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By Jacob

May 23, 2006 11:45 PM | Link to this

The national GOP will do anything to divert the middle class’s attention away from our current problems. Maybe they’ll get as lucky as the Georgia GOP and spawn another debate on gay marriage - the media and Dems went for it hook, line & sinker last time. (The media and Dems also fell for Iraq - apparently it’s easy to fool ‘em.) Or maybe focus on gay adoption, since that’s such a pressing issue. Anything to deflect attention from $3 per gallon gas and record, multi-billion quarterly profits by Bush’s oil buddies. And Cheney’s friends at Halliburton aren’t doing badly either. (Don’t mess with Texas big business.)

By LW

May 24, 2006 06:55 AM | Link to this

So, Move Forward America, the same cowardly Republicans who did the “swift boating” of John Kerry, want to censure Pres Carter for “cozying up” to dictators. Do they also want to censure Reagan for cozying up to Saddam Hussein and the various right-wing Central American dictators of the ‘80’s? Or perhaps Nixon for “cozying up” to Communist China?

By Sharon

May 24, 2006 07:01 AM | Link to this

Unbelievable. Everything I think the GOP cannot sink any lower, they prove me wrong.

By Hunter

May 24, 2006 07:23 AM | Link to this

Excellent! Maybe he will get the clue to shut up his piehole!..

If Carter wants to make a positive difference, then HE should call for reform or abolition of the Commission on Presidential Debates, of which HE is a ‘senior advisor’…His inaction on the matter, along with Mary Frances Berry, US Civil Rights ‘commissioner’ causes Americans to be left without any real choice on the ballot outside of the ruling class elitists demopublicans who VIOLATE our voting CIVIL RIGHTS by controlling the electorate!

Jimmy Carter should be ASHAMED!!!…and the clueless masses should begin understanding just WHO controls their destiny! Without free elections the demopublicans will never be defeated!

By gttim

May 24, 2006 08:15 AM | Link to this

Wow! I remember the GOP making deals with during the Iran crisis to have the hostages kept until after the Carter/Reagan election, so they could demonize Carter to help Reagan in the election. It worked, and now they want to censure Carter? Hilarious! Nixon, Reagan and Bush V2.0 have run the most corrupt administrations in the history of the US, and they are always out to demoize others. Of course, we get the government we deserve, don’t we? Perhaps the GOP will try and censure the entire US if they elect a Democratic majority in 2006?

By jbmlaw

May 24, 2006 09:38 AM | Link to this

The funniest part of reading the left-wing whining in blogs is that they have to acknowledge the fundamental truth in the Republicans’ “mean” comments about former-President Carter. The same people who criminalize policy differences with Republicans consistently deny the criminality of perjurious testimony in courts. The leftys chant “Bush lied” so often, that they actually believe it - but nobody can cite anything he actually said that was an arguable intentional misrepresentation. You guys need to read yesterday’s Online Journal (WSJ website), and get a life. Until the Demos come up with a consistent, intellectually coherent economic and international policy, you will remain stuck in reverse, railing at imagined untruths and - more important to you - losing elections.

If I were a Demo consultant, I would push the party to abandon socialism, which has failed everywhere that it has been tried, and would urge the party to embrace libertarianism, which was the key to Reagan’s success and was since abandoned by the Repubs.

By Laf

May 24, 2006 10:36 AM | Link to this

guy like Carter. It is going to take all their efforts to keep Bush from dragging the entire Republican party down. The average Joe has given up on Bush. If you don’t believe this just simple study the current polls. Americans are not fools. The 32% that supports him better get their head out of the sand before Bush gets the whole d* place blown up.

By clint

May 24, 2006 10:55 AM | Link to this

So are they also going to censure Donald Rumsfeld for being Saddam’s buddy and visiting him and arming him back in the 80’s and early 90’s? Why do I doubt it. Hypocrisy and anger rule our country — not a democratically elected government.

By DComer

May 24, 2006 11:11 AM | Link to this

This is stupid, people. Jimmy Carter is no longer President. He’s a private citizen and Congress is never going to censure a private citizen. Congressional censure is defined as “a congressional procedure for publicly reprimanding the President of the United States, a member of Congress or a judge for inappropriate behavior”. Tell me which of those positions Jimmy Carter currently holds. Oh, wait, that would be none of them.

This idiotic campaign should be given the derision it deserves.

By Bruce Wilcox

May 24, 2006 11:21 AM | Link to this

Maybe the GOP is just mad that as of today President Carter has earned the right to be called the President to live the longest after he left office. His 25 years and 123 days has beaten the record set by Thomas Jefferson. As they say, it’s hard to keep a good man down.

By Eric

May 24, 2006 11:22 AM | Link to this

WAKE UP LOSERS!

Politician = Lying POS

party doesn’t matter

By Pompano

May 24, 2006 11:26 AM | Link to this

Unfortunately, the senility displayed by Mr Carter while in the White House has become even more apparent since his departure. How could we have ever elected such a spineless wimp to the Executive post? (Thank goodness Gore lost - he’s cut in the same mold).

Any attempt to muzzle Carter is a good thing for America.

By Don

May 24, 2006 11:39 AM | Link to this

Mr. Wilcox, I take it you haven’t noticed that Gerald Ford, who was President prior to Carter, is still alive.

By sct

May 24, 2006 12:54 PM | Link to this

Carter can’t cozy up to Cuba, but Bush can cozy up to China?????

By Harold

May 24, 2006 01:29 PM | Link to this

Hey at least they aren’t spending the money on blowing up abortion clinics. The wacky xian right are the real terrorists in this nation.

By jbmlaw

May 24, 2006 01:32 PM | Link to this

Presidential trivia - Herbert Hoover left office in 1933, died in 1964. Gerald Ford could match that in 2008, Jimmy not sooner than 2012.

By Joe W.

May 24, 2006 01:40 PM | Link to this

Jimmy Carter’s actions in foreign affairs since leaving office have been atrocious.

How can ANYONE defend the man’s legitimizing Marxist dictators like Hugo Chavez in Venezuela or Fidel Castro in Cuba?

How can ANYONE defend Carter’s calls for funding for the terrorist-group led government in Palestine (Hamas)?

How can ANYONE alibi the fact that Jimmy Carter helped broker the deal that allowed North Korea to develop nuclear weapons?

CENSURE JIMMY CARTER sounds like a fine idea to me!

By Sarah

May 24, 2006 02:25 PM | Link to this

No evidence of Bush lying? When he was running for office and said he was qualified for the job - now that’s a lie no one can dispute.

By Moammar Gadhafi

May 24, 2006 02:31 PM | Link to this

Me and my very good friend President George W. Bush were talking about that scum Carter just a few days ago.

My very good friend President George W. Bush agreed that Carter should keep his big mouth shut. I gave my very good friend President George W. Bush some tips on a very efficient way to silence Carter.

Hop on a 747 and visit Libya Mr Carter! Its a great country. Thanks and love, Moammar

By Van

May 24, 2006 03:18 PM | Link to this

Folks, I am still upset about the Panama Canal. Jimmy gave that away and now the Chinese control the port facilities at both ends.

Now for the folks in mid-town, which side of the canal is further west, the Pacific side or the Caribbean side.

By Loracie

May 24, 2006 03:23 PM | Link to this

So now there is condemnation for talking to communist Cuba? What about our enriching communist China? They are still our enemies, except they are happy to make all that money, buy up our businesses and land, build up their arsenal, and eventually - bye bye United States!

Just 10 years ago they were our sworn enemy! Remember our good buddy Iraq? Geez, when will these money-blinded idiots learn? Kick the Republo-maniacs out of office - local, State and Nationally - before they complete giving the store (U.S. security and economy) away!

By Van

May 24, 2006 03:45 PM | Link to this

Folks,

Lets ask the 52 hostages that survived the Iranian Hostage Crises. November of 1979 was a very bad year for Jimmy. He decided not to back the Shah of Iran, and now look at the fix we are in. In January 0f ‘79 the Shah fled Iran, at that time a friendly nation with the US.

Jimmy let the radicals take over and then failed to win release of the hostages for 444 days. During this time he micro managed a failed rescue attempt.

But, lets not get into the “Algiers Accords” he signed. An utter failure of a President.

By

May 24, 2006 03:52 PM | Link to this

yeah, carter was such a wimp! we should fully-support our current cowboy president because he’s “gittin’r dun”.

anyone stupid enough to fall for a censure of a private citizen does not deserve to cast a vote in the first place.

america you are free…..to do as we tell you.

By 3rd Party Indie

May 24, 2006 04:35 PM | Link to this

What is going on in this country? The stupid games the two major parties play are absurd! So now let’s focus all our venom and anger on a one term president who presided twenty years ago! So now this is a hot “topic” - which conveniently takes the place of real issues this country faces, and yet I can see some wingbats are all fired up about it. So sad how some are so easily manipulated.

By Jason

May 24, 2006 04:42 PM | Link to this

Did anyone bother to listen to Carter’s speech he gave when he went to Cuba? It was broadcast live on Cuban government television to all citizens. Carter pretty much read Castro the riot act, calling him out on all kinds of human rights abuses. It was the first time the Cuban people ever got to hear someone criticize Castro. Of course, most of the Carter haters didn’t bother to listen; they just assumed that he said something nice about Castro because it fits their worldview.

By Laf

May 24, 2006 05:01 PM | Link to this

Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. This World would be a better place if our present government officials had values like Jimmy Carter. Has Bush done anything to promote peace? No, but he has certainly promoted the oil industry, the rich, and the recruiters of terrorist.

By Markus

May 24, 2006 09:18 PM | Link to this

Too funny. Liberals b!tching about Jimmy “Mr. 21% interest rate & 8% unemployment & 11% inflation” Carter. Carter didn’t do JACK to stand up to Iran, and Reagan was barely in office when they ran like scalded cats and let our hostages go.. they saw a man with balls and knew what he would do. But listen to all these ignoranus liberal pigs squeal about silencing who could be the absolute worst president in US history behind LBJ. Hey liberals, if Carter was so great, why did all but TWO STATES throw his pathetic a* out of office in 1980 in the biggest US presidential election defeat in history?

By Fatty

May 25, 2006 01:17 AM | Link to this

The prevaricating Peanut Picker was responsible for the overthrow of the Shah of Iran which unleased the wave of terrorism which produced 9/11 and the current Iraq war. He is the second worst president in American history. Only Slick Willie managed to slither to a lower depth. But what’s the point in taking action against this senile brain dead old fool. Leave him to his place in the garbage can of history.

By Jason

May 25, 2006 06:02 AM | Link to this

Once again, a GOP monkey has his facts wrong. Carter received the electoral votes of SIX states and Washington, DC in 1980. The states were: Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, Rhode Island, and West Virginia. Check your facts, fool.

By betinick

May 25, 2006 12:47 PM | Link to this

Isn’t it amazing the number of so-called Christians on the right who love to hate? Christians who love to hate Carter, Christians who love to hate Clinton, and now even those same Christians beginning to hate Bush because of his pro immigrant program.

By Van

May 25, 2006 02:14 PM | Link to this

betinick, typical liberal. You must understand words and their meanings, I, as a Christian Conservative, do not hate anyone, I may not like them, I might disagree with their politics, I might even express rage at some of their words - but no, I don’t hate anyone. That is reserved for the liberals. They hate the President, the war, the goals of conservatives and most of all they hate themselves.

A normal, well adjusted person would use “hate” as you describe infrequently, and usually it is directed toward something inanimate, like “I hate my drive to work”, “I hate opening my gas bill”, and very seldom against a person.

In my experience, it is only the far left people that spout “hate”.

By Van

May 25, 2006 02:20 PM | Link to this

Laf,

Yasser Arafat also received a “Peace” prize, is he a role model for you also?

By Laf

May 25, 2006 04:52 PM | Link to this

By betinick

May 25, 2006 05:58 PM | Link to this

Van—as a Christian Conservative you well know that the teachings of Jesus Christ could not get the Savior elected in the state of Georgia. Jesus says love your enemy and pray for your enemy—hardly the type Christianity you likely follow.

By Lucy

May 25, 2006 06:06 PM | Link to this

Van You pitiful man—your defense of the Christian Right reminds me of Martin Van Buren—“Van Van you are a used up man.”

By betinick

May 25, 2006 06:12 PM | Link to this

Van

By the way—wouldn’t it be nice if your Christian right that has such disdain for Carter start emphasizing the Beatitudes—or do you even know what they are?

By Van

May 26, 2006 06:05 PM | Link to this

betinick, the greatest laws he preached were, to love God, with your whole heart, and your neighbor as yourself.

I can see those on the left are following these words.

As to the enemy, I think he had a few examples of that also, like when he cleaned out the temple of the money changers.

Non-believers think they know about christianity, but they have listened to the kool-aid drinkers too long.

When people display such disregard for a majority of the people in this country, Christians, it does not show well on the person.

The rage you show, causes me pain to see someone with such anger. Anger is not in your best interest, take it from someone who has travelled far in this life and had to over come the same anger. You life will improve if you can let go of some of the vile feelings you have. I am sure at school they have people you can talk to. Maybe even your parents can help. maybe if you could find a person of the cloth to talk to.

By Laf

May 26, 2006 11:09 PM | Link to this

Van, mayby Betinick can attend one of Jimmy Carter’s Sunday school classes in Plains one Sunday morning. From my understanding he is an excellent Sunday school teacher and shows great compassion and love toward unbelievers, Gays, the poor, and even the Muslims and those of Jewish faith. He truly loves all his neighbors.

By Van

May 27, 2006 10:26 AM | Link to this

Laf, again the far left equates dislike, and losing the respect of someone with hate. This is so sad, that people can’t tell the difference.

As a person, he maybe a good and honest man, as a politician he was a dismal failure. His politics and the things he did as a politician has stained his credibility.

I do wish the lefties would get off their immoral soap box and listen to people when they speak. Dislike and distrust do not equal hate, only someone with stunted mental growth would think that.

By SamX

May 27, 2006 03:02 PM | Link to this

Yes lefties get off your immoral soap box. Join us good and moral Republicans like Ralph Reed, Linda Schrenko, Rudy Guilliani, Newt Gingrich, Kathleen Harris, Sue Burmeister, Cunningham, Ney, Jack Abramoff, Ken Lay, Tom Delay.

Not to mention our pre-emptive shock and awe war in Iraq. Jesus himself was watching from heaven, cheering each bomb. He also loved the massacre of innocent Iraqi civilians murdered by our soldiers. All very moral indeed.

Who would Jesus bomb?

By Laf

May 29, 2006 06:44 PM | Link to this

Van—— Dislike and distrust often leads to hate. Hate for poor people, Muslims, gay people, Communist and liberals. An not a whole lot of respect for blacks and women. People who are different.

By Van

May 30, 2006 08:28 AM | Link to this

Laf, so, let me ge this straight, if I dislike someone because of body odor, I hate them? Stupid logic. Immature thinking. Too far left for the main stream.

By Van

May 30, 2006 08:45 AM | Link to this

Laf, I take it back, there are some people that I really dislike. I dislike stupid people, not the ignorant, but plain stupid.

I dislike the narrow minded, the intolerant, those that do not believe others can have different ideas.

I dislike those that think their way is the only way. I dislike those that think the government owes them anything. I dislike able bodied people that will not work for a living, I dislike people that feel the military is inherently bad.

I dislike people that wallow in their victimhood or wear it like a badge. I dislike people that hold little respect for the law, our Constitution and the courts.

I dislike political pandering, saying one thing while believing something else. If you are a socialist, say so, don’t play word games by calling yourself a “progressive”. If you are conservative, say so, don’t try to appease your voters by saying you are a “moderate”.

People show think before talking, have thicker skin and mean it when they say something.

Am I perfect, heavens no, but I do try. Do I fail, yes, but then I try again.

By Lol

May 30, 2006 09:36 AM | Link to this

Wow Van, you sure like playing the victim.

Can someone play their violin for poor Van.

By betinick

May 30, 2006 12:49 PM | Link to this

Laf and Van

I have heard plenty of Carter’s Sunday School lessons. In fact I have many burned onto compact disc.

By Laf

May 30, 2006 03:37 PM | Link to this