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| White House Calls Jimmah "Increasingly Irrelevant" |
| 2007-05-20 |
| White House hits back at Carter remarks By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer In a biting rebuke, the White House on Sunday dismissed former President Jimmy Carter as "increasingly irrelevant" after his harsh criticism of President Bush. Carter was quoted Saturday as saying "I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history." The Georgia Democrat said Bush had overseen an "overt reversal of America's basic values" as expressed by previous administrations, including that of his own farther, former President George H.W. Bush. "I think it's sad that President Carter's reckless personal criticism is out there," White House spokesman Tony Fratto responded Sunday from Crawford, where Bush spent the weekend. "I think it's unfortunate," Fratto said. "And I think he is proving to be increasingly irrelevant with these kinds of comments." That's gotta hurt the old man. Carter made the comments to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in a story that appeared in the newspaper's Saturday editions. Carter spokeswoman Deanna Congileo confirmed his comments to The Associated Press on Saturday and declined to elaborate. |
| Posted by:Javins Elmavins5083 |
| #8 ex President Jimmuh's legacy still plunges as it is written down past a few notable assholes.. the likes of which you may recognize.. Rosie o'Donald Ramsey Clark Lord Haw Haw Calypso Louie Farrakhan Benedict Arnold |
| Posted by: RD 2007-05-20 21:06 |
| #7 I'd suggest Cuba or Zimbabwe |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-05-20 20:56 |
| #6 There was a time when former presidents didn't bad mouth the current ones. Carter, obviously has no class and is as bad an ex-president as he was a president. He needs to go off somewhere and croak peacefully. It is better than he deserves. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-05-20 20:49 |
| #5 When this guy kicks I hope the Bushes skip his funeral. |
| Posted by: jds 2007-05-20 20:42 |
| #4 I was just saying today that I wish a rock would fall from the sky and hit that old bastard in the head...hard. He is an abomination and yes, it was his ineptitude that planted the seeds of the problems we see in the ME today. Turd. |
| Posted by: Remoteman 2007-05-20 20:00 |
| #3 his Carter foundation is a bought and paid for shill for the Sauds. An antisemitic whore in all derogatory meanings of the words |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-05-20 19:42 |
| #2 "increasingly?" Carter is an embarrasment. If he had just done the Habit for Humanity, most of us would have forgiven him for what was a failed and one of the most inept presidencies in history...and just forgotten. Instead, he constantly reminds me of Iran and other failed foreign policies, his reposibility for legitimatizing state terrorism, 14% home loans rates and runaway inflation. Long live the biggest presidential failure of my lifetime. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2007-05-20 19:37 |
| #1 Jimmy is trying to dump the label of worst President on someone else. Many of the mideast problems we have today can be attributed to Carter's bungling. He gutted our military. He was weak on Iran. His mission into Iran was a failure. Inflation and interest rates were double digit. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-05-20 19:31 |