September 30, 2006 - 8:34 am
“In his dotage, Carter is proving once again that he is as malicious and mean-spirited a public figure as he is historically ignorant. And for all his sanctimonious Christian veneer, and fly-fishing, ‘aw shucks blue-jeans image, he can’t hide an essentially ungracious and unkind soul. Does he have any idea of Lincoln and Andrew Johnson suspending habeas corpus and shutting down newspapers, Woodrow Wilson jailing political dissidents, FDR interning American citizens and executing German agents in secret military tribunals?” Continued…
I wonder whether elected Republicans should stop ignoring Carter’s idiocy, whether there’d be some benefit to saying things like, say …
“Given Carter’s hostility toward Israel, he really can’t be taken seriously on Middle East issues.”
or
“Given Carter’s role in bringing the Iranian mullahs to power in the late 1970′s, he’s not the best person to consult as to how to handle them going forward.”