I love Jimmy Carter. He has the cojones to say what we all feel and the record in office to support his convictions.
… “We now have endorsed the concept of pre-emptive war where we go to war with another nation militarily, even though our own security is not directly threatened, if we want to change the regime there or if we fear that some time in the future our security might be endangered," he said. "But that's been a radical departure from all previous administration policies."
Carter, who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, criticized Bush for having "zero peace talks" in Israel. Carter also said the administration "abandoned or directly refuted" every negotiated nuclear arms agreement, as well as environmental efforts by other presidents.
Carter also offered a harsh assessment for the White House's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, which helped religious charities receive $2.15 billion in federal grants in fiscal year 2005 alone.
"The policy from the White House has been to allocate funds to religious institutions, even those that channel those funds exclusively to their own particular group of believers in a particular religion," Carter said.
Jimmaaay! Jimmaaay! Jimmaaay!
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I can honestly say that Carter is a good man. That is something not easily said about any recent presidents - certainly not the current one. If you look at where presidents, past and current, have put their energies and money, no one can come close to his altruism.
ReplyDeletePurg baby - you've kindof lost it, but I still love you.
ReplyDeleteCarly - ab-to-lutely. :) He is a diplomat, not a thug.
Did I ever have it ;)?
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