Good Heavens--Jimmy's ineptitude had transformed to bigotry. So much so that he gave himself away in his book. Even his strongest backers are unable to defend his published thoughts.

I thank heaven that he has given himself away. I deeply regret he is from my state.

What about:

The AP wire concluded with (my bold) : "The Nobel Peace Prize winner will not, however, debate the book with outspoken Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, as Brandeis originally proposed."

And JC is not outspoken? My recent observations are that we get to hear his outspoken views almost each and every week, compliments of the MSM. Dershowitz - I've heard a peep (via the MSM) out of him once this year.

PS. Noel, in response to your question, surely, fewer than 5% of the voters in the country will every hear of this news. Additionally, given hundreds of future opportunities to ask the former president about this (and so many other historical blunders of his) they will pass. After all he is not a Republican.

I'm awaiting the breaking news from the left-wing media in all forms...come on, lets hear a report about this non-stop, that is what it would be if it was anyone with an 'R' after their name, you think Matthews, one of Jimmah's speech-writers or Brian Williams who used to intern for Carter will have a big report, mere mention?

"If we ever forget that we are a Nation Under God....then we will be a Nation Gone Under."  Ronald Reagan

Carter has his own agenda -- independent of US polciy ---  and this book appears to have driven a big wedge between the agenda and his staff.

Why the advice of a man whose Presidency was such a disaster, is praised by intellectuals on the Left and pundits in the media, only verifies his bias.

Americans...afraid to discuss the subject for fear of a powerful Jewish lobby?

Who "fears" the "powerful" Jewish lobby?  Paranoid Jew-hating Nazis?  Ultra-Liberal democrat ex-presidents?  Kinda makes you wonder if there's a difference...

How many people work(ed) at the Carter Center?  More than 15?

Carter has angered even left-leaning NGOs with his pious proclamations during "election monitoring" he does in countries like Ethiopia.  He parachutes in just before election day, grandstands a bit, anoints the election fair and well run, exits, and then ignores the fact that dozens of people are killed the next day because of rampant corruption at the polls.  Meanwhile, hard-working int'l civil servants who actually note fraud and malfeasance have to deal with the consequences.  The MSM, of course, never report Jimmy's tomfoolery.

Ditto for Israel and his hypocrisy in accepting Arab monies.  JC thinks that AIPAC destroyed him in the '80 election.  Unintended consequence:  destruction of the Soviet Union by Ronald Reagan and friends.  That's another reason bumbling Jimmy hates Israel.