Making stuff up is fun!
The meme is set, and the bunny-slapping ex-president is not to be denied an opportunity to do his part:
In an interview with NBC's Brian Williams, former Democratic President Jimmy Carter attributed much of the conservative opposition that President Obama is receiving to the issue of race.Read the whole thing and watch the video, if you can stand it.
UPDATE: Jammie takes a walk down memory lane - Carter called Obama a 'black boy'
UPDATE: Ben Smith at Politico - Steele responds.
Finally, Rush makes a good point, via a caller, I believe: Was it 'racist' when the right opposed HillaryCare?
This guy says, "I fucking hate that Jimmy Carter."
ReplyDeleteAnd I can't disagree. What's saddest of all, is Carter actually believes the things he's saying.
Reminds me of my favorite sign from the 9/12 pic in DC:
ReplyDeleteNO MATTER WHAT I WRITE HERE YOU'LL SAY I'M RACIST ANYWAY.
Somewhere a rocking chair is missing an ass.
ReplyDeleteSomewhere a rocking chair is missing an ass.
ReplyDeleteI wish this guy would stick to building houses, and leave the grown-up talk to the adults.
What happened to turn Carter from a bumbling incompetent President into a vicious old man?
ReplyDeleteHe had a power-ectomy.
ReplyDeleteImpotence is a bitter pill to swallow.
What happened to turn Carter from a bumbling incompetent President into a vicious old man?
ReplyDeleteWell, he was in the navy. Maybe he ended up on liberty in Olongapo one too many times, got the crotch-rot, and it finally reached the brain.
Or, he's trying to "repair" his legacy of incompetence and fuckupery by becoming an attack dog for the Left.
He's been a busy man today:
ReplyDeleteJimmy Carter: ‘Hamid Karzai Has Stolen the Election’
ATLANTA -- Former President Jimmy Carter, who has monitored elections in countries across the globe, called the elections in Afghanistan “despicable” Tuesday.
“Hamid Karzai has stolen the election,” the former president told a small group of donors to his Carter Center in Atlanta. “Now the question is whether he gets away with it.”
Official counts have given the Afghan president, who was installed after a U.S.-lead coalition toppled the Taliban in 2001, 54 percent of the vote. His main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, alleged fraud and a recount is currently underway.
Carter said that the election reminded him of past fraudulent elections he had seen, where only 20 percent of people in a particular precinct were recorded as voting -- with 100 percent of the vote in that precinct going to a particular candidate."
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Or, he's trying to "repair" his legacy of incompetence and fuckupery by becoming an attack dog for the Left.
ReplyDeleteDoe he have his own Kos diary?
Damn, I've missed ya Wendy. LOL!
ReplyDeleteDoe he have his own Kos diary?
ReplyDeleteProbably. I wonder what his screen name is? I bet it's "Bubblehead".
"Pea Nuts"
ReplyDeleteThe Democrats are pushing this theme awfully hard. Too hard.
ReplyDeleteI wonder who asked Carter to be the point man here.
WENDY!! So good to see you!!
ReplyDelete"Pea Nuts"
ReplyDeleteGoober.
Sadly No has a most despicable piece of racial-themed mockery. That place is vile.
ReplyDeleteThe title of the article: Dan Riehl: Licking his chops (or is it soiling his pants?) for a race war.
Not even worth html effort.
http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/24978.html
I bet it's "Bubblehead".
ReplyDeleteBunny Beater.
Hey Wendy - welcome aboard! So good to see you again! Hope you're well!
ReplyDeleteI bet it's "Bubblehead".
ReplyDeleteI'd blame his irrational and nasty behavior on close contact with Nuclear power plants in the early 50's but that gives him an excuse. The man is simply just a vicious, hateful scumbag.
I look at this man's face, and I can't believe he didn't just slink off into obscurity. I am old enough, though I was a kid, to remember his presidency. In my young life, it was the first time I remember actually feeling fear for my country. Fear that he couldn't control hostage-taking and terrorism and gas shortages or anything else, for that matter.
ReplyDeleteAnd right on schedule, here he is, trying to give credibility to this absurd and offensive notion.
Just a despicable person. I'm sorry. That's what I see when I look at that mug.
Hey Correspondence Committee - when did y'all take to posting as a committee?
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But you're right,of course. The Democrats and the Extreme Leftists have Carter out on point.
I don't know why they picked him - other than it's pretty easy for them to just "dismiss" the ramblings of an "old man" AND that he's a Southener himself (damnit!). But this does not bode well for us -if the Democrats truly believe that they can skate through the VERY REAL PROBLEMS facing America and the World because of America's economic weakness by screaming "Racist" all the time then America - and Israel - are in worse shape than I thought.
But you know, when I first heard about this I thought the Dems would see that he is so transparently Anti-Semitic and a Loon, that they'd give it short shrift. Was I right?
Sadly, No.
If John Edwards had won and went through the whole Pres, ex-Pres thing, this is how he would be in the role of ex-prez, too. IMHO. Same basic type of personality.
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I am old enough, though I was a kid, to remember his presidency. In my young life, it was the first time I remember actually feeling fear for my country.
ReplyDeleteI vividly remember the night he was elected. A week later, my dad accepted a transfer to Saudi Arabia and we left 5 months later.
He was not respected overseas. We got a lot of international papers and they routinely savaged him in the editorial pages. Personally, I'll never forget the havoc brought about by that bastard. My mom and I were supposed to spend two weeks in Iran at the end of October 1979. We canceled when things started looking dicey.
Thanks a lot Jimmah, you asshat. So I'm a racist because I don't like the fact that our president walks, talks and acts like a socialist.
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Hi realwest! I think they may have picked Carter because he was a president, and they think the Office adds gravity to the charge.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that they would have preferred Clinton, but he was already the victim of this race card during the campaign, so I wonder if they imagined he'd be unwilling to carry this particular water.
All speculative, of course, but it's a theme running across the media, politicians, and even some blogs - if you oppose Obama, it's probably because you just can't stand having a black president.
Personally, that's the one thing the bothers me. I would have preferred that the first black president be a success who lifted America UP - I think that would have been great for the country - but Obama is shaping up to be a far worse president than even I imagined he would be, and I didn't expect much.
My mom and I were supposed to spend two weeks in Iran at the end of October 1979. We canceled when things started looking dicey.
ReplyDeleteWow.
Hi PBJ!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Jimmah, you asshat. So I'm a racist because I don't like the fact that our president walks, talks and acts like a socialist.
ReplyDeleteYep. It's all about insulating Obama. He's such a screw up, they have to resort to using his race to deflect legitimate criticism.
I've a friend here that traveled a much similar path as yours, Wendy. She and her family were on the last plane out of Tehran; her mom was married to some ME ambassador.
ReplyDelete"He's such a screw up, they have to resort to using his race to deflect legitimate criticism."
ReplyDeleteIt's not working.
Hi Pink! Been on e-mail with RW. He must be a faster typist that I since he is here too....waves to RW.
ReplyDeleteCC, I agree, they are just covering his a**.
ReplyDeleteI, too, wished that our first black president would have been terrific. Can you imagine how great that would have been?
OMG, I can't take it. Jimmah Carter on the internet and Mikey Moore is singing "Times They Are A Changin" on Jay Leno.
ReplyDeleteOh noes!
It's not working.
ReplyDeletePinkie, remember during the run-up to the election? It went like this: You were probably a racist if you weren't going to vote for him. See, the default is, he has your vote. What? He doesn't? Oh, there can only be one reason for that, you see.
So he gets elected even though this country is clearly still so obscenely racist that it's a miracle black people aren't still drinking out of separate water fountains [sarcasm there, for those who might not be able to tell]...that's just how cool Obama is, you see.
For about a day, he is post-racial.
Except when he isn't.
Things aren't going so well now, so we're suddenly back to the original theme: If you don't approve of Obama, you are probably a racist.
The vast majority of people in this country are not racist, and find the thought of being racist repellent - and the left is just counting on that to make up for the fact that he frankly STINKS as a president.
They're going to ride this horse until it drops from exhaustion.
Crazy. It just doesn't occur to these people that maybe he really doesn't know what the [DELETED] he's doing, and THAT'S what we don't like.
Or maybe they really do know that. Do you suppose?
Hey CorrspondencCommittee and PBJ - I too wish Obama has spent some of his phenomenal amount of political capital right after the election to help try to raise up all Americans. More of a "we're in this altogether and we'll get out of this altogether" sort of tone and at least token efforts at bipartisanship. You know he was SO POPULAR he might have been able to beat back all the Race Baiters but he manifestly didn't take that route. And it's more than just a shame; it's a true FAILURE of leadership - and I still think it's because, in his heart, President Obama still doesn't "get" America, doesn't much respect America or what America has done for the world, and -at the beheast of his biggest supporters - the UAW, SEIU, and his furthest LEFT supporters - HE chose the confrontational
ReplyDeletenature of his presidency.
Very much as would an empy suit, Chicago politician or street corner three card monte dealer, REDISTRIBUTING THE WEALTH AND PUSHING THE CLASS WARFARE MEME. And now, truly out front (although keeping a handy fall guy in Carter around) pushing the racial divide.
I believe the end goal is to change the very foundation of America. Stoking the fires of racism will make this an easier process.
ReplyDeleteYes, I think they know that he doesn't know what he's doing. I don't think it matters. He's a figurehead, IMO. There's a whole machine at work here, it's been in place since the late sixties, early seventies, and it's nearing it's goal.
And y'all I do have to get some sleep now!
ReplyDeleteI hope you all have a great evening/early morning and that I get the chance to see you all down the road.
Good night, all.
Good night realwest!
ReplyDeleteOh, and realwest...excellent post up there (11:17).
ReplyDeleteGoodnight, realwest!
ReplyDeleteAgreed on the "machine", Pinkie. This is way bigger than Obama.
ReplyDeleteMost Americans won't buy the "race" stuff they're trying to sell, in my opinion. The man is President of the United States, for heaven's sake. How racist is a country that elects to the presidency a black man who is an inexperienced junior senator with a very suspicious past, when he's running against an experienced war hero?
No, I think his race is an asset to him, frankly - not a hardship at all. I think people wanted a black president (I'd like one too, but the right one), and they didn't care enough what he was about to look at him as an individual.
And now many of them regret it, because he isn't any good at the job.
But it isn't racism. Shame on these Democrats. Just shame on them.
The man is a fool, so much so that his skin color never enters the equation. If he was a formidable foe, then maybe it would be something to play, to use. The whole thing is a joke ...he is made of fluff, there's nothing to this man except the strings by which he is manipulated by his handlers. Even their race card rhetoric is empty.
ReplyDeleteGood evening, all!
ReplyDeleteThe September 16th history thread will appear in about 10 minutes. However, for the Sept. 17th version, I'm going to try something different.
The next history post will appear at 8:00 PM on September 16th. I'm trying out CP's idea for the history as an "after dinner" thread.
Goodmorning, Pi Guy!
ReplyDeleteGood morning, Pink!
ReplyDeleteFrom the blogfather:
ReplyDeleteMICKEY KAUS: “Jimmy Carter cites racism as anti-Obama factor. Instant reaction: Kiss of Death. Gift to the GOPs. Remember the Carter era of smug moralizing? Anyone want to go back to that? “
Plus: “No sophisticated campaign propagandist would say, ‘OK, let’s throw Jimmy Carter at them. They’ll be reeling!’” Well, he is history’s greatest monster.
Nice Jonah Goldberg piece, Pi Guy.
ReplyDelete"Since Carter has left office, he's been even more of a voluptuary of despots and dictators. He told Haitian dictator Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras he was "ashamed of what my country has done to your country." He's praised the mass-murdering leaders of Syria and Ethiopia. He endorsed Yasser Arafat's sham election and grumbled about the legitimate vote that ousted Sandanista Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua."
Yes, history's greatest monster. What's sad is, I have gone toe to toe twice with professors who consider him to be the greatest Pres of our lifetime. Seriously.