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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:34 PM Original message |
Jimmy Carter Slams Ted Kennedy On Health Care |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. It wouldn't surprise me if that happened |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yeah, most of them have. nt |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Yup |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 06:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
51. me neither. & i think he knew what he was doing when he went along with bush's fucked up school |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. He may very well be right. I wish we had implemented many of Carter's policies. |
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Liberalynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. I sure feel that way about his energy policies |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
46. That is one area where Carter was fantastic |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sadly Kennedy and Carter never got past their animosity |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. +1 nt |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Well said. nt |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. Nixon may have been the last Liberal President, but Carter was the last Progressive. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Kennedy's approach was far more progressive than Carter's proposal. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Doesn't matter. "He {Kennedy} couldn't get five votes for his plan." |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Explain that distinction please |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 06:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
52. kennedy wanted the same damn thing we're getting now. a "mixed" plan = private profit on the public |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. Democrat, puhlease.Joe Mc Carthy loving, war mongering, Nixon was NOT the last liberal President. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. That's the stupidest post of the day. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. And? They had a rivalry. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. A much better explanation here |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. Thanks for the link. nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. Better, or more to your liking? Carter no doubt has a POV, but he WAS there and is a pretty honest |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. More complete |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 07:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Carter is very honest, but like any politician ambitious enough to run |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Divisive primaries can sure leave open wounds for a long time |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. No kidding, and this comes |
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BillH76 (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Coulda, shoulda, woulda. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. That is the truth.... Hindsight is always 20/20. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. Is that really a slam? |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Anything to keep the "Democratic infighting" meme going, |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Do you really think that's why Carter put that in his book? |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. No no. I love Carter. He wrote it because it happened. It's the media that's going to |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. This is all because he ran against him in 1980. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. I heard Kennedy admit he'd played politics w/Nixon's plan and regretted it. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. The Carter plan was missing something important... though I forget what... |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 09:03 AM Response to Reply #26 |
44. I don't think it was Kennedy alone, but the Democrats who rejected Nixon's plan |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. I respect them both. Obviously, they conflicted horribly on the way to get things done. If Jimmy |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
18. The interview will be broadcast on Sunday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. ET/PT. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. Among Other Things |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
25. Well, I suppose this is Pres. Carter's attempt to clear away the cob webs. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
27. Love them both, but Kennedy had no business playing politics with health care under Nixon and Carter |
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dmosh42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
28. Kennedy also killed off Dorgan's drug impotation bill in 2008. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. He was just helping Obama keep his private deal promises. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 08:54 AM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Obama was not President in 2008, Bush was |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #28 |
42. Very inaccurate account - and I will link to the Congressional record to prove it |
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dmosh42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 04:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Stop with the snowjob! |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. Carter wasn't an insider, so the insiders took him down. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Too aware? |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
40. Always an advantage to outlive your opponents /nt |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
41. all of Washington was in on that debacle |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
47. Don't get me wrong I have a lot of respect for Ted Kennedy in his later life |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
48. We have Teddy to thank for NCLB... |
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Yeahyeah (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
50. Oh no.Not Saint Teddy. |
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