The Nation: Who's Afraid of Jimmy Carter? George Bush

[Kadie]

Who's Afraid of Jimmy Carter? George Bush
John Nichols
2 hours, 35 minutes ago


The Nation -- How touchy is the Bush administration about criticism?

Very touchy, indeed, especially if the source of that criticism is a certain former president.

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He told the conservative Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper Saturday that, "I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history."

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In what the Associated Press correctly referred to as "a biting rebuke," Fratto said of Carter's observations: "I think it's unfortunate. And I think he is proving to be increasingly irrelevant with these kinds of comments."

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What is fascinating is that the White House is claiming that Carter is "increasingly irrelevant" by going out of its way to attack him on one of the current president's many days of rest.

It seems that, if Carter really was as "irrelevant" as the Bush White House would have us believe, the president's aides would not be attacking the former president in such immediate and aggressive terms.

The truth is that Carter is relevant, perhaps more so now than ever. Even as Bush's fortunes decline, the need of dissenting voices is great. And Carter's dissents go to the very heart of the darkness that this administration has brought down upon the United States. For a body politic sorely in need of the tonic of truth, Jimmy Carter's comments are not just relevant, they are an essential to the renewal of a country and a planet badly battered by the madness of a 21st-century King George.


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http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20070520/cm_thenation/1197253_1

[indepat]

1. Some 29% or so of Amurikkkans are hunky-dory with a nation and planet badly battered by the madness

of a 21st-century King George.

[malaise]

2. Bushco will pay big time for that comment

from his WH people.

[Octafish]

3. 'I'm mad that so few people are mad.' -- Bill Maher

And Jimmy Carter is spot-on. Wish more Democrats would speak out in public about the Bush Crime Family.

[Hamlette]

4. k&r...good read

[Straight Shooter]

5. The bush administration tactic of attacking the messenger is way beyond its shelf life.

Thank you, President Carter. :patriot:

[bleever]

6. They will rue that barb.

[Madspirit]

7. k&r...n/t

[G_j]

8. Blair attacked as 'loyal, blind and subservient' , Iraq reversed US's basic values

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2084208,00.html

Bush presidency worst in history, says Carter


· Blair attacked as 'loyal, blind and subservient'
· Iraq reversed US's basic values, says former leader

Ed Pilkington in New York
Monday May 21, 2007
The Guardian


Former US president Jimmy Carter unleashed a torrent of criticism against George Bush and Tony Blair over the weekend, in which he accused the Bush presidency of being the "worst in history" and said Mr Blair's support had been abominable and subservient.

Even for a former politician with a reputation for plain talking, Mr Carter's blazing criticism took observers by surprise and had the Republican leadership responding in equally harsh measure. The White House spokesman yesterday called Mr Carter "increasingly irrelevant", adding that his "reckless personal criticism is out there".

a newspaper interview, Mr Carter said of the Bush years: "I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history." And speaking on BBC Radio 4, Mr Carter criticised Mr Blair, who leaves office next month, for his close relations with Mr Bush, particularly concerning the Iraq war.
"Abominable. Loyal, blind, apparently subservient," Mr Carter said when asked how he would characterise the British prime minister's relationship with Mr Bush. "I think that the almost undeviating support by Great Britain for the ill-advised policies of President Bush in Iraq have been a major tragedy for the world."

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[KharmaTrain]

9. Hitchens Had Booooshie Nailed

I hate this turdball, but gotta give him credit for the best line of the week regarding Falwell, but it would apply to booshie as well..."if we gave the guy an enema, we'd we able to bury him in a matchbox".

[StarryNite]

10. It's so wonderful to hear JC

speaking his mind about the idiot in the White House.

[Kadie]

11. .

morning :kick: