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| Why is Carter suddenly concerned about forgiveness? |
| 2009-12-30 |
| ...Having known Jimmy Carter when I was a Congressman and Mayor, I have a minimum of high regard for him. I believe that he has often used his position - most recently as an author - to damage the State of Israel, and in doing so, he has injured the Jewish community worldwide. ...When Jimmy Carter asks the Jewish community for forgiveness, I believe it is incumbent upon him to list what he believes he has done that requires forgiveness. I also think we should know if after leaving the presidency he received any gifts, lecture fees or loans from Arab nations. He should make available any correspondence he has had during that period with Arab governments and list all the compensation, if any, he has received from them. I also would suggest that he hold a press conference at which journalists could ask him questions on the entire subject. Then and only then would the Jewish community be in a position to decide whether or not to grant him forgiveness. He should also know there is no one person in the community who can grant him such forgiveness. The thought surely has occurred to many, as it has to me: Why is he suddenly so concerned and in need of forgiveness? ...Skeptics say his sudden interest in bettering relations with the Jewish community comes as a result of his grandson's running for public office in a community with a large Jewish population. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #9 Jimmuh Crackpeanuts - One of the oiliest people,, swarmy opportunists ever to run for any public office. Maybe he was told by a doctor he hasn't got long to live, and wants to cover his ...., bases |
| Posted by: BigEd 2009-12-30 18:06 |
| #8 but, The Shah liked Israel.... |
| Posted by: 746 2009-12-30 14:01 |
| #7 ironically, there are many doctrinaire libs among the Jews of Fulton county, GA; including many that hold no opinion on Israel or are peace-now types or don't really care what the dad of a State Senator says on foreign policy this suck up might not change many minds |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-12-30 13:51 |
| #6 ...Skeptics say his sudden interest in bettering relations with the Jewish community comes as a result bf his grandson's running for public office in a community with a large Jewish population. Um, good luck with that. I think (hope?) that the J-Street bunch may have learned a little from the past year.... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2009-12-30 13:14 |
| #5 The Carter legacy: On November 25, 1977, President Jimmy Carter hosted the shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his wife, Empress Farah, at a sumptous state receptiono on the South Lawn of the White House. Despite thousands of Iranian students protesting outside the White House gates, denouncing the shah's human rights abuses and retrictions on personal freedom in the country of their birth, the president spoke warmly of his "close personal friendship" with the shah and called Iran "an island of stability" in the Middle East, reflecting on the personal and strategic ties between the two men and the nations they led. Cited by Baqer Moin, Khomeini: Life of the Ayatllah, p. 186. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-12-30 12:11 |
| #4 LBJ, Carter and Clinton. I learned all I need to know about Democrats from those guys. Unfortunately, now I have Obama to teach me things that I never even wanted to know. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2009-12-30 11:54 |
| #3 He screwed up the US and denigrated Israel. Screw him. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-12-30 11:06 |
| #2 Sounds like Jimmuh's looking for a new cash cow, given that his arab ones are more than a little lean these days. |
| Posted by: lex 2009-12-30 10:15 |
| #1 The real reason ... Carter went to see a fortune teller. The fortune teller told him "You will die on a Jewish holiday!". Carter was in a panic, he replied "Which one, there are many Jewish holidays". The fortune teller told him "Any day that you die will be a Jewish holiday". |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-12-30 10:05 |