what's with all the attacks on Carter lately

[leftofthedial]

wingnuts have been accusing him of one nonsensical thing or another every few days lately.

[pdxmom]

1. He's on a book tour, so he's doing lots of interviews, making lots of

sense, and they feel a need to bash.

[ReadTomPaine]

6. Yep - it's the new book. n/t

[napi21]

2. He bla,ed Israel for stealing land and violence. Some people get

ALL excited when anyone isn't in total support of Israel!

[progressiveamerica]

12. ?!

Are you implying that perhaps the crisis in the Middle East is a multi-faceted issue?! That's blasphemy!!

[Violet_Crumble]

22. Rabbi Michael Lerner summed it up well...

This is what drives them ape-shit about Carter...

"Carter recognizes the mistakes on both sides—precisely what the “You are either for us or against us” crowd in both camps cannot stand. Nuance, recognition that both sides have at times been insensitive to the legitimate needs of the other, insistence that both sides need to take steps that are currently rejected (by Hamas in the Palestinian world, by the Israeli government in the Jewish world—this is what makes for rational discussion."

http://tompaine.com/articles/2006/12/06/thank_you_jimmy_carter.php

[Freedom_from_Chains]

3. He's pointing out the obvious

That doesn't go over well with Repubs

[EST]

4. Israel and AIPAC don't like him because he has pointed

out their responsibility in the matter of mideast relations.

[leftofthedial]

15. pretty transparent

isn't it?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. A I P A C

getting their knives out.

they do it to anyone who dares speak the truth about the muddle east.

[BuyingThyme]

7. Truth.

[Crunchy Frog]

8. He criticized Israel. n/t

[sam sarrha]

20. he is saying this stuff is Apartheid..... link>>> photos

http://www.mcc.org/gallery/04_09/photo_09.html

shame on Jimmy... that shit aint Apartheid.. but the Jews did steal that tree.. it is probably an olive tree.. and they needed the branches for a peace offering or something.. or the olives

[bullimiami]

9. they hate rational people telling the truth. and they just hate carter.

[rzemanfl]

10. They are saying he stole a map. * stole two elections, which is

worse?

[H2O Man]

11. It is disgusting.

The guy is simply suggesting that we discuss certain sensitive topics openly and honestly.

[spanone]

13. Guess Jimmy is an easy target for the f*ckheads. I find his honesty refreshing. Admirable.

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[malaise]

16. He exposed Bushco and he

is supporting Gore for President.

[laststeamtrain]

17. Hmm, who would attack someone for writing a book with this title?

Could it be the 'lobby'?

[Indiana_Dem]

18. I don't know but I've noticed something over the past 2-3 years.

Maybe its my imagination but it seems that there are 3 popular yet well-respected Dems that seem to go out on a limb on their own and don't seem to ever get any support from other high-ranking politcos. The 3 I've noticed this about are Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, and Howard Dean. They seem to like each other, support each other, and have been seen talking with each other.

Another clique, for example, is the Kerry-Kennedy group.

Back to the point, though. Yes, I wonder why they are attacking him. He must be saying something right---at least that's how I see it. I also believe that on the grounds of media ratings and hype we live in a day in age where everyone and everything is being judged and subliminally or subconsciously sentenced and hung rhetorically without even a trial. Pretty sad, IMO. I know they don't care but many people's lives become devastated only for the ratings. Some is legitimate--some is not.

[sam sarrha]

21. i think he got the Apartheid right... photo LINK>>

note the stolen tree.. how much did a fence that high and deep cost to steal that tree..??

http://www.mcc.org/gallery/04_09/photo_09.html

[cool user name]

19. Wolf Blitzer pretty much attacked him tonight on TSR

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