Reuters’ Absurd Double Standard Concerning White House's Response to Carter

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By Noel Sheppard | May 21, 2007 - 13:56 ET

By now you’ve probably heard about former President Jimmy Carter’s absurd comments to the BBC regarding President George W. Bush’s foreign policy being the worst in American history.

You may even have seen Carter on the “Today” show Monday morning saying that his statements were “maybe careless or misinterpreted” (video available here).

However, did you read the following absurd double standard crafted by Reuters about the White House’s response (emphasis added):

Carter has been an outspoken critic of Bush, but the White House has largely refrained from attacking him in return. Sunday's sharp response marks a departure from the deference that sitting presidents traditionally have shown their predecessors.

Well, how about the deference that former presidents traditionally have shown for sitting presidents? Isn’t Carter’s continual lambasting of Bush a departure from that?

Obviously, the folks at Reuters must not be aware of that tradition.

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"Obviously, the folks

"Obviously, the folks at Reuters must not be aware of that tradition."

Probably because they hire pimple faced, fresh from indoctrination "journalism" majors, who were not alive when Carter was in office. I remember him well, gas shortages, 14%+ mortgage interest rates, double digit inflation. Oh yeah, and the rise of Islamo fascism in Iran under his watch.

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

My brother-in-law was paying

My brother-in-law was paying 23% back then...

...these MSM Libs certainly live in a world of their own...

A lot of my grandpa's retirem

A lot of my grandpa's retirement was locked in at 15-20% in 10 year CDs. 1988 sure hurt him when interest rates dropped to 4-5% under Reagan and he had to roll them over. Conservatives just don't care about the elderly.

"Conservatives just do

"Conservatives just don't care about the elderly"

You'd be suprised at how many elderly are conservatives!

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

Does anyone have an estimate---?

Does anyone have an estimate---?of the number of conservatives  and by age group???

I know I have grown more conservative as I have aged.

elderly

my brother-in-law and his wife actually foam at the mouth at the mere mention of bush or the gop .. no republican is honest or can do anything good .. no democrat can be anywhere near as bad, corrupt or dishonest as a republican ..they're in their 70's .. i have no idea why they react this way except they live in austin and probably never watch fox news or read the ny post, the washington times, the wsj or anything else that might reveal some bit of truth .. just the austin american-socialist newspaper .. actually, what amazes is why there are so many yellow dog democrats .. they refuse all reason, they think any debate is a personal attack .. don't it just piss ya off ..

never look a gift skunk in the tail ..

MM

MM,

"Oh yeah, and the rise of Islamo fascism in Iran under his watch."

Which history might likely identify as the beginning of the war on terrorism. What would our world -- and the Middle East -- look like today if Carter would have supported the Shah and prevented the Islamic revolution in Iran?

Likely a lot better, yes?  ns

Dare I say, we may still ha

Dare I say, we may still have 2 very tall buildings standing in NYC? The "what if's" are nearly infinite.

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

MM, what do you mean, 14%? T

MM, what do you mean, 14%? Try 21% in 1981.

Yeah, when I was buying the

Yeah, when I was buying they were in the 12%-14% range. I remember the ones who waited really got the shaft!

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

buying in

i wonder how much those guys carter left out in the iranian desert were able to buy ..

never look a gift skunk in the tail ..

Agreed, Another example of

Agreed, another example of why he is the worst prez ever!

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

Carter's Legacy

It must be sad that coming to the end of his life, Jimmy Carter sees the legacies of Reagan and NIxon growing while his own legacy remains one of cowardice and economic ineptness.

Nothing to look forward to with hope and nothing to look backward on with pride.

Isaiah 32:5-8
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD

Like I said on the other post

Like I said on the other post, this is the desperate acts of a man fading into history as a failure and he knows there is not much he can do to reverse how history has already judged him.

Leave it to Reuters to get th

Leave it to Reuters to get the story wrong.  Amazing.

Sunday's sharp response marks

Sunday's sharp response marks a departure from the deference that sitting presidents traditionally have shown their predecessors.

Leave it to the leftists of all stripes trying to rewrite what tradition has been historically with regard to what the protocol for former Presidents were supposed to be.

They are counting on younger generations who do not know...or care for that matter, unfortunately. 

Btw...It is about time the WH replied to the pathetic leftist ex-President's vitriolic blathering.

Carter was outspoken on Clinton, as well.

Carter was outspoken on Clinton, as well. It would do the press well to remember that Carter went rather negative on President Clinton on numerous occassions. Carter is an outspoken and out of place former president. With, Bush, of course, he has gone simply mad.

Carter condemned Clinton's war in Kosovo:

- Jimmy Carter – On Kosovo, New York Times, May 27, 1999

"..has been counterproductive.. and our destruction of civilian life has now become senseless and excessively brutal... The American-led force has expanded targets to inhabited areas and resorted to the use of anti-personnel cluster bombs. The result has been damage to hospitals, offices and residences of a half-dozen ambassadors, and the killing of innocent civilians... [Our] insistence on the use of cluster bombs, designed to kill or maim humans, is condemned almost universally and brings discredit to our nation."

Carter also attacked Clinton for his last minute orgy of presidential pardons, notably the Rich pardon, noting that Clinton had "disgraced" the White House.

Of notable difference, is that with his attacks on Clinton, while the mention was made once here or there in the media, once the deed was done - it was a dead issue. Few people would have ever heard his statements then, as the exposure was so limited. Larry King would never ask Carter, "Why were you so hard on Bill Clinton?"  The MSM was careful to never ask him about it again. It goes into the, "oh sure, we covered that in the news" file (with a handful of newspapers). However, with the TV network news and cable news, and the dozens of oportunities to ask Carter about it - silence rules the day.

Carter is so far out of touch with mainstream America that, well, he must be on same team as the MSM.

Thanks Gary...I remember that

Thanks Gary...

I remember that well too.

You said it all with the difference with Clinton/Carter and the msm.

Clinton was not a sitting President

Carter's criticism of Clinton came after Clinton was out of office.  Even an idiot like Carter sees a problem with Clinton's pardoning of a child molester and an unopologetic tax cheat.  Maybe I give him too much credit.

Isaiah 32:5-8
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD

Riled,Not to nitpick here...C

Riled,

Not to nitpick here...Carter did his criticism while Clinton was in office too.

(Before and after)

I remember that...well.

I'll cede that point

Only because I don't remember any instances of him criticizing Clinton's indiscretion.

The fact that Clinton signed off on Gingrich's Welfare Reform had me singing his praises until he decided Paula Jones was net entitled to due process and Juanita Broderick was just a lying slut, and Gloria Steinem said it was OK for men to cop a feel from strangers.

Isaiah 32:5-8
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD

Riled,I agree with the points

Riled,

I agree with the points you made in your post, I was just pointing out that Carter did criticize Clinton during his Presidency.

I remember it well...and being somewhat surprised.

Gary has given explicit examples here.

crater

didn't he criticize that abominable wabbit, too .. the one with the ferocious teethe and claws ..

never look a gift skunk in the tail ..

Riled

Riled one.  Kosovo was in 1999. Carter spoke then. So did Mandela and Susan Sarandon, and Michael Moore. The difference being that the media did not scurry around like famished rats to get Carter, Mandela and crowd on the airwaves spewing their anger. The media did their darn best to keep the critisism quite.

As Clinton's pardons were on or about his last day in office, yes, I suspect that Carter's condemnation of Clinton over the pardon's would have taken place after Clinton was gone. (;~>

Jessie and Bill

 Jessie Jackson has added former Chicago democratic congressman Mel
Reynolds to the Rainbow/PUSH coalition's payroll.

Reynolds was among the 176 criminals excused in President Clinton's
last-minute forgiveness spree.

Reynolds received a commutation of his six-and-a-half-year Federal
sentence for 15 convictions of wire fraud, bank fraud & lies to the
Federal Commission. He is more notorious, however, for concurrently
serving five years for sleeping with an underage campaign volunteer.

This is a first in American politics: An ex-congressman who had sex with
a subordinate, won clemency from a President who had sex with a
subordinate, then was hired by a clergyman who had sex with a
subordinate.
 

Thanks, Gary

I knew of the Jesse Jackson connection, but not of the additional crimes attached to Mr. Reynolds.  I just can't see pardoning anyone who is a convicted child molester.  I would've bought off on Marc Rich sooner than the other scumbag.

Isaiah 32:5-8
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD

I don't believe Carter's mora

I don't believe Carter's morality was ever in question. He was extraordinarily inept, incompetent, lacked common sense, lacked courage, indecisive, et al ad nauseum (in other words typical left wing moonbat wimp). Clinton on the other hand brought immorality to a high art. The spin machine on the dynamic duo (Billary) never ceases I am surprised they don't suffer from vertigo. The pardons for money (and probably banging ms Rich) was icing on the cake for his presidency.  

"A mind is a terrible thing." - A comic I forgot the name of.

This from the man whose right

This from the man whose right hand was Sarah Weddington?

Sarah Weddington was the lawyer who won Roe vs. Wade. And she did not 'just' win Roe vs. Wade, she was in with the Unitarian Universalist Church (UUC), which is pro abortion and actually believes it is right to kill an unwanted baby. And the UUC has close ties with the ACLU --ACLU meetings are often held right in UUCs. See: http://www.debrajmsmith.com/acluuuc.html

Sarah Weddington is an evil woman. For Carter to have had her as his right-hand, such says all any one needs to know about him. Hence, his words have no meaning. ----see http://www.weddingtoncenter.com/whitehouse.html

Debra...

Typical. It's been standard p

Typical. It's been standard practice for former presidents to keep quiet about the present administration. But not a liberal democrat(ic) like Carter.  How long did he expect this president to take his crap? President Bush has nothing to lose now. I hope he goes after more anti-American libs, including the press. As for Reuters, what do you expect? Liberal hypocrites all!

NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal

Double digit inflation, doubl

Double digit inflation, double digit unemployment, double digit interest rates.  I lived through this clown's reign.  It was the worst time of my life.  Carter is, without a doubt, the most god-awful president this country has ever had.

walk

Allow me to add just this:

AMEN!!

And as someone who entered th

And as someone who entered the Army in 1977:

No parts, no ammunition, dismal pay, undermanned units, Desert One.........

Jimmy Carter

During wartime and while on foreign soil-in England and in Germany, Mr. Carter strongly criticized his country and its sitting President .

What is the definition of treason?

I voted for Jimmy.   I did

I voted for Jimmy.   I did so because he sold himself as a military man and a bright intelligent man.

He was awful from the first to last day.  Initially I felt sorry for him because I made the mistake in believing that he was a well intentioned man just not up to the task.  Now I see that he is a mean spirited tiny little petty vindictive man.   I remember the 18% mortgage rates, gas prices in today's dollars that are higher than today,  double digit inflation and unemployment.  I remember his talks about learning to live with less.   I remember his letting the mullahs take over Iran, the invasion of Afghanistan and the training of the Afghan rebels (today the Taliban).   I remember waking up in the morning to the death and destruction of our special forces and hearing that "President Carter personally directed operations" and made the decision to abandon the operation.   I remember his presiding over the gutting of the CIA and our intelligence services.

He was the worst President in my lifetime.  No one else is even close.   

Let's not forget how he (argu

Let's not forget how he (arguably) destroyed the lives of many US citizens by his boycott of the 1980 Moscow games.  The USSR invades Afghanistan and this was his response.  What an amazing act of international diplomacy/policy.  Completely pathetic. 

Carter personal favorite

My favorite Carterism was "I have lusted in my heart."

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. Dwight Eisenhower

Carter's lust

The lust within Carter's heart today is that his legacy would grow in stature.

Not gonna happen Jimmy.  The Peter principle was already in effect when you inherited the family peanut farm.  Galled you, too that the value of the peanut was so enhanced by George W. Carver.

walk

walk,

This is especially ironic inasmuch as the destabilization in the region caused by the Islamic revolution in Iran set the stage for the USSR invading Afghanistan. This invasion likely never would have occurred with the Shah in place.  ns

I was a cop at the riot that

I was a cop at the riot that was started when the uncercover revolutionary guard (anit-shah) attacked the pro-shah folks in the ellipse. I recall Carter was pissed at the police because we used tear gas and it some of it drifted over to the welcoming ceremony for the Shah. There also was pressure from the WH flacks that we don't wear helmets because it looked too antagonistic.

"A mind is a terrible thing." - A comic I forgot the name of.

Jimmy and Rosalyn: Good Christians???

I wonder how Jimmy and Rosalyn reconcile their actions and their words with their purported Christianity.

I am certain the Christ would not advocate the murder of the unborn, but I never hear them speak against it since the Democrats are the party of abortion. Hell, they even though partial-birth abortions were okay.

It's interesting to contantly hear Democrat talking points that we invaded and are occupying a country (Iraq) that did nothing to us. Again, we have freed a nation from a butchering tyrant and his rapists/sadistic sons -- yet, somehow this is bad.

If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.

Panama canal

Believer
Let us not forget that Carter was so concerned about our Americanism in the south that he crafted a deal to cede the canal to Panama, who promptly handed over control of the defensive sites of it to the Chinese military. They are still there and at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. I understand the Chinese had the biggest bags of $$$, but certainly not the best bid.

Wow, talk about stupid. The next POTUS needs to be ready to reverse these situations. The one who might do it has not announced yet, but we are hoping and praying
Fred Thompson will run.

Fred

please, God, please .. FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT !!!!!!!!!!

never look a gift skunk in the tail ..

Thompson/Hunter 08!

Thompson/Hunter 08!

Oh, that's rich. I was just l

Oh, that's rich. I was just listening to the biggest a.m. station in Boston this afternoon, all-news radio, when I heard this passage quoted exactly word-for-word by the news reader. I thought he had misspoken when I heard it. I guess not. Hmm, and not only that, it was taken verbatim from those journalistic-standard bearers of wonder, Reuters. Disgusting bags of shite, these MSM a#$*%@!&.

" 'Fred's Slacks'  is a winner!!"

In 1978 you had to know if yo

In 1978 you had to know if your license plate ended in an odd or even number, thanks to Jimmy.

'Nuff said.

Cut Jimmy some slack after al

Cut Jimmy some slack after all didn't he win a Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the deal with North Korea that kept North Korea nuke free?  I believe the day it was announced that Jimmy won was the same day that North Korea announced they had nukes.  Now that's a legacy

I've heard this exact report

I've heard this exact report all day long on the radio news segments...and I questioned the very same thing - at first I thought it was a misquote - but after the second and third newscast, I realized that...oops, a sitting president isn't supposed to speak badly about a former president but, hey, the former president can just say as he pleases!  Guess the term "elder statesman" does not apply in this case...Jimmy Carter is definitely no "statesman"- wasn't in the past nor is he now.

Kind of reminds me of the way Ms. Lillian used to speak without thinking. 

And no amount of trying to weasel out of what he said is going to work...though, it does seem that once again, if any form of media can make a "Bash Bush" moment out of something, they will jump on it!

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