Jimmy Carter: Barack Obama has faced ‘bitter,’ ‘unprecedented’ opposition
Charlotte, N.C. — Former President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday said President Barack Obama averted an economic crisis, ended an “ill-conceived war in Iraq,” and passed his health care overhaul in the face of “bitter” and “unprecedented partisan opposition.”
The four-minute video endorsement from Carter, who will turn 88 next month, was well received within the cramped confines of Time Warner Cable Arena. President Bill Clinton on Wednesday will formally nominate Obama for a second term — in person.
Carter’s grandson, state Sen. Jason Carter, D-Decatur, is a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, but was not in the hall this evening.
Said the elder Carter:
”In just four short years, [Obama] has worked to avert economic calamity, brought a dignified end to the ill-conceived war in Iraq, and signed into law historic health care reform – a dream that was already decades overdue when I called for it at this convention 36 years ago.
“And he’s done it all in the face of bitter, unyielding, in fact unprecedented partisan opposition.
“Overseas, President Obama has restored the reputation of the United States within the world community. Dialogue and collaboration are once again possible, with the return of a spirit of trust and good will to our foreign policy.”
President Bill Clinton, who will formally nominate Obama on Wednesday in person, is likely to emphasize a Democratic connection to the middle class. But Carter did as well:
”From President Obama’s first day in office, I’ve watched him – as I know you have – face these tough decisions and always put the interest of middle class Americans above other who, with a larger wallet, have an ever louder voice. I’ve admired him for that.
“Because President Obama sits behind that desk, every day people from Plains, Ga., to Pittsburgh have someone who’s on their side – thinking about them, working to give them an equal chance in life.”
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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ld
September 4th, 2012
8:08 pm
The economic rat race is never going to be an entirely “equal” sport; however, it would help to get all the “cheats” out of the game.
td
September 4th, 2012
8:14 pm
All Carter needs to do now is to define middle class? I bet his definition does not match the definition of most Americans.
cc
September 4th, 2012
8:34 pm
I watched Carter’s endorsement of the Kenyan with glee! The fact that Carter endorsed him is worth a million votes . . . for Romney!
Charles Douglas Edwards
September 4th, 2012
8:36 pm
Former President Jimmy is absolutely right in his comments about President Obama facing bitter and unprecedented partisan opposition.
Jimmy Carter is a true American hero.
We wish him and former First Lady Rosalyn Carter the best of luck and good health.
We HOPE and pray for the re-election of President Barack Obama !!!!!
Wolf Larson
September 4th, 2012
8:39 pm
Unprecedented, if you exclude any time prior to the last 4 years.
Otherwise, unprecedented opposition is what the former president faced. There was even a term coined for it: BDS.
Sheila
September 4th, 2012
8:42 pm
“And he’s done it all in the face of bitter, unyielding, in fact unprecedented partisan opposition.”
No – that was the atmosphere surrounding President Bush. The vitriol and name calling was ever present and all encompassing – from Hollywood, the media, and Democrats.
cc
September 4th, 2012
8:49 pm
Wolf Larson @ 8:39 pm:
Sheila @ 8:42 pm:
That is exactly the truth!
yuzeyurbrane
September 4th, 2012
8:57 pm
td-I am sure your definition of middle class includes yourself.
GAMECHANGER
September 4th, 2012
9:04 pm
Elephants walking around with their pants on fire trying to create a bunch of mean, mad, and angry white men. The problem is that their numbers are declining. It’s not gonna work.
President Carter is correct, he’s with the donkeys who’s pants are fitting very well.
Sensible folk will be blue in November.
Go Obama!
Tall
September 4th, 2012
9:06 pm
Mr. Edwards:
A rather cynical columnist recently published an editorial outlining the consequences of an Obama reelection for the Democrats. His observation is that four more years of the Obama administration along with a Democratic senate would doom the Democrats once and for all. I tend to agree with him.
double
September 4th, 2012
9:09 pm
YUB are you serious He’s uppity white class.Middle class fading fast.
hind tit
September 4th, 2012
9:26 pm
The man hasn’t sat behind a desk in four years unless it was on air force one or on the golf course.
Kris
September 4th, 2012
9:29 pm
Aha the good old days. A nice fireside chat with Jimmy, spoke the truth then and now.
Re-elect President BAMA
Kris
September 4th, 2012
9:30 pm
* Re-elect President OBAMA
GaBlue
September 4th, 2012
9:31 pm
Tall @ 9:06,
Toss a penny in the fountain and wish real hard, mmm-kay?
Bill
September 4th, 2012
9:38 pm
NOBAMA!
Send Obama Packing
September 4th, 2012
9:38 pm
The DNC has taken God out of its platform. I guess they are supporting his attitude that America is no longer a Christian nation. How stupid is that!
GaBlue
September 4th, 2012
9:39 pm
Kris,
“Do you have any Allman Brothers?”
resno2
September 4th, 2012
9:44 pm
The two worst presidents in US history walking hand in hand… priceless.
GaBlue
September 4th, 2012
9:44 pm
Send Obama Packing,
Just curious… what part of the Christian Bible is your favorite? The part where Jesus gives more money to the rich, tells the poor to suck it up, or asks the leper guy for his insurance card before healing his sores?
cc
September 4th, 2012
9:46 pm
hind tit @ 9:26 pm:
The Kenyan sits behind no desk. Desks are made for him to prop his feet upon . . . on the rare occasions he is there. Normally there is only an ‘empty chair’ behind the desk.
Chuck Allison
September 4th, 2012
10:05 pm
GaBlue, you really should read the Bible. It tells us to be generous to the poor. That means each person should give directly to the poor, and Republicans do much more of that than Dems according to surveys. But it is not generosity when the government seizes our resources with unfair taxes and then doles the money out to those dependent on entitlements in order to pay them to vote Democrat.
Democrats depend on ever increasing entitlements, unfair graduated taxation, and inflation-causing minimum wages to buy votes from those ignorant of the long term effects.
Bernie
September 4th, 2012
10:06 pm
Thank-You President Carter for your words of Wisdom. Like President Obama You too have been very much persecuted for your amazing Leadership as well. Many fail to see the value of your honesty and wisdom. Despite of those denial of Truth and reality, I want you to know that there is at least One Georgian here, that appreciates your service and Leadership on behalf of many in this Nation. May God continue to shower his many Blessings on You, your wife and entire family.
John Radney
September 4th, 2012
10:10 pm
Just hope and pray obamie falls like peanut did.
Kris
September 4th, 2012
10:12 pm
@GaBlue 9:39 pm ““Do you have any Allman Brothers?”
No but I do have some Doobie Brothers
Re-elect President OBAMA
cc
September 4th, 2012
10:13 pm
Bernie @ 10:06 pm:
Time for you to disappear. I’m sure that you don’t want to miss a single word of Moochelle’s speech. After the speech, why don’t you take a few days off? It will be a struggle but I think we’ll manage without you.
Rabbit
September 4th, 2012
10:14 pm
Convention: The speakers are on message and it doesn’t look good for the challenger.
lennon
September 4th, 2012
10:17 pm
Imagine a World sans regressive cons. Man, that would be sweet!
cc
September 4th, 2012
10:18 pm
Hmmm . . .
It appears that the Kenyan’s Hispanic support is flat and that he has lost large percentages of both the youth vote and the women’s vote.
Woe is him . . .
dan
September 4th, 2012
10:21 pm
cc,
It appears your skull is a empty, vacous wasteland of poo.
rick perry
September 4th, 2012
10:23 pm
dan,
oops!
hiram
September 4th, 2012
10:27 pm
Chance of Winning
Barack Obama
74.8%
Mitt Romney
25.2%
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/author/nate-silver/
Don
September 4th, 2012
10:28 pm
How does he explain that for his first 2 years he had a Democratic Majority Congress that did not go along with his socialist ideas either.
Rabbit
September 4th, 2012
10:29 pm
Mayor Castro is an American hero.
Bernie
September 4th, 2012
10:34 pm
Don @ 10:28 pm – Do your research before you show your uninformed Ignorance. The actual time of a real and true Democratic Majority was a whole (72) seventy-two DAYS!
WOW! that one Freaked you out I am sure.! I dare you to check it out and learn something.
Instead of the Garbage that is being spoon fed to you by channel 37.
Peanut Butter
September 4th, 2012
10:34 pm
Jimmy needs to stay in Plains and make some Peanut Butter he was the worst President of our lifetime. Maybe he and Barack Hussian Obama can oversee the next elections in Kenya. Has there ever been a man elected to President in two different countries?? Just asking?????
Bernie
September 4th, 2012
10:36 pm
cc: fasten your seat belt and pull your HOOD down tight! You are in for surprise come November! The women Vote against the Republicans will be Astounding in its depth.
Rabbit
September 4th, 2012
10:43 pm
Two thumbs up.
1. For health care affordable to my child.
2. The jobs saved by buttressing GM
3. For getting The unnecessary war in Iraq out of our pocketbooks.
4. For planning to leave Afghanistan.
5. For naming good folk to the Supreme Court.
6. For taking the high road.
7. For staying optimistic.
8. For bailing out the banks who needed it but didn’t deserve it.
9. For education.
10. President Obama.
hiram
September 4th, 2012
10:46 pm
@peanut butt…
You’re from Kenya too…
Feb 26, 2009 – The earliest footprints showing evidence of modern human foot anatomy and gait have been unearthed in Kenya. The 1.5-million-year-old …
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7913375.stm
cc
September 4th, 2012
10:48 pm
“In the 11 swing states, Mitt Romney now attracts 46% of the vote, while President Obama earns 44%. Five percent (5%) prefer some other candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided. In 2008, Obama won these states by a combined margin of 53% to 46%, virtually identical to his national margin. The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 47% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns 45% of the vote. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided.”
Source: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
honested
September 4th, 2012
10:50 pm
Rabbit,
THanks for stating the facts.
With all the wrong wing nuts repeating the nonsense they heard on the am radio, it’s nice to remember what has happened since 2009, and to put it in stark relief to the absolute disaster that occurred from 2001-2008.
How quickly the narrow minded forget.
honested
September 4th, 2012
10:51 pm
cc,
You can read!!
Now tell us what the real, grown-up, accurate polls say.
cc
September 4th, 2012
10:52 pm
The DNC had a video tribute to Ted Kennedy, the only politician with a confirmed kill in the War on Women.
honested
September 4th, 2012
10:55 pm
cc,
Didn’t Ted Kennedy learn from his mistake and turn his life around?
Oh yeah, I forgot, conserrrrrrrrvatives don’t learn from anything.
Rabbit
September 4th, 2012
10:55 pm
Helping others is not socialism.
Amina
September 4th, 2012
10:55 pm
OUR PRESIDENT OBAMA whether you like or respect him he gets my vote again. President Obama 2012! Jimmy Carter is correct. Only a BLACK MAN can handle all of that bitter mean, ugly and disrespectful hatred and still take care of what he aimed after. Taking care of the American people. No other president faced what President Obama has faced and he still came out on top. You go Obama. I am proud of our President!
Whatarewebecoming
September 4th, 2012
10:57 pm
A man I worked for and who was true capitalist..said it is ok to disagree but not be disagreeable..the scary thing..about the racist comments..calling Our First Lady..”moochelle”. Wow! Is that I probably work with you, serve on committees with you…why not wear your sheet all the time?
hiram
September 4th, 2012
10:58 pm
“…the Hawaii Senate race, in which Rasmussen, in a poll completed three weeks before the election, showed incumbent Daniel Inouye only 13 points ahead, whereas in actuality he won by a 53% margin[64] – a difference of 40 points from Rasmussen’s poll, or “the largest error ever recorded in a general election in FiveThirtyEight’s database, which includes all polls conducted since 1998.”
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/hawaii/election_2010_hawaii_senate
Amina
September 4th, 2012
10:59 pm
Very good point. The republicans and all of Obama’s haters have no class or decency just hatred
cc
September 4th, 2012
11:00 pm
honested @ 10:55 pm:
“Didn’t Ted Kennedy learn from his mistake and turn his life around?”
People in the real world who make a ‘mistake’ like that go to prison.
Peanut Butter
September 4th, 2012
11:03 pm
@ Hiram I was born in the USA born in the USA
@ Rabbit 70% of the Chevys sold in this country are made in China, Mexico, or Canada…. Whats wrong with this picture??? 3 Billion cell phones were sold in America last yr but not one was made here????? The only brand of car racing in NASCAR that is made in America is the Toyota Camry WHATS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?????? Gas Prices are up 50% and we borrow billions from China just to give them 400 billion in foreign aid WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE????? I know what is wrong and it is BARACK OBAMA
cc
September 4th, 2012
11:06 pm
Whatarewebecoming @ 10:57 pm:
“calling Our First Lady..”moochelle”. Wow! Is that I probably work with you, serve on committees with you…why not wear your sheet all the time?”
I assume you think that calling her ‘Moochelle’ is racist? If so, you’re an idiot and it would be fruitless to explain it to you.
hiram
September 4th, 2012
11:08 pm
@ whatarewe…
New poll:
td = 0
cc= 0
td + cc = 0
margin of error + or – 0
Peanut Butter
September 4th, 2012
11:14 pm
@ honested GREAT call KIA in Chappaqudick For the Obama lovers are you better off today than 4 yrs ago???? I know he inherited the bad economy but everyday firemen inherit fires but they do not pour gas on them……………..
DIE HARD DEMOCRAT
September 4th, 2012
11:15 pm
RE-ELECT PRESIDENT OBAMA!!!!!! THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY!!!! 2012 FOWARD!!!!
newt schmoot
September 4th, 2012
11:16 pm
President Carter is and always was a good, decent man – plus exceedingly smart and hardworking. Washington’s establishment hated this Christian man from Plains who lived his faith in his whole life – even in the White House. The big money people tarred and feathered and ran him out of town, so they could get back to business as usual. No Georgia resident should speak ill of this good man.
I am, however, wondering how on earth he will accept the fact that today the Democratic Party literally took God out of their platform, with the approval of President Obama. They have shockingly endorsed homosexuality, illegal immigration, removed God, etc. of developing a totally hedonistic, amoral, atheistic political party. This shuns the millions of people who believe in God, be they Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or any other religion. This also disses all the black churches and their members, upon whom the President depends heavily for voter turnout. They are almost forcing people of faith of all races and religions to vote Republican!
It appears the Democrats are deliberately making a stark choice between the two parties – morality or amorality – believing that there are more people in our nation who choose amorality. I am stunned.
cc
September 4th, 2012
11:18 pm
All you dims can stick a fork in the Kenyan; he’s done.
Peanut Butter
September 4th, 2012
11:22 pm
@ newt schmoot Jimmy a good and decent man??? WOW you are giving him alot of credit. He was is and always will be a MORON
Peanut Butter
September 4th, 2012
11:24 pm
maybe Jimmy can sell enough Peanut Butter to China to get the economy back on track
cc
September 4th, 2012
11:27 pm
newt schmoot @ 11:16 pm:
People who did not know Carter were impressed with his ‘goodness’. Those who had to work in close proximity to him had an entirely different view of him. Carter has an ego unmatched by many and could be quite nasty and profane at times.
He was applauded when he reduced the number of state agencies as Governor, but the news sources generally ignored the fact that he added employees in the process.
No, I can’t buy what you say because it was my (dis)pleasure to know him.
Peanut Butter
September 4th, 2012
11:31 pm
Taxes going UP Gas prices going UP Are we better off than we were 4 yrs ago?????? Are WE ??????? WELL??????? ARE WE??????
mcballs
September 4th, 2012
11:37 pm
sorry..georgia but, i just never figured duane allman for a romney guy,
Peanut Butter
September 4th, 2012
11:38 pm
I guess I need to pull out my sheet since all the dems want to make this a racist election.. God bless Herman Cain the true black American that was knocked out by the Obama hate/divide and conquer machine… Does Target have a sale on sheets??????
Truth
September 4th, 2012
11:42 pm
I hope and pray that WHEN Obama is re-elected, that all of you retarded Republicans will climb the highest structure nearest you, be it a tree, your house, a tall building… and JUMP! Republicans are the scum of the earth. And for all of you coward racist, and sissy KKK members, you, too, are the scum of the earth. Get ready to jump and rid the world of your worthlessness!
td
September 4th, 2012
11:48 pm
Truth
September 4th, 2012
11:42 pm
Class act.
Peanut Butter
September 4th, 2012
11:51 pm
@ Truth Well it wont be our houses because they are all being foreclosed on thanks to the President or is that Bushes fault also?????? I have you a sheet if you want to change your vote maybe it will fit you I will cut the eyeholes out just for you
Peanut Butter
September 4th, 2012
11:53 pm
@ td do you need a sheet also?????? Maybe we can fix the OBAMA economy if we buy enough sheets…
rwoods
September 4th, 2012
11:53 pm
President Carter is a man of faith and I love him. May God continue to bless him with an even longer and good life. Every word he said is true. And I would also say that he was one of our better Presidents.
Peanut Butter
September 4th, 2012
11:56 pm
I am going to buy stock in sheets since we are all racists if we dont like the idiot in the White House.. Sheets for sale get your sheets here…..
td
September 4th, 2012
11:57 pm
Peanut Butter
September 4th, 2012
11:53 pm
@ td do you need a sheet also?????? Maybe we can fix the OBAMA economy if we buy enough sheets…
I think I might have to make mine a red sheet since it better fits the image these race baiters have of me.
Peanut Butter
September 4th, 2012
11:57 pm
@ rwoods You need to quit drinking
td
September 4th, 2012
11:59 pm
rwoods
September 4th, 2012
11:53 pm
“President Carter is a man of faith”
And that faith has brought him back to believing that abortion is an abomination on this nation and should be outlawed. Probably the only thing I agree with him on.
Peanut Butter
September 5th, 2012
12:02 am
Jimmy thinks he is JC always has and always will……… To bad Walgreens was not open 24 hrs 80 yrs ago to spare us of this moron
Truth
September 5th, 2012
12:06 am
Scumbag Republicans. We hava a black President, and will for 4 more years! AAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Get ready to jump! He caused the housing market to fail? Are you that stupid, or is your mom also your sister?
Truth
September 5th, 2012
12:08 am
Quit being the cowards that ALL Republicans are, and just say you don’t like him because he’s black. C’mon, it’s not the tuff to say. You’re able to hide behind your sissy sheets. The KKK sucks, as do Republicans. I’m a white guy, and even i can see right thru your non-thinking, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Sissy Hannity, Neal the Retart Bortz, Ronald Reagan was a retartd selves!
Peanut Butter
September 5th, 2012
12:11 am
Truth There yall go again race baiting To be honest your mom is going to have my baby. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Damm i wish she would not keep me up all night But dont worry your President will take your money away to help us raise your sister…
Peanut Butter
September 5th, 2012
12:13 am
once again I supported the real black American Herman Cain……. NOOOOOOBAMA
Peanut Butter
September 5th, 2012
12:14 am
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBAMA
gm
September 5th, 2012
12:18 am
No matter what, angry white misinformed male there are still more people of color and more women then you who are going to vote for Obama, so get over it.
Truth
September 5th, 2012
12:19 am
Republicans stand ZERO chance in November… Thank GOD! 4 more years of the best President than ANY Republican President EVER! Did i mention Reagan was a retard, and both Bush’s were equally stupid?
gm
September 5th, 2012
12:22 am
Davis, Cain, West, wake up”””””””” rep good old boy party will never, never, never, elect, vote for blacks, latinos, women as President, Gov, state Sen”” so please take off the black face and stop buck dancing”””””””
Joseph Wilson
September 5th, 2012
1:30 am
I am still proud that Jimmy Carter was the first person I voted for President, back when I was a student at the University of Georgia. The world is a better place for his short term as President and his devotion to making it a better place to live.
double
September 5th, 2012
1:57 am
North GA,ocean front property for sale in Gilmer co.Just off YOU-CON road.No restrictive covenants.Call TD BR 549
Edmund Ruffin
September 5th, 2012
7:07 am
Who gives a rip what Jimmy Carter thinks? He and obummer…………..what great success stories…….NOT.
honested
September 5th, 2012
8:11 am
I guess the glide path for re-electing the President is set.
Especially when all the other side can come up with is clint eastwood and eddie munster.
cc
September 5th, 2012
8:23 am
Truth @ 12:08 am:
“just say you don’t like him because he’s black”
I don’t like his white half any better.
gm @ 12:22 am:
Have you always been a racist?
Dirty Dawg
September 5th, 2012
10:57 am
Hey td, Jimmy’s position on abortion – aka, a woman’s right to choose – hasn’t changed. He still believes that it should be rare, but legal.
Mild Mannered Moderate
September 5th, 2012
12:24 pm
@cc You are so smart.
much smarter than td…why can’t he be more like you? I am confused…what did gm say that was racist? Was it the blackface comment?
What do you think of Michelle obama’s speech?
Both sides are bad. Both sides.
Buford T. Justice
September 5th, 2012
1:11 pm
Here’s how Dems are playing nice:
South Carolina’s the State reports:
S.C. Democratic Chairman Dick Harpootlian, never a loss for a quick quip, tossed a few stinging one-liners at the Wednesday delegation breakfast.
On Gov. Nikki Haley participating in daily news briefings in a basement studio at the NASCAR Hall of Fame: “She was down in the bunker a la Eva Braun.”
Braun, along with her lover Adolf Hitler, committed suicide in a bunker as World War II was coming to an end.
The comparisons of Nazis and Hitler to the Republicans seems to be an emerging theme from this Democratic convention. Yesterday, a top Democratic delegate from Kansas compared Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan to Hitler. The day before, a Democratic delegate from California compared Ryan to Nazi Joseph Goebbels.
Mild Mannered Moderate
September 5th, 2012
2:15 pm
@buford – I know right? Republicans are not Nazis! Everyone knows that fascism is a leftist doctrine. “Freedom from religion” is fascism. It says right in the constitution that the government can’t stop religion from being practiced. And I heard on fox the other day that the nazis advocated free health care just like Obama did. I also heard from my uncle in an email that his old veteran buddy sent him that bush’s daddy was a Nazi sympathizer; Its crazy.
They say Henry ford sent money to Hitler on his birthday in 1944….i mean…really? How can you send money in 1944 before the internet? And I remember the brownshirt comments my uncle made in another email he sent me about those kids chanting Obama songs being brownshirts!
Both sides are bad! Why can’t both sides be moderates like us? Both sides have policies that kill people. Both sides tell lies. Both sides have leaders that don’t tell the truth. Only we, we few in the moderate middle care about the truth enough to fact heck and show how both sides are weakqually bad!
I am sad for America. :-S
Carol
September 5th, 2012
3:49 pm
td
All Carter needs to do now is to define middle class? I bet his definition does not match the definition of most Americans.
+++++++
I bet his definition is a lot closer than Mitt Romney’s.
hat
September 5th, 2012
4:32 pm
@MMM
exactly what I was thinking, but on this blog personally, I have seen much more spewage from the left than the right.
Jean
September 5th, 2012
5:54 pm
Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama have a lot in common. Both were major failures as President. Both hold politically correct views about Iran that threaten American and world interests. Both were catastrophic for America’s economy.Both have been widely known to play loose with direct truthfulness.
Peanut Butter
September 5th, 2012
7:23 pm
I still have plenty of sheets for sale according to the Obama supporters we all wear them so get yours now while I still have some in stock.. LOL LOL LOL LOL