There used to be a code among former presidents that you did not speak ill of other occupants of the White House. In the summer of 1998, President Gerald Ford told me that he would not comment on President Bill Clinton’s personal problems, saying only that he hoped “respect for the presidency would be restored soon.” A couple of weeks ago, George W. Bush also declined to speak about President Barack Obama, except to say that raising taxes on anyone right now would not be a good idea.
But former President Jimmy Carter is apparently not a code keeper. On his recent book tour, Carter has taken to blasting the Republican Party and Bush-the-Younger. Carter is also very, very disenchanted with Fox News.
Speaking to liberal NPR host Diane Rehm, Carter put forth that “public broadcasting networks on radio and television basically tell the honest, objective truth. And, I think, the Republicans who (want funding for public broadcasting cut) would like for everybody to have one channel that they can watch every day, and that’s Fox News.”
Since there are very few conservative commentators on the public broadcasting payroll, while dozens of liberal pundits are collecting paychecks, the fair and balanced claim by the committed-liberal Carter is suspect. But his hatred of Fox News (he calls us vicious) is interesting in light of his stature.
Carter’s main beef seems to be that the media are not totally dominated by left-wing thought as they were during his time in office. If you analyze the campaign between Carter and Ford in 1976, you will find that the media tilted heavily toward the man from Plains. Ford was portrayed as a bumbling fool on “Saturday Night Live,” and that was often echoed by the press. The fact that Ford pardoned Richard Nixon for Watergate activities sent the liberal media into a frenzy that persists to this day.
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He better stay with habitat and call that good enough.
he was unsatisfactory as a president – maybe more suitable as the peanut farmer instead.
I agree! I don't remember who said it but whoever it was said it best; "nobody cared what he said when he was in the White House so why should anybody care about what he says now!"
On a scale of 1 to 10…….I'd give him a minus 4!
I agree with this definition. I would tell this old fart to go p— up and rope and raise his peanuts while he keeps his mouth shut. We had enough of him over the POW's.
"former President Jimmy Carter is apparently not a code keeper."
Nor is Dick Cheney, of course, who has been among Obama's most strident and most dishonest critics. VP's once followed "the code," too.
Only you would bring a republican into the mix and you the smartest one being a liberal teacher and a friend of the intense debate panel but please correct me if I'm wrong and I know you will wasn't Cheney a vice president and Peanuts was the president.Your friend Al Gore is always shooting his mouth off critisizing Bush and Al is just as crooked as every politician who is in there for more then 2 terms.
"wasn't Cheney a vice president"
Why do you suppose my last line was, "VP'sonce followed 'the code,' too"? Perhaps I should have spelled out "vice president"?
You are an arrogant son of a b—-h and definetly a republican hater and yes you did write VP.However you mentioned Cheney but not Gore was there a reason or just your republican bashing at its highest.
Oh, so "Oh-Really?" gives one partisan example, but I'm supposed to be bipartisan and list every wrongdoer on both sides? Yeah, right.
And despite your attack on my mother, I don't hate Republicans. I pity some, but don't hate them. After all, some of my best friends are Republicans.
They must be RINOs or else there like Alan Colms wife blind and deaf to put up with him.If your republican friends bought you a ticket to go live in Sweden would you go there.The Swedes would love you and you and Assange could be buddies.
"And despite your attack on my mother"
Wow, really, she is?
You really didn't have to leak that.
Congratulations–you may have reached a new low in both logic and decency.. Gary, this is beneath you, more along the lines of what I'd expect from Ed.
By your logic if I call one of your familly members a meth-addicted whore (something I'd never do, though apparently you have different standards than I do) and you then call me out on it, you're admitting it's true.
Jimmy the Piece of shit PeaNut Farmer. Need to leave this country and go live with his COMMUNIST FRIEND'S! Because of HIM, we now have A FUCKEN MAD MAN with a NUKE! THANKS JIMMY!
Carters actions are in keeping with the worse president in history , Brother Billy would at least left a respectable legacy of some king . This Moron could not find his A—–e with both hands standing on a mirror . I'm sure he is the reason so many people are coming down with peanut allergies .
Jimmy Carter is senial..He thinks he is still President and does not tolerate any resistance…Jimmy is nuts…He would dissapear if all the media would just leave him out of the limelight and forget about him or his juvenile ideas…It is hard to believe but Jimmy is not right and the left uses him to say all this crazy stuff no matter how it belittles him and makes him seem really stupid to most of the rest of us…he needs a lover to occupy his mind…maybe a good toy…maybe a rubber duck…
You are so right — my comment tells a lot about this jerk
This guy was a terrible president and — until Obama — was probably the worst we ever had. He has had so many admiring comments about his "founding" of Habitat for Humanity, but the truth is that the organization was founded by someone else (whose name I cannot recall at this moment) and all the nut and nutty farmer did was hammer some nails and have his picture taken with his little hammer. I gave many hours and many months of time to a Habitat for Humanity thrift shop. Those of us who did so did a lot more for that organization that
OOPS — did not finish the last sentence in my post — should have said "did a lot more for that organization than he ever did."
President Jimmy Carter is an Honest Decent Man, The Only Honest President we have had in 50 years.
I agree with Him 1000% on his comments about Fox News, they are Liars, Racist and Bigots.
Vernon
With a name like Gomez what other way would you think anybody who would give the country away to illegals and terrorist would be fine in most hispanic groups.All you have to do is look at the hispanic senators and congressmen and women Mendez and that insane Guttirez(misspelled) but you get the picture
"(misspelled) but you get the picture"
Sadly, in your case, yes we do do.
Gomez: It is quite apparent that you are as dumb as Jimmy Carter.
Let me see your papers. Are you legal? Do you have a brain? Do you believe in the American Dream or are you here to stir up trouble? Do you assimilate? Look it up — a s s i m i l a t e. Where do you have that huge Mexican flag hanging in your house?
jimmah is a phoney. To be a Nobel Prize recipient, a person must be recommended by someone. No one recommended jimmah. He recommended himself, begged and cried, until they got tired of hearing him, so they gave it to him to get rid of him.
Carter gone wild: I always thought Jimmy Carter was dumber then a box of rocks, & it appears he just keeps getting dumber. I am not so sure that he isn't losing what little mind that he had.
What else would you expect from an Elite puke like Carter?