Jimmy Carter: Bush may have been behind anti-Chavez coup
posted at 2:19 pm on September 21, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Another moment of lunacy from this nation’s biggest Oval Office mistake of the 20th century — which may be akin to saying “water is still wet,” but we should be keeping a tally. While in Colombia, former President Jimmy Carter told an interviewer that the Bush administration “could have been involved” in the 2002 coup attempt against Venezuelan wanna-be dictator Hugo Chavez. Dan Calabrese unloads on America’s worst ex-president:
On Sunday, Jimmeh told the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo that he believes the Bush Administration was likely behind a coup against Hugo Chavez in 2002 in Venezuela.
“I think there is no doubt that in 2002, the United States had at the very least full knowledge about the coup, and could even have been directly involved,” said the man whose favorite pastime these days is to huddle up with anti-American thugs.
This got picked up immediately by Iranian state media, of course, which has plenty of reasons to air this allegation. The Iranians want to paint the US as hostile as well as justify its attempts to bolster Chavez in Venezuela. Having an American ex-president give credence to Chavez’ paranoid conspiracy theories plays into memes propagated by leftists throughout Latin America and undermines American influence.
Oddly, they also repeated this rather belated observation of Chavez by our nation’s most clueless former executive:
However, Carter says Chavez is now consolidating political power, making it “almost impossible” for the Obama administration to establish friendly relations with Venezuela.
“International relations would be better if he [Chavez] would stop his attacks and insults against the United States,” according to the former US leader.
He also said he was worried by the Venezuelan president’s drift towards “authoritarianism.”
Drift? Chavez has nationalized the oil industry, installed a puppet parliament, and rigged elections designed to make him president for life. He has openly patterned himself after the region’s most successful totalitarians, the Castro brothers in Cuba, and has provided funding for leftist terrorists in neighboring Colombia. That’s not a drift, that’s a march in double time, just like the march of Soviets into Afghanistan that this nuclear engineer managed to miss in his administration.
There’s only one word for a former US president who goes abroad to bolster the worst conspiracy theories about our country: despicable. That’s nothing new for Carter, either.
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We should stop calling him Ex-president Carter and just refer to him as the anti-semite hack from Georgia. The next time he steps onto foreign soil and says treasonous, anti- American things he should be immediatly arrested upon his return to our soil. He should have been arrested when he traveled to Gaza and kissed up to Hamas when Pres. Bush told him specifically not to.
He and Obama are a clear and present danger to the United States. The same goes when Obama return from his unconstitutional trip to lead the UN security council. If he gives away any of our defences or comprimises us in any way he should be charged and brought up for impeachment when he returns. The American peoples patients with these marxist pigs are at an end. We were just all crazy when the Dixie Chicks said what they did about Bush on foreign soil, they still have not recovered in the country music world, but we all ignore this from our so called leaders and ex leaders. NO MORE, ENOUGH!
patriotparty1 on September 21, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Jimmy Carter is drifting towards treason.
stldave on September 21, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Oh I realize that, sometimes I think she says things that are a bit outrageous just so people respond to her.
She does at least converse with people, and I think she is learning a few things hanging around here.
Zam88 on September 21, 2009 at 3:53 PM
You’re right, Ed. Carter’s behavior is inexcusable. I recall seeing this recent photo of past/future U. S. Presidents taken in the oval office. Was it deliberate or not that nobody wanted to stand next to Jimmy?
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/photo-presidents-past-president-and-future/
16MPG on September 21, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Thank you.
I wasnt going to be as nice as you.
Shambhala on September 21, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Funny. I’m picturing a doggie over here.
But anyway, Carter isn’t really relevant. He’s just a really old guy.
Respect our elders. Tolerate them. It’s just not all that smart to overreact.
AnninCA on September 21, 2009 at 3:58 PM
You know every time Jimmy Carter speaks, he reminds us how much Obama is just like him. Is this really the comparison the Obama Administration wants people to make? I wouldn’t.
Dr Evil on September 21, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Problem is, he and Clinton used their “positions” as ex-Presidents to criticize a sitting President. Until they came along, that was taboo.
He deserves no respect.
Neither does Clinton, who handed his successor the 9/11 attacks and then tried to squelch the investigation by smuggling his former Assistant Attorney General onto the “9/11 Commission”. In reality, she should have been questioned by that Commission under oath.
Del Dolemonte on September 21, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Gosh I’d love to see Bush come out for just a moment and give this horrible little dictator-loving Alzheimer’s patient the smack down he so seriously needs. Why is anyone listening to this buzzing gnat anymore? Next he’ll be telling us that there are, in fact, aliens being kept at Area 51.
Rational Thought on September 21, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Oh please, there’s a word vastly overused in this day and age of hyperbole.
He just expressed his flipping opinion, which he’s entitled to do.
AnninCA on September 21, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Drift? Carter is in the wheelhouse, engines full speed ahead toward treason.
Jeff from WI on September 21, 2009 at 4:00 PM
That’s a position that I personally reject. Bush deserves respect. Bush Sr. deserves respect. Clinton deserves respect. Carter deserves respect.
Frankly, I question the stability of people when they cannot at least admit that the office of the presidency deserves respect, regardless of political persuasion.
There’s something “off-kilter” about that, whether you’re a lefty or a righty.
AnninCA on September 21, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Well, Jimmy…. Beside the fact that I despise you in general and especially because you defile the first name we both share; a good old fashioned Junta might have been a lot of fun during YOUR administration. Just a little “hindsight is 20/20″ thought thingy there, Pus Guts.
Fine… You are a despicable old racist POS, and worse than a fool. But, you are OUR fool… and we as Americans will take responsibility for you by showcasing what a horse’s arse you are. God will sort out your myriad misdeeds at his convenience. Until then, might I suggest that you check out WebMD?.. particularly “dementia symptoms”? You might learn a thing or two about yourself.
paragon27x on September 21, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Town folk used to say the same thing about Ed Gein.
Jeff from WI on September 21, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Ann…you are so right…’drifting’ is definitely not the right word!
dont taze me bro on September 21, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Gosh, I think this notion that they should go off and do only good works is rather silly.
But I also think that taking their words/ideas too seriously is equally silly.
Perspective provides the boundaries. Carter is way old, been out of the loop for years. But he’s entitled to his opinion. Goodness gracious, how would any of US feel being told to hold our fingers. We’re the epitome of opinions here.
It’s just his 2 cents.
AnninCA on September 21, 2009 at 4:03 PM
No she’s not. She still thinks Carter and Clinton deserve our respect.
Del Dolemonte on September 21, 2009 at 4:04 PM
He can’t drop dead soon enough
lavell12 on September 21, 2009 at 4:04 PM
We need to dig up Nixon and Reagan, then put them in office. We would have far better representation and our enemies would fear us again rather than laugh at us as they do today.
workingforpigs on September 21, 2009 at 4:05 PM
It’s really kind of sad seeing him act this way – in some ways it’s like the saying “Better to keep you mouth shut with people thinking you’re a fool, than opening your mouth and confirming it”.
Zam88 on September 21, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Eh, more like drifting towards senility. I wish Jimmuh would just go back to building houses.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 21, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Is this guy a traitor? Seriously someone medicate this old fool.
FireBlogger on September 21, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Politicians. What can you say? They aren’t particularly accurate with their words. I agree. Drifting was goofy. But I look at the guy’s age and just give him the same elbow room I gave my own aging family members.
I noticed they get into ruts of thinking around that age. You can’t move them out of it. Whatever nuance or sharpness they had…dissapates.
Respect is when we all pretend not to notice the failings.
That’s all. We just pretend he’s making sense. (I don’t mean on blogs, by the way. Nobody cares if you guys call him names.)
I just mean publicly, you hope the administration says, “no comment” when it’s bizarre.
AnninCA on September 21, 2009 at 4:07 PM
And what shall we call it when his opinions consistently harm our allies, help our enemies, and undermine Presidents that follow him – both Democrat and Republican?
stldave on September 21, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Ann, Californian to Californian, please zip it, lay off the pot or take a chill pill. You only serve to feed the stereotype here.
Jeeze.
FireBlogger on September 21, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Town folk used to say the same thing about Ed Gein.
Jeff from WI on September 21, 2009 at 4:01 PM
All rounds in the X Ring, as per usual. Nice one, Jeff. Makes me proud to be a fellow WI type.
paragon27x on September 21, 2009 at 4:08 PM
I think that aging factor is sort of sad. But it can be sort of amusing, too.
I do rather laugh at how he’s “broken loose” from his own self-imposed Habitats for Humanity prison.
He’s letting it rip, eh? Reminds me of my uncle who absolutely entered into a stage of shocking us all at one point.
LOL*
AnninCA on September 21, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Ann, I do have a question for you. You don’t have to answer it. The answer just gives me a beeter feel about the moral code they want to be known for.
THe question is this,both Clinton and Carter were very supportive of abortion. Since I consider it murder, I would not respect them no matter how many good things they might of done. I’m just wondering if you respect abortion supporters like Clinton, Carter and Obama.
Jeff from WI on September 21, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Anninca: After what you said about
President Reagen in another thread, your call for respect for ex-presidents rings with hipocrisy!
donh525 on September 21, 2009 at 4:09 PM
better
Jeff from WI on September 21, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Got a point there. But then you’d have to add a few more to that list, Kerry, Pelosi…the rest escape me at the moment but I know there were more.
scalleywag on September 21, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Personally, I think that’s just silly talk. I stated earlier. Who cares about the Iranian memes.
They make as much sense as some that go around the US.
AnninCA on September 21, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Yeah, I know. I never found him to be the great communicator.
Sorry. But I always reacted to him as a bit of a dolt.
AnninCA on September 21, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Rebuild GAZA, sure…. send them FEMA trailers, they were good enough for us..
workingforpigs on September 21, 2009 at 4:11 PM
AnninCA on September 21, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Sorry, with great office comes great responsibility.
This guy ran for president and won, for some reason.
He isn’t some doddering old fool in a nursing home.
What he says matters.
What he says gives aid and comfort to dictators and terrorists.
Makes it easier for them to keep the terrified people they have under their thumb, remaining under their thumb.
Jimmy Carter is despicable because of that. This man has lived the life of a king, has crapped on the common man his whole life and you feel sorry for HIM?
NoDonkey on September 21, 2009 at 4:11 PM
These comments aren’t particularly out of character for Carter. Let’s not pretend this is a particularly new development. This is in line with what he has been saying for the last 15-20 years. So to just chalk it up as senility misses the mark.
stldave on September 21, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Not just Gaza I mean, but nations we didn’t have relations with.
scalleywag on September 21, 2009 at 4:12 PM
This is a man with still huge international influence…unlimited damage can be done by just “ignoring” him.
When he falsely stated that we had tortured kids in Iraq, that sent shock waves, and it made it so much easier for AQ to recruit…when he cozied up to Chavez, that had consequences in the world.
You ignore old men, who are common ordinary people…but an ex president has huge power, and when he misspeaks, or he in entering senility, it is time to sit him down and explain he has a mental problem that could kill our citizens.
Although, I can see by some posters, that his “problem” may not be a problem…
right2bright on September 21, 2009 at 4:12 PM
send them fema trailers too
workingforpigs on September 21, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Which is why I do not have to listen to CARTER or YOU!
First Amendment rights and all.
Get a Clue!!!!
upinak on September 21, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Or, lets have Carter open a branch of Habitat for Humanity over there. And stay there and operate it.
scalleywag on September 21, 2009 at 4:14 PM
An American president trying to depose a leftist leader in a Latin American country? Unthinkable.
crr6 on September 21, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Not that it was right for an ex-president to insinuate that…but let’s tone down the self-righteous outrage just a tad here. Given our track record in the region this wouldn’t exactly be unprecedented.
crr6 on September 21, 2009 at 4:18 PM
The problem with your analysis is that the media treats him as an elder statesman whose opinion carries tremendous weight. They find him uber “relevant.” If they were covering his treason as “Oh, here comes another nutty comment from everyone’s favorite crazy uncle Jimmy” (kind of like they cover Joe Biden), that would be fine. But his increasingly bizarre and deranged behavior is still covered as though he were playing with a full deck, which he clearly is not. “Tolerance” is called for when everyone involved admits that Jimmy is in some stage of dementia. So long as he’s being trotted out as a man operating with the full range of mental capacity, no tolerance is called for, only condemnation of his wholly un-statesman-like behavior. We’ll show tolerance when it’s finally revealed that Jimmy is mentally ill, and the media stops using his obvious illness to further its leftist agenda.
Rational Thought on September 21, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Old Jimmah has been acting like he’s got an erection or something; Somebody must have snuck in some Viagara or Cialis into his food for laughs.
Cybergeezer on September 21, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Ann, I tend to agree with you about respecting the office of the presidency but Carter constantly creates a dilemna with his comments. In this latest example, Carter himself doesn’t show a lot of respect for the office when W was making decisions…does he? And it isn’t just isolated to W either. As I am sure you know, he undermined Clinton on occasion too.
So when he continually plays this game, he’s not living up to the standard you just set for us mere civilians to follow. Does he just a get a pass for it because we were foolish enough to elect him? I’d argue Carter constantly doesn’t show respect for the office himself, and it makes it much, much worse to me that he was our President once himself and yet still says these things.
stldave on September 21, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Can someone please explain to my simple self how the conduct of this traitorous bastard different from Tokyo Rose? For bonus points, can you tell me why this Judas should be allowed to leave the country?
oldleprechaun on September 21, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Or, lets have Carter open a branch of Habitat for Humanity over there. And stay there and operate it.
scalleywag
Yes, let it be his devotion to society and give everyone coordinates.
workingforpigs on September 21, 2009 at 4:22 PM
OH MY WORD!!!
That should have read; “how the conduct of this traitorous bastard is different”. Boy, there’s that word IS again!
oldleprechaun on September 21, 2009 at 4:25 PM
You know, it’s kind of funny, this. Bush was behind the attempted coup against Chavez? Here’s a crazy suggestion that is ultimately more plausible: Chavez faked the coup against himself.
Think about it. Cui bono? How many people would have had to know to carry out the fake coup? Why, just Chavez and his generals. The generals that “overthrew” him, and then reinstated him later, and continue to serve under him. Does that sound kind of odd?
I know it does to me.
Seixon on September 21, 2009 at 4:27 PM
We all have, or have known a crazy old Uncle or Grandfather. They are generally harmless as a bag of marshmallows if their families keep them that way.
And there I was… thinking that this crazy SOB could do no more harm than can be done framing out a Habitat for Humanity House.
Funny how it works out…. on one hand we have Conservative Ex-Presidents just keep their mouths shut, except to smile, wave and give advice to later Presidents behind the scenes. Jimmy and BJ on the other hand…
paragon27x on September 21, 2009 at 4:27 PM
stldave on September 21, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Ann’s “tolerant”.
Whatever floats your boat. Live and let live.
Even when it comes to royal scum like Carter.
Man, I’m really sick of “tolerance”, because it always turns out to be putting up with the worst people around.
Things were much better when people had standards and they didn’t take crap from fools like Carter.
NoDonkey on September 21, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Despicable or treasonous, but what can be done? If the media does not notice, if he is still someone people want to have their picture with, if no official part of government will restrict his travel, if, in short, no one else in society has imposed any consequences at all on him, what can I expect will be done about him or any other high government official that harms our country as part of living out their viewpoint? Revolution? I see no more than wrist slaps and scorn from a few easily ignored.
AnotherOpinion on September 21, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Yeah, it’s just your VP’s that are a pain the ass.
crr6 on September 21, 2009 at 4:32 PM
JImmy Carter is writing an autobiography. It’s called “Cash for Clunkers”
Jeff from WI on September 21, 2009 at 4:34 PM
crr6 on September 21, 2009 at 4:18 PM
But who owns said track record for the most part?
paragon27x on September 21, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Respect a man who’s irresponsible statements could easily result in the deaths of hundreds?
MarkTheGreat on September 21, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Nobody deserves respect, it is earned, and can be lost.
Carter earned a modicum of respect by being an ex-president. When he started travelling the world and using his position to attack his predecessors, he lost the respect that he had earned.
MarkTheGreat on September 21, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Then you never read what he had written…only read and heard what the left told you.
Try reading “Reagan, in His Own Hand”…you will be shocked, and he could have been one of the last to actually understand “penmanship”, as many of his personal notes and messages were handwritten, and art being lost.
But then Margaret Thatcher considered him one of the great intellects and leaders…you probably think she is a bit of a dolt also.
You never fail to bemuse me…
This is from a “dolt”:
Awww, here is the one that probably drives you nuts:
And this one you would despise…
Your “bit of a dolt”, exposes your liberalism…his writings, HIS writings are remarkable…try reading some.
right2bright on September 21, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Neither side has a monopoly.
crr6 on September 21, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Yeah, it’s just your VP’s that are a pain the ass.
crr6 on September 21, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Yep….. ya got a point. Guess that using a VP as an attack dog is a Conservative invention. Trouble is that Dick Cheney sinned by being correct on all counts.
paragon27x on September 21, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Do you ever get the feeling that this Annin really has no moral or political compass…she just throws out things to be educated on?
It is amazing how naive, and simple her beliefs are…I guess that is how liberals survive, hoping others will take up the slack and protect them or teach them…very strange.
right2bright on September 21, 2009 at 4:41 PM
The foreign(and local) media is using a befuddled old man to their advantage. They need to stop asking his opinions and making him look and sound foolish. He may be irritating and silly, but it’s not right to exploit him this way.
jeanie on September 21, 2009 at 4:42 PM
What a shmuck.
saiga on September 21, 2009 at 4:42 PM
crr6 on September 21, 2009 at 4:38 PM
You are correct…. but I would ask you this. If you were an Israeli, who would you trust to have your back when the feces hits the fan?
paragon27x on September 21, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Magic unicorns fix everything.
Jeff from WI on September 21, 2009 at 4:43 PM
I’d rather go hunting with Cheney, then stop to eat and visit his constituents at a restaurant that’s been closed for 20 years.
Jeff from WI on September 21, 2009 at 4:44 PM
I think people should ease up on Jimma. He’s running scared that Obama will surge ahead of him and knock him back to 2nd worst president we’ve ever had.
Remember, his head is so far up his hindquarters the bottom looks up.
Jakefut on September 21, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Biden that is
Jeff from WI on September 21, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Excuse me, but are you arguing about VP’s? You the liberal with Joe Biden as VP, and you have the gall to critize any VP, any at all? Joe Biden is your VP, you don’t get that? There has been few if any VP’s in history as clueless as Joe…just ask at Katies restaurant, they will tell you.
right2bright on September 21, 2009 at 4:46 PM
I think Carter is out of his mind. Does he have any evidence of any of this? Or is he just shooting his mouth off?
Terrye on September 21, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Cater has been senile 30 years. Since he found out he was the evil twin brother of Mr. Rodgers.
Jeff from WI on September 21, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Do you normally ask paraplegics to stand?
Bishop on September 21, 2009 at 4:52 PM
crr6… I normally just keep my cake hole shut about certain things, but. I put the uniform on back in the mid 80′s specifically because of crap like Beirut.
Put it back on after 9/11.
Would cheerfully be ready to do so again to protect Israel.
Just sayin’
paragon27x on September 21, 2009 at 4:54 PM
You’re speaking with some ordinary habitual, dyed-in-the-wool Democrat-for-life. Not hard to find, especially in urbs. All nice-enough people. They work. They like to be thought of as nice people (part of the problem.) Carter comes up in the conversation and you roll your eyes and say something relatively mild like, “Carter is the cause of most of our current trouble.” They say, “Oh he wasn’t so bad.” “Oh, the Shah was a tyrant.” (Direct quotes.) In other words, among the Ds, he gets this much respect, and if you look one step further, you’ll find actual Carter-lovers.
These are otherwise normal people with an affliction in one isolated area, the political center of their brains. Insanity.
curved space on September 21, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Here’s a sober analysis that was written before this latest Peanut brouhaha.
http://www.helium.com/items/566399-should-former-us-presidents-speak-out-against-a-current-president
Del Dolemonte on September 21, 2009 at 4:56 PM
She just throws out random opinions to derail threads. Her ultimate desire is to become the topic of as many threads as possible.
Carter, a universally acknowledged one-term disaster, who won’t STFU, is to respected and yet Reagan, a two-term success, who won the cold war is somehow a dolt.
Good Gravy, Heck, Frankly, in my personal opinion, its just silly talk folks.
Geochelone on September 21, 2009 at 4:57 PM
This guy has been stuck on stupid for the last 30 years.
thmcbb on September 21, 2009 at 5:04 PM
crr6… I normally just keep my cake hole shut about certain things, but. I put the uniform on back in the mid 80’s specifically because of crap like Beirut.
Put it back on after 9/11.
Would cheerfully be ready to do so again to protect Israel.
Just sayin’
paragon27x on September 21, 2009 at 4:54 PM
I just don’t trust this administration to be willing to do so.
I still feel compelled to go back. Kids are gonna need an old NCO to keep them on an even keel. We serve America; not the current square peg in an Oval Office.
paragon27x on September 21, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Hurting our status…helping our enemies…classic Carter thinking.
Black Yoshi on September 21, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Treason.
Christian Conservative on September 21, 2009 at 5:13 PM
This man is a disgrace.
bridgetown on September 21, 2009 at 5:14 PM
There’s WAY more than one word…
traitor
scoundrel
loser
contemptible
pathetic
senile
loathsome
reprehensible
vile
wretched
execrable…
It’s a fun game to go to thesaurus.com, type in one of the above, then go down the list, “Missuh Jimmuh is the most reprehensible President of the 20th century. Jimmuh Carter is the most vile man to fill the oval office.” It’s a vocabulary exercise AND a pressure release. You feel better and society is better off because of your sweet new language skills. Everyone wins.
realityunwound on September 21, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Heck Jimmy, ever thought of taking your own advice?
percysunshine on September 21, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Carter is in my opinion way passed the point of no return. His comments and actions since he left office have only served to hurt American international and domestic interests. His views are so distorted and vile that one has to wonder if he has some sort of mental illness that has been kept from the public’s knowledge.
I would normally agree with some, that all past Presidents should be respected out of the sheer fact that they held the nation’s top position. However in recent times (as noted by Del Dolemonte on September 21, 2009 at 3:58 PM and a few others) have shown that part of decorum in American politics are behind us.
I believe at this point his comments are intentionally treacherous and only serve to further damage this nation.
DRod on September 21, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Jimmmeh Carter.
The gift that keeps on giving to Iran, since 1979.
catmman on September 21, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Carter is awesome in some respects.
He needs to escalate and call for war crimes trials for Bush-Cheney.
Spathi on September 21, 2009 at 5:19 PM
And this one you would despise…
No comment, but those words needed to be reposted.
Reagan was several orders of magnitude above any Democrat.
Okay, that was a comment.
Zam88 on September 21, 2009 at 5:20 PM
So soon after racegate, I think it would be best to give this loon as much
ropepublicity as possible.percysunshine on September 21, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Nah, it’s just the media meme of the day.
I think real people know.
AnninCA on September 21, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Carter’s name will go down in history.
Probably as a euphemism for some act that one would not generally say aloud in polite company.
Example sentence: “Excuse me fellas, but that last burrito did it. I have to go take a Carter.”
justltl on September 21, 2009 at 5:26 PM
I honestly wouldn’t suggest going down that path, given Reagan really was subjected to that illness.
It was sad to admit this, but I do think he suffered from symptoms way before people even admitted.
I would NEVER criticize Reagan on those grounds. That’s truly dispicable.
AnninCA on September 21, 2009 at 5:26 PM
If you believe that, I would hope you agree that Carter should be called in to a “Post-Chavez” Venezuela for crimes against the Venezuelan people. By purposely validating a fradulant election, he played a hand in allowing a murderous regime to remain in power and murder hundreds (if not thousands) of their own citizens. That to me seems pretty darn criminal…
DRod on September 21, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Bullcarter!
Sorry for the interruption.
Just practicing my new usage.
Carry on.
justltl on September 21, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Colon Powell has also been formally charged at The Hague with War Crimes. Do you favor him going on trial as well, or does he automatically get a pass for his endorsing O’bama?
Del Dolemonte on September 21, 2009 at 5:51 PM
If there weren’t other fellow traveling reds in power, Carter could be charged with treason (as he very well should be!). The man’s simply disgraceful…. With that said, can you even imagine how awful 0bama will be as an ex-president a few years down the road? Carter’s just an idiot. 0bama was raised by anti-American socialists and has been one his entire life.
Sign of the Dollar on September 21, 2009 at 5:56 PM
This coming from the man who ushered in the reign of grandaddy of terrorism, Ayatollah Khomeni, to power in Iran…are you crapping me Jimmy?
StevefromMKE on September 21, 2009 at 6:01 PM
It’s time for former POTUS to be put out to pasture.
nor on September 21, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Poor Jimmy Carter has lost his few remaining few marbles.
Zorro on September 21, 2009 at 6:08 PM
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