Comments on: Your morning jolt: Jimmy Carter on the ‘abominable’ issue of race

By: Fed up

Fed up — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:24:58 +0000

People must have forgotten what a mess this country was in when Mr. Carter was president.The economy was sick. The Iranians had take over our embasssy and taken the personel as prisoners. The disaster that happened when the military tried to rescue them. Carter went to N. Korea and made a deal with them on nuclear technology. Now they have nuclear weapons and are a threat to their neighbors.He cut the CIA budget so thin the agency had to pull agents out of countrys every where including the middle east. Where these terrorist come from. I’ll always beleive Carter is the cause of all the terror attacks we’ve had since he left office. The USS COLE, The Marine barracks in Lebanon, the world trade center, and MORE. He did not do these things to hurt America. But he in so naive. I beleive America’s enemys were laughing at him. And America has been paying for his mistakes every since,

By: Suzi

Suzi — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:01:47 +0000

I love Carter and Obama, they are what is right with America!!

I have never seen so much disrespect and hatred in my life.
What is the difference in the way these people are saying and their signs than
a terriorist talking. Full of hate!! Shame on them!!

By: Betsy Conerly

Betsy Conerly — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:53:29 +0000

I was there. The 9-12 March was a march for freedom directed at the congress as well as the President. There was no racist element involved!
I am appalled at the comment President Jimmy Carter made about the protest on 9-12 being racist and the people being low class. I was there and I did not see one un-respectful act in the entire crowd consisting of grandparents, parents and children. It was a mostly white upper middle class group but there were upper middle class blacks, Hispanics, Asians, etc. there as well. No, we did not wear our suits and ties or our white gloves but some of us have them. I personally asked one black woman for a hug for coming and showing this was NOT a racist event. She replied with a hug saying “No, this is not about race it is about freedom.”
I have always respected Jimmy Carter as the one of the most honest president in my lifetime. This comment is disgraceful and totally untrue. What right does he have to spread such defaming comment, especially since all he saw was what was on television. All of the hotels in Washington DC and nearby were full. We had reservations at the Willard Hotel and were lucky to get the last two rooms. All of the other upper class hotels were booked with freedom marchers too. This was not a low class racist group!
I knew your lovely aunt, Jimmy. I volunteered with her at Bulloch Hall and we belonged to the same D.A.R. chapter. I was always delighted and charmed to have the chance to talk with her on her world views. I also volunteered to sit in her home during the funeral so your family could feel secure. And now you call me racist and low class? I was free to do this and happy to do it because she was a grand lady. But this comment by you bringing up racism is so unlike her.
I am ashamed of you! I hope you were simply terribly misinformed. You owe a sincere apology to the honorable, upstanding freedom loving Americans who stood up for the rights of freedom and capitalism by attending the 9-12 March.
The race card got O.J. Simpson off on a murder charge. Now are you trying to force socialized medicine on the country in the same way? And in case no one has noticed, President Obama is half white. He is in a position to bring this country back together in peace and harmony if he so desires. He is not playing the race card; others are doing it for him. Why? My only problem with President Obama is the same problem I had with President Bush they want too much government! They are taking away the freedom upon which our country was founded.
The American public has just finally been pushed too far. We did not like Hilary Clinton’s medical plans either. All we want is for government to do its job and stop protecting us from ourselves. We are quite capable of remaining a free capitalistic, charity giving country if government would stop interfering. We are quite capable of remaining the best place in the world to live if we could clean up the congress and restore our nation to the principles on which it was founded… a government of the people by the people and for the people.
This was a march for upholding the Constitution of The United States of America. It was simply a march to defend our rights and freedom as American citizens. I do not know how anyone could possible describe it as racist or low class unless you think George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and the other founding fathers were low class. They may have been racist but we are not! Our country has come a long way from being racist except in a few extreme factions.
We need to unite this country, not divide it along racial, class or any arbitrary lines. We were marching for the United States of America for freedom. Your comment was totally out of line! I carried a flag that said “Proud to be an American”

Betsy Conerly
Alpharetta, Georgia

By: Democrats=Retards

Democrats=Retards — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:25:42 +0000

I feel really proud of the image that Hank Johnson and Jimmy Carter are giving the state of Georgia.

::Rolls eyes at the two twits above named hank and Jimmy::

By: Owl Gore

Owl Gore — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:49:53 +0000

Do they just let Jimmy wander around when it is obvious that the man had lost his mind? I prefer it when Jimmy Al- Carter sticks to kissing thug, dictator, leftist arse over sea. He should keep his demented thoughts to himself. The man is no Statesman.

By: cletus T Rockafella

cletus T Rockafella — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:28:19 +0000

Mr. Carter is all about Mr. Carter. I became evident when his lobbying for a nobel prize began. Mr. Carter was a known racist as governor, which comes as no surprise to anyone who worked in his administration. Regarding Mr.Carters Christianity, this will never be known, as he is/was a master at masking his true intentions. One thing people ARE sure about regarding Mr. Carter is he was not experienced in management, formulating sound decisions or leading a country.

By: The Far Right is Wacko

The Far Right is Wacko — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:25:19 +0000

If you sit around listening to hours of talk radio no wonder all you can do is make bogus claims and call people names. Please quit claiming your nutty views as “uniquely American.” There is nothing unique about your copy cat opinions. You just appear to be crazy like the rest of the bunch.

You guys really are the gift that keeps on giving. Keep it up and the Democrats will dominate for another generation.

By: Outraged is Radical

Outraged is Radical — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:13:20 +0000

That last guy, named Outrage, is so radically right that he absolutely blinded. He gives Obama zero credit for his shift to the right since leaving the Senate and his numerous attempts at satisfying the right since . President Obama kept President Bush’s Defense Secretary and he’s keeping most of the irresponsible tax cuts pushed by the former conservative Administration. As far as the health care is concerned, the President started the debate by getting rid of the single payer idea push by liberals!

By: Outraged

Outraged — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:42:17 +0000

It is infuriating how the stupid liberals, excuse the redundancy, will use efforts like this that might corrupt the nation for generations in order to win politically with their shameless supporters! As you can see in this blog, even on the liberal AJC, the former President is a disgrace that haunts us since his unfortunate presidency with his desperate and bias efforts to be heard, even if it is screaming fire in a crowded building by playing the race card! But then, what do you hear on the local news of the blog – a couple of replies on both sides of the spectrum implying a split among the respondents!
What is really at the heart of this powerful rebuke of the Obama policies and his administration is the outrage of realizing that the man is the radical that only conservative radio reported! And there’s the realization that the “mainstream media” betrayed the country, and that this President and his anti-American liberal cohorts are hellbound on destroying the uniquely American values and institutions that make us greater that other nations of this time. There’s the constant speeches and official presentations that show an arrogance that we haven’t seen in our lifetimes, and a willingness to risk Americans’ economy, healthcare, culture and their very lives, in order to dictate and control like socialists; all the while, they dismis or smear the American public for opposing the “chosen one”!

By: Good Christian

Good Christian — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:42:32 +0000

Jimmy Carter was one of the finest, Christian men we ever had in office. He was more committed to Jesus Christ than all the Presidents, period. He has lived his life following the word the Lord and doing for others. I’d be a bit more careful when judging and casting stones from your glass houses.