{"id":25,"date":"2009-09-16T02:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T10:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=25"},"modified":"2009-09-16T02:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-16T10:48:00","slug":"jimmy-carter-makes-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/16\/jimmy-carter-makes-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Carter Makes Waves!"},"content":{"rendered":"

For most of us it has been all too clear that one of the principal tools that the GOP has been using to stir up opposition against Obama is making an appeal to racism.  Since most of those objecting to it have been activists, the GOP has gotten away with using ad hominem<\/em> arguments in opposition.  That has changed.<\/p>\n

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\"jimmy-carter\"<\/a> Former president Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that he believes race is at the core of much of the opposition to President Obama. <\/font><\/p>\n

"I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he’s African American," Carter told NBC in an interview. "I live in the South, and I’ve seen the South come a long way, and I’ve seen the rest of the country that shared the South’s attitude toward minority groups at that time, particularly African Americans" <\/font><\/p>\n

Continued Carter: "And that racism inclination still exists. . . . It’s an abominable circumstance, and it grieves me and concerns me very deeply."<\/font> \u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Washington Post<\/a>><\/p>\n

They may question his effectiveness as a president, but nobody can assail his reputation fore integrity.  Here\u2019s video of what he said.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Peanut (affectionately said) did not stop with racism.  He also offered a scathing report on his observations as an election monitor in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

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\"Karzai\"<\/a> Former President Jimmy Carter, who has monitored elections in countries across the globe, called the elections in Afghanistan "despicable" Tuesday.<\/font><\/p>\n

"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."<\/font><\/p>\n

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.<\/font><\/p>\n

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.<\/font><\/p>\n

"This is something which President Obama is struggling with," Carter said.<\/font><\/p>\n

Carter’s comments came as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael Mullen, said the U.S. military would need to send more troops to Afghanistan to battle the Taliban and Al-Qaeda<\/font>\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Common Dreams<\/a>><\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure that this is the last thing Obama wanted Carter to state publicly, but our support of such a man only strengthens the Afghan people\u2019s growing belief that the US is just another foreign invader like the USSR.  I think we need to start talking to the opposition there.  The Taliban is a loose confederation of separate groups that range from relatively moderate to crazy as Cheney.  Some of the more moderate groups actually oppose Al Qaeda, and we need to be working with those groups and not limiting ourselves to military support for puppet government left by the Bush\/GOP regime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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