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| Former President Carter in Showdown With Officials in Darfur |
| 2007-10-03 |
| Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter got in a shouting match with Sudanese security officials Wednesday, accusing them of preventing him from meeting with representatives of ethnic African refugees in Darfur. Neener, neener! The 83-year-old Carter yelled at the head of the local security services as he tried to walk into this highly volatile pro-Sudanese government town to meet with refugees, who were too frightened to attend a previously scheduled meeting at a nearby compound. "No you can't go. It's not on the program," the local chief of national security, who only gave his first name as Omar, yelled at Carter, who is in war-torn Darfur as part of a delegation of respected international figures known as "The Elders." "We're going to anyway," an angry Carter retorted to the security, telling them they didn't have the authority to stop him. There was no physical altercation. Too bad, maybe next time. As a growing crowd gathered around the former president, Carter's U.S. security detail and his African Union escort tried to ease tensions. Carter later "I'll tell as his lip quivered. "We don't have any authority, except this influence of our prestige, experience and integrity," he said to explain "The Elders"' role. He meant to say "We don't have any authority, but we like to be on TV." |
| Posted by:Spot |
| #10 Go home, Jimmuh. They have enough idiots, trust me. Hey, what you got against us, mojo? |
| Posted by: BA-GA resident 2007-10-03 21:32 |
| #9 I think Africa is the only continent where Jimmy Carter has done more good things (like this) than bad things. |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-10-03 13:31 |
| #8 But as long as Branson's paying the freight, look for these futile little gestures to continue... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-10-03 12:35 |
| #7 Absolutely right on the money, DoDo. Nailed it... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2007-10-03 12:32 |
| #6 "We don't have any authority, except this influence of our prestige, experience and integrity," he said to explain "The Elders"' role. And a thug named Omar can tell you to pound sand. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2007-10-03 11:12 |
| #5 Go home, Jimmuh. They have enough idiots, trust me. |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-10-03 10:42 |
| #4 If Carter was killed in Sudan, it would make liberals ecstatic. First of all, Jimmuh would be a "martyr". Second, Jimmuh would finally stop embarrassing everybody. And third, Karl Rove would laugh so hard that he would have a stroke. Imagine the agony George Bush would go through in responding to the leftist demands that the US invade Sudan as punishment. The WH physician would insist that he eat a half dozen tranquilizers so he wouldn't hurt himself like Karl. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-10-03 10:36 |
| #3 Omar al-Bashir: Where are those attack rabbits I ordered? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-10-03 09:53 |
| #2 And wouldn't it have been a national tragedy to wake up this AM and see the headline, "Former President Carter Gunned Down in Scuffle with Sudanese Security Officials"... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-10-03 09:51 |
| #1 Actively endangering the very people he claims to represent. Typical. F*cking c*nt. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-10-03 08:49 |