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"Ubiquitous" |
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23 May 2007 06:13:52 AM |
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The Rankest Ex-President |
President Bush, naturally, didn't deign to answer Jimmy Carter's latest
cavils, but a spokesman, Tony Fratto, did say this: "I think it's sad that
President Carter's reckless personal criticism is out there. I think it's
unfortunate. And I think he is proving to be increasingly irrelevant with
these kinds of comments."
This prompted the following hilarious observation from Reuters:
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.
In the fun-house world of Reuterville, Osama bin Laden is a "freedom fighter,"
and the tradition of ex-presidents to defer to the current president is
flipped on its head.
The Carter problem was anticipated by Alexander Hamilton, who wrote in
Federalist No. 72:
Would it promote the peace of the community, or the stability
of the government to have half a dozen men who had had credit
enough to be raised to the seat of the supreme magistracy,
wandering among the people like discontented ghosts, and sighing
for a place which they were destined never more to possess?
Hamilton was actually arguing against term limits for the president--the idea
being that bitter exes, barred by law from seeking the office again, would,
well, go around acting like Jimmy Carter.
But what's Carter's excuse? He served only one term, so there is no
constitutional bar to his being elected again. Why doesn't Carter put his
money where is mouth is and seek the Democratic presidential nomination? After
all, he's only a few years older than Mike Gravel, and he may be the only guy
who can beat Hillary Clinton. He's been against the Iraq war since at least
1991, when Barack Obama was in diapers and Al Gore was a neocon war monger.
As Hamilton noted, "There is no nation which has not, at one period or
another, experienced an absolute necessity of the services of particular men
in particular situations; perhaps it would not be too strong to say, to the
preservation of its political existence." Jimmy Carter, your country needs
you!
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| User: "hopeful" |
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| Title: Re: The Rankest Ex-President |
23 May 2007 07:09:27 AM |
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"Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote in message
news:NLOdnVosa_JtvMnbnZ2dnUVZ_t6qnZ2d@giganews.com...
President Bush, naturally, didn't deign to answer Jimmy Carter's latest
cavils, but a spokesman, Tony Fratto, did say this: "I think it's sad that
President Carter's reckless personal criticism is out there. I think it's
unfortunate. And I think he is proving to be increasingly irrelevant with
these kinds of comments."
Carter was right about the Jews living in and fighting over Palestine and he
is right about President Bush. It is a pity that ex-President Carter
appeared to back away from his strong stance. President Bush has done more
to harm America than an enemy. Look at the debt he has created. Look at
the never ending war he has engaged America in and the number killed and
maimed just to protect the Jews living in what they call "israel".
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| User: "z" |
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| Title: Re: The Rankest Ex-President |
24 May 2007 12:31:38 PM |
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On May 23, 8:09 am, "hopeful" <hopetruthpe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Carter was right about the Jews living in and fighting over Palestine and he
is right about President Bush. It is a pity that ex-President Carter
appeared to back away from his strong stance. President Bush has done more
to harm America than an enemy. Look at the debt he has created. Look at
the never ending war he has engaged America in and the number killed and
maimed just to protect the Jews living in what they call "israel".
According to Palestine: Peace not Apartheid, Carter tells Golda Meir:
"With some hesitation, I said that I had long taught lessons from the
Hebrew Scriptures and that a common historical pattern was that Israel
was punished whenever the leaders turned away from devout worship of
God. I asked if she was concerned about the secular nature of her
Labor government."
So, I take it from your agreement with Carter that you also feel that
Israel is being punished by God for being too secular, and should hew
to more Biblical laws?
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