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BigBearJohn

(11,410 posts)
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 02:48 AM Apr 2016

WOWWWWW Jimmy Carter Just Called Out Hillary Clinton Publicly And It Is Setting The Internet On Fire

Beloved President Jimmy Carter’s political opinions are taken very seriously by both sides of the fight. Carter was arguably one of the best leaders the country has ever seen; the 89-year old certainly doesn’t bite his tongue either. Throughout his current health issues, Carter has remained a beacon of logic in the 2016 Presidential race.

Carter has recently spoken out about the legal bribery that takes place in American elections, saying this to the BBC:

‘The erroneous ruling of the Supreme Court, where millionaires and billionaires can put in unlimited amounts of money in to the campaign, it gives legal bribery a chance to prevail, because almost all the candidates, whether they are honest or not, Democrat or Republican, rely on these massive amounts of money in order to campaign.’

Now, Carter is setting his sites on Hillary Clinton specifically. Her actions (or lack thereof) as Secretary of State got Carter’s attention, and he wasn’t afraid to air those grievances to Time Magazine. The ex-President said that Hillary really didn’t do much to create peace in the country, as one would hope the Secretary of State would strive to do, at the very least.

Carter gave this statement via a phone interview for Time Magazine:

“In this occasion, when Secretary Clinton was Secretary of State, she took very little action to bring about peace. It was only John Kerry’s coming into office that reinitiated all these very important and crucial issues.”

http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/04/12/jimmy-carter-just-called-out-hillary-clinton-publicly-and-it-is-setting-the-internet-on-fire/

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WOWWWWW Jimmy Carter Just Called Out Hillary Clinton Publicly And It Is Setting The Internet On Fire (Original Post) BigBearJohn Apr 2016 OP
I so wish Jimmy would campaign with Bernie. nt grasswire Apr 2016 #1
All he would really have to do is endorse him davidpdx Apr 2016 #6
That would be nice but would have been even nicer before the south voted lostnfound Apr 2016 #10
k/r for truth 840high Apr 2016 #2
Jimmy Carter SoLeftIAmRight Apr 2016 #3
Hillary and Peace are two opposing concepts, I'm afraid to say. highprincipleswork Apr 2016 #4
When we are all in the poorhouse, including her Karma13612 Apr 2016 #7
President Carter is only saying this because Hillary is a woman. Major Hogwash Apr 2016 #5
President Carter was my first vote Mbrow Apr 2016 #8
Me too... TeeYiYi Apr 2016 #20
Mine, too. I wore green and white because that was his campaign colors. Punkingal Apr 2016 #23
Well, money trumps peace and Hillary loves money! Scuba Apr 2016 #9
Carter is a statesman first, good citizen second, politician (maybe) third. Snarkoleptic Apr 2016 #11
I would put "Humanitarian" first, bvar22 Apr 2016 #14
Come on, Jimmy-- endorse Bernie Art_from_Ark Apr 2016 #12
+1 nt Duval Apr 2016 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Art_from_Ark Apr 2016 #13
I'd been thinking the same thing, i.e., snot Apr 2016 #16
Kick azmom Apr 2016 #17
Hillary Clinton - Queen of Hearts autorank Apr 2016 #18
"those who disobey must be punished" freedom fighter jh Apr 2016 #22
Other than traveling all over the world at government expense, generating thousands of photo ops .. Impedimentus Apr 2016 #19
Well, I suppose autorank Apr 2016 #21
 

highprincipleswork

(3,111 posts)
4. Hillary and Peace are two opposing concepts, I'm afraid to say.
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 03:31 AM
Apr 2016

But those who persist in supporting her will only find out of she weathers this substantial fight for the heart and soul of the Democratic Party, and the general election, and FBI investigations that appear warranted and so forth.

Then, and only then, will everyone get to experience firsthand the essential warlike tendencies of Hillary Clinton, as well as her well-established ability to attract polarization in the country better than anybody.

I wonder what it will actually take for supporters to then reject the road we will have gone down?

Thank you Jimmy, for trying to talk us down from a dangerous choice.

Karma13612

(4,552 posts)
7. When we are all in the poorhouse, including her
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 06:13 AM
Apr 2016

Own supporters, maybe then they will see the light.

But, oh, the plight we will all be suffering because of their stubborn denial of the reality of who the Clintons really are.

Why will we all have to suffer?

WHY??

Mbrow

(1,090 posts)
8. President Carter was my first vote
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 06:40 AM
Apr 2016

And thru all the years and nay sayers I've never had reason to regret it.

TeeYiYi

(8,028 posts)
20. Me too...
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 12:02 AM
Apr 2016

I had just barely turned 18 and had a small crush on the professor of my freshman political science class during the first quarter of my first year in college. Those were heady times!

I love Jimmy Carter.

TYY

Punkingal

(9,522 posts)
23. Mine, too. I wore green and white because that was his campaign colors.
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 06:51 PM
Apr 2016

That was a happy day! My best vote, until Bernie.

Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts)
11. Carter is a statesman first, good citizen second, politician (maybe) third.
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 08:29 AM
Apr 2016

Plus he backs up his words with deeds, which is something sorely needed in our DC.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
14. I would put "Humanitarian" first,
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 01:39 PM
Apr 2016

followed by statesman, citizen, and then politician. ..
But cool observation, and thought provoking.

Had we kept his energy conservation plan in place, we wouldn't be in the mess we are today in the Middle East, and have a better handle on Global Climate Change.

One of the things (sins of omission) I have never forgiven Bill Clinton for was that he did not replace the Solar Panels (Hot Water Heaters) on the roof of the Whit House on Day One....the ones Reagan removed on his Day One.
THAT would have sent a solid message to the American People and the World.

There is a long list of things that Clinton did NOT do that he SHOULD have done.

Response to BigBearJohn (Original post)

snot

(10,530 posts)
16. I'd been thinking the same thing, i.e.,
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 07:12 PM
Apr 2016

without having really researched it, my general sense was that nothing much positive seemed to happen while Clinton was Sec. of State, but that we started seeing more movement in the right direction after Kerry got in there.

autorank

(29,456 posts)
18. Hillary Clinton - Queen of Hearts
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 11:41 PM
Apr 2016

President Jimmy Carter is absolutely right.

(Washington, DC 7/11/12) Hillary Clinton has a very serious problem. She thinks that she runs the world and that those who disobey her must be punished, China and Russia in particular. Our chief diplomat behaves like a drunken bully, makes rash demands, and spoils for a fight with countries that can do some serious damage. (Image: Sascha W)

Over what? Regime change in Syria. Clinton is the tip of the spear for the project to control the Arab Spring movement. Her efforts have little to do with democracy. It is about controlling the agenda in the oil rich Middle East and the effort to prop up the decadent Saudi royals and other oil rich leaders hiding behind a nebulous organization called the Gulf Cooperation Council.


Hillary Clinton - Queen of Hearts, Michael Collins

freedom fighter jh

(1,782 posts)
22. "those who disobey must be punished"
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 06:31 PM
Apr 2016

It's rumored that that's how she runs her campaign, and that's how she got all those super delegates.

Impedimentus

(898 posts)
19. Other than traveling all over the world at government expense, generating thousands of photo ops ..
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 11:47 PM
Apr 2016

what did she do as SOS ?

The whole "Hillary has great experience" and "Hillary has a fantastic resume" are marketing fictions. She has very little in the way of actual accomplishments. Just lots of international photo ops.

FEEL THE BERN - 2016

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