Carter: McCain 'milking' POW time--Adds: "Lieberman would be the least welcome here of any Democrat"

[kpete]

Carter: McCain 'milking' POW time
Updated 1h 26m ago |

By Alan Gomez, USA TODAY
DENVER — Former president Jimmy Carter called Republican presidential candidate John McCain a "distinguished Naval officer," but said the Arizona senator has been "milking every possible drop of advantage" from his time served as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

Carter spoke Thursday with USA TODAY ahead of Barack Obama's acceptance speech to cap off the Democratic National Convention. Carter spoke of Obama's challenges facing the lingering effects of racism in America, the ability of the Clintons to bring their supporters over to Obama and decried Sen. Joe Lieberman's decision to "abandon" the Democrats by speaking at the Republican National Convention next week.

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"John McCain was able to weave in his experience in a Vietnam prison camp, no matter what the question was," said Carter, a 7-year Naval officer who served aboard submarines. "It's much better than talking about how he's changed his total character between being a senator, a kind of a maverick at the time, and his acquiescence in the last few months with every kind of lobbyist pressure that the right wing Republicans have presented to him."

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"I would hope that the Democrats could have enough senators elected in November so that we would not any longer need to include Joe Lieberman among the senators," Carter said. Speaking of this week's convention, Carter said "He would be the least welcome here of any Democrat I could think of."

Video & more at:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-08-28-carter-denver_N.htm

[TwilightGardener]

1. 83-year-old man punches harder than Democrats half his age. Bless you, Jimmeh.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

9. Jimmy's only 83

:hi:

[TwilightGardener]

My bad! Will correct--sorry, Jimmeh!

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Go Carter!

:applause:

[mamalone]

3. I adore that man. nt

[polichick]

4. Carter is not afraid of the truth - or of speaking the truth. Love him!

[fascisthunter]

5. Very Well Said.... (nt)

[opihimoimoi]

6. A REAL PRESIDENT and VET NOES THE DIFF between a McAIRHEAD and the REAL McCOY

Airheads are redundent...same ole stories, stuck on stupid at times..we know um, many of our friends and family are airheads..

usual sign...low self esteem, must use deception of empty language and BS to make the diff....its ok....its normal...but not for the Main Gate Keeper Job

Too dangerous and too risky

See the current one? Them Pubs snuck him in 2x and look at the damage....the 3rd time is gonna really hurt all of us no end...

[lark]

7. Jimmy's a near saint

He's totally idoloized by the people in South America, too bad so many Americans don't realize what a lion of integrity he is. He is without a doubt the best ex-president EVER.

Love him :loveya:

[gateley]

8. I love Jimmy Carter! nt

[C_U_L8R]

10. There should be a cow at every McPOW campaign stop

Milking It indeed !!!

[Stern21]

11. McCain screwed up and got caught. Kerry made it out with wounds.

Why does everyone celebrate a guy who got caught over others who managed to stay out of the enemy's hands?

Does getting caught make someone more patriotic/smarter/whatever? Does it make up for being 5th from the bottom of his graduating class at the Naval Academy? Come on, we just had eight years of stupid. It didn't work too well.

[justiceischeap]

12. When McPOW states he was a POW, the reply needs to be...

"Didn't you admit to telling the Vietnamese and Russians state secrets? How can we trust you with those secrets now?"

[maximusveritas]

13. Lieberman's not a Democrat

He's an Independent or better yet, a Conneticut for Lieberman member. Other than that, I like what President Carter said.

[crimsonblue]

14. Jimmy for VP

is it too late? :P

[yardwork]

15. Wow! Way to go, Jimmy!

[Zavulon]

16. He's belaboring the obvious, but bless him for doing it.

I don't think there's a person in the country outside the McCain household who doesn't know he's milking his POW time.