objective journalists" on ABC and they have the nerve to claim that Fox News Channel is biased?!?!?!
i do appreciate
October 8, 2007 - 21:40 ET by TruthMongeri do appreciate double-digit inflation now - you never know how good you have it - til it's gone:(
A service of the new NB respect police
Oh, when will this old
October 8, 2007 - 16:35 ET by Chris NormanOh, when will this old never-was shuffle off the stage?
Negotiate
October 8, 2007 - 16:40 ET by Jerry MackJimmy Carter did prove one thing when he was President. You can not negotiate with terrorist. It is hard to understand why such a supposedly well educated and informed person like Cuomo did not mention this.
Cuomo. Carter's experience was a bit more "nuclear."
October 8, 2007 - 16:40 ET by Gary HallListen Chris Cuomo. Carter's experience was a bit more "nuclear." Or, how about, "We're still fighting Jimmy Carter's war." The presidency and leading the free world requires a bit more insight.. I offer a bit more .. a peak.. Perhaps Carter was a bit different than you remember. Coumo should really do a bit of reading. If this was Reagan's story.. you'd still be blaming the loss of our soldiers life in Afghanistan and on the war on terror on him.
Oh, right.. you are anyway.
Let's have some fun.
Gee - I wonder if Bush will be so brazen with Iran?
But I jumped ahead of myself. Did Jimmy Carter bait the USSR into invading Afghanistan? Did he want the USSR to have his own Vietnam? 25 years of turmoil in Afghanistan, humdreds of thousands have died, a proud old country was destroyed, and the media has suceeded in somehow leaving the impression that it was Reagan's fault.
Robert Gates interviewing Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter's former National Security Advisor... in a piece titled: "How Jimmy Carter and I Started the Mujahideen."
Now Chris. Next time you have Carter on.. don't forget to ask him about some of his comments about Bill Clinton and his policies, OK?
-- Jimmy Carter – On Kosovo, New York Times, May 27, 1999
Bonus!!
Carter showed his true colors long ago.
October 8, 2007 - 16:46 ET by RJYesterday, David Broder caught my attention when he said that Carter ran for Governor of Georgia as a semi-segregationist. Not willing to just let it go, I checked and found this quote: "Carter....did say things that the segregationists wanted to hear." -historian E. Stanly Godbold.
So, contradicting his current pious image, Carter was willing to present himself as a segregationist. Yes, I know politicans lie all the time on the stump, but this seems particularly reprehesible to me....like letting NAMBLA members think you believe in man/boy sex.
Also, of course, if a Republican had that in his background, the media and the Democrats would be all over it.
RJ - I caught that yesterday..
October 8, 2007 - 17:12 ET by Gary HallRJ - I caught that yesterday.. It was a wonder of a moment in the world of the networks. Did you see the blank ashen faces at the table when Broder made this point. The camera happened to pan around the table - shocking. Simply shocking.
Speaking the truth about the past of Democrats is not allowed.. don't they have a 7 second delay, on Meet the Press, like they do on talk radio? (;~> gary
And the stunned moment of silence, Gary, was priceless
October 8, 2007 - 18:41 ET by RJ...when information like that is accidently forced on them, I wonder how Democrats purge it from their memories?
Cue your ad for Triforgetin, BT! :^)
RJ... ROFL...
October 8, 2007 - 18:45 ET by bigtimerRJ...
ROFL...
Actually, guys -
October 8, 2007 - 18:47 ET by drillanwrIf it is said enough it's still poo-pooed away ... See: Robert "KKK" Byrd's past ... The media pretty much shrugs and looks the other way.
The problem RJ, et all
October 8, 2007 - 19:08 ET by Gary HallThe problem RJ, et all.. is that given a moment like this, when a guest makes an interesting point - Russert stays silent. Had he followed up on the comment, he would have validated it. Reminds me of about a thousand other instances. (;~>
I know, Gary.
October 8, 2007 - 19:24 ET by RJWonder if it came up later, after the cameras and mikes were turned off....
"Harry Reid is a complete buffoon." -Lou Dobbs
RJ, don't forget KKK Byrd.
October 8, 2007 - 21:37 ET by Dave RIf the MSM is going to give Robert KKK Byrd a pass for his past klan membership, which they clearly have, then they have to give Jihad Jimmuh one for being a "semi-segregationist."
Whatever that is. LOL.
When I'm president, privatization is off the table because it's not the answer to anything.-Hillary Rodham, September 3, 2007 AARP Legislative Conference.
"Whatever that is"...
October 8, 2007 - 21:51 ET by RJActually, Dave, I wrote down Broder's quote, but lost it....so I had to paraphrase. That's why I was careful to back it up with a quote from the historian.
But I've found it since then, and the exact quote is "When Jimmy Carter ran for governor of Georgia, he ran almost as a segregationist." (I think I got the idea right, though, with "semi-segregationist." :^> )
As for KKK Byrd, you're right, of course. The media clearly gives the Dems a pass on all that stuff.
"Harry Reid is a complete buffoon." -Lou Dobbs
RJ,
October 8, 2007 - 22:01 ET by Dave RLOL-Actually, it was the term "semi-segregationist" that caught my eye.
Sort of like being "semi-pregnant." I mean, either ya are or ya ain't. :-)
When I'm president, privatization is off the table because it's not the answer to anything.-Hillary Rodham, September 3, 2007 AARP Legislative Conference.
Ha, Dave
October 9, 2007 - 09:30 ET by RJ"Semi-pregnant." That's funny.
On the other hand, you CAN be a semi-socialist, for example, (as so many of our politicans today demonstrate) so I guess you could be a semi-segregationist.... ;^>
"Harry Reid is a complete buffoon." -Lou Dobbs
Every hostage came home safe
October 8, 2007 - 16:50 ET by Free ThinkerEvery hostage came home safe and free because the Iranians feared Reagan and did not respect Carter.
Red is blue and up is down...
October 8, 2007 - 17:00 ET by c5thenWe are in the position we are in now, and 9/11 occured, precisely bacause of the response (or lack of it) and policies that Carter pioneered while in the White House!
Funny how Cuomo failed to mention that the hostages were held for 444 days while Carter was President, but released almost the instant that Reagan took the oath of office. It was no coincidence that a Democrat tried negotiation for 444 days to no avail, yet when a Republican, who made it extremely clear in the campaign that he would indeed use all military force that was necessary, was innaugurated, the hostages were immediately released.
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Fred08.com
The hostages weren't released...
October 8, 2007 - 17:04 ET by Prester John....until Reagan was sworn in only because in October 1980 Bush 41 climbed into his space suit, hitched a ride in a SR-71 to fly to Iran, and personally negotiated with the Ayatollah, remember?
How soon they forget.........
Appreciate???
October 8, 2007 - 17:02 ET by kg"...not a single person died in Iran, and every hostage came home safe and
free." (Thank You President Regan!)
Mr. Carter had a heavy hand in allowing the Middle East become what it is
today. How many people have really died because of Mr. Carter's lack of desire
to take action. He almost single handedly allowed those in the Middle East to
organize, blow up Embassies, force their will on others, allow the fanatics to
rise. Imagine what the world would not have had to deal for the last 30 years if he
had the brains to see what his inactions may have caused.
Then again perhaps he was too busy 'reading the articles' in Playboy to
bother with his advisors.
I guess
October 8, 2007 - 17:07 ET by Prester John"...not a single person died in Iran, and every hostage came home safe and free."
I guess the eight servicemen who died at Desert One don't count.
Chrissie
October 8, 2007 - 17:05 ET by Joe 1956Cuomo seems quite the gushing little schoolgirl.
Commie Carter
October 8, 2007 - 17:09 ET by j17ghsToday's Marxist Party of America, formerly known as the Democrats, who are formerly known as the Confederacy and Ku Klux Klan, are the same hate machine they have always been. Nothing's changed, and the neo-Stalinist/neo-Nazi hate machine is gathering momentum once again.
Too bad that Bush and company are so complacent about the "evildoers" in our own country. But then, Bill Clinton is like a brother, Bush has said, and his dad pals around with the clown prince formerly known as President Bubba.
No wonder
October 8, 2007 - 17:23 ET by DEVILDOCMOMNo wonder I never watch these shows...it is all I can do to read the topics here on NewsBusters. Frankly, it breaks my heart to see what the MSM says and does.
Cuomo, Stephanopolous,
October 8, 2007 - 17:24 ET by mattmCuomo, Stephanopolous, Matthews, Moyers,....
How many other media "journalists" are former Democrat political operatives???
No wonder Dems think the media is balanced...
I remember back to Truman.
October 8, 2007 - 17:34 ET by danboI remember back to Truman. Carter was the worse president I remember. Unless you like Americans held hostage. He was even worse than Bubba.
The man who did more to create the middle east problem.
This is a bad joke.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
Cuomo: America Would
October 8, 2007 - 17:44 ET by midnight cowboyCuomo: America Would Appreciate You Now!
Yes Chris let's see if we apprecite some of Jimmuh's perfect compass.
Gave away the Panama Canal
Opened the door for draft dodgers to return to the USA
Signed onto a winfall profit tax for oil companies resulting in gas shortages, higher gas prices and miles long gas lines
Interest rates at 21%
Inflation rates over 10% thus estbalishing the misery index
Gutted the armed forces where lack of parts kept equipment inoperative
In response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan he had the Ruskies shaking in their boots by boycotting the olympics which in turn only punished the athletes
When Castro opened his jails and let hundeds of thousands of criminals head toward Florida in the freedom flotilla, Jimmah "welcomed them with open arms"
Wouldn't aid the Shah of Iran an ally because of reported abuse toward his enemies. Therefore opening the door for the overthrow of the Shah resulting in Iran's oppressive regime torturing and murdering anyone who speaks out. Where's Jimmah now on that topic.
Yeah Chris you bafoon America would really appreciate him now.
There's some sage advice...
October 8, 2007 - 19:54 ET by AtillaKahuna...for the Democrat party in there:
I think every single Democrat running for POTUS should take the advice of a political GENIUS like Cuomo! Embrace the politics of appeasement! Proudly proclaim your dedication to taxing those evil corporations into the stone age! Gleefully wax nostalgic about the great times we all had in the 70's when people could wait hours in a line to get a couple gallons of gas, and then drive home to write out a check for their 18% mortgate.
Great times, great times indeed. Quick, somebody sing Kum by Ya!
Kahuna
Yes siree, just like we
October 8, 2007 - 20:15 ET by tbbaxterYes siree, just like we would appreciate a smallpox epidemic, fifty million more illegal aliens and a Hillary Clinton presidency. Jimmy Carter is certainly one of the top three worst things to ever happen to this country. I am amazed that some people are ignorant enough to believe the crap that comes out of his mouth. I think his brother, Billy, was actually the smart one.
At least Billy really
October 8, 2007 - 20:28 ET by bigtimerAt least Billy really contributed somewhat to both sides of the aisle...
Billy Beer!
Too much time in the reactor core
October 8, 2007 - 20:53 ET by acumen"One is the comprehensive peace agreement between the north and south to end 20 years of war within which over two million people died. And we were deeply involved in that peace process ever since 1989."
"...the Darfur peace agreement that was consummated in Abuja a couple years ago and that's supposed to bring an end to the suffering in Darfur."
"...it's a very dicey situation in that there's still a lot of tension between north and south Sudan, may re-erupt into war..."
Cuomo: "...restraint is seen as strength..."
"Strength" for whom Chris? Dictators? Eighteen years of "waging peace" where "over two million people died" and still "may re-erupt into war"? And exactly how is any of the above considered in any way shape or form "restraint"?
But what does twenty years of "waging peace" resulting in the deaths of over two million people matter in your dillusional world Chris? Just sweep it under the Carter "building hope" carpet.
The Carter legacy - Failure is not an option, it's a pledge.
acumen.. Your last line
October 8, 2007 - 20:59 ET by bigtimeracumen..
Your last line says it all...perfectly.
Doin' OK BT?
October 8, 2007 - 21:18 ET by acumenRush is soooo right-on about libs; the more they fail, the higher their peers hold them in esteem.
It's mindboggling that this rabid rabbit attracter has been dialoguing in Dafur since 1989, over two million deaths to date, the situation is still as precarious as ever and Cuomo considers this a better option than forcefully getting rid of the bad guys. It's enough to make Billy Graham punch his fist through a stained glass window.
BTW - You doing OK now? Been meaning to send you an email and ask you.
acumen... It's enough to
October 8, 2007 - 21:22 ET by bigtimeracumen...
It's enough to make Billy Graham punch his fist through a stained glass window.
LOL
I'll be gettin' in touch with ya.
Thanks BT
October 8, 2007 - 21:33 ET by acumenThanks BT.
acumen
October 8, 2007 - 21:24 ET by botgi guess failure in a really big way gets you a peace prize
"Television is where you watch people in your living room that you would not want near your house." Groucho
Nobel
October 8, 2007 - 21:28 ET by saw the lightI guess we'll see if that's true if Algore gets one. He has to be one of the biggest failures in America.
Besides Jimmuh, that is.
"There is a tendency for the world to say to America, 'the big problems of the world are yours, you go and sort them out,' and then to worry when America wants to sort them out." - Tony Blair
since Jimmah
October 8, 2007 - 21:30 ET by botgand Yassah already got theirs it would only be confirmation.
"Television is where you watch people in your living room that you would not want near your house." Groucho
Jimmah?!!
October 8, 2007 - 21:37 ET by TruthMongerthe "former-president Carter" moniker seems to be struggling here - can I offer any incentives? zero-interest til 2010 maybe:)...?
A service of the new NB respect police
Darfur
October 8, 2007 - 21:17 ET by saw the light"And in the most recent one, obviously, is the Darfur peace agreement that was consummated in Abuja a couple years ago and that's supposed to bring an end to the suffering in Darfur."
How about this, acumen?
If the Darfur peace agreement was consummated in Abuja a "couple years ago," why, oh why, are we pummeled each day by the Holier-than-thou-Woodians about saving the place?
"There is a tendency for the world to say to America, 'the big problems of the world are yours, you go and sort them out,' and then to worry when America wants to sort them out." - Tony Blair
BDS STL?
October 8, 2007 - 21:32 ET by acumenI can only imagine it's the "supposed" part that is the wrench in the Darfur peace agreement works STL - maybe, just maybe if we give Carter's peace plan another eighteen years...
And the fact Wesley Clark (read Clinton scapegoat) has been taking much too much heat recently over Darfur. Hey, here's an idea, let's blame Bush.
Playbook
October 8, 2007 - 21:34 ET by saw the lightWhen in doubt, blame Bush. Takes all the guesswork out of being a liberal. And, boy, do they have questionmarks about their ideas.
"There is a tendency for the world to say to America, 'the big problems of the world are yours, you go and sort them out,' and then to worry when America wants to sort them out." - Tony Blair
Jimmy, where are you?
October 8, 2007 - 22:06 ET by pbthinkerIf St. Mario says it's true, it must be so. My guess is, there are enough people who didn't live through the Carter years, that the MSM could make him look good enough to vote for.
I believe a good case could be made that the Iran we have now is all Jimmy Carter's fault. If he believes negotiation works so well, why didn't he accomplish it then? Why did he have to send in an assault group, that failed to make their objective, if negotiation works so well? Does he really believe Iran is any different now than it was then?
Democrats: Specializing in "high tech lynching" since 1987.
Thirty years later
October 9, 2007 - 00:11 ET by nkviking75It's been more than 30 years since Carter was sworn in. How stupid are we that we can't see what a wonderful president he was? </heavy sarcasm off>
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.