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Carter's advice to Obama: Don't alienate voters
2012-01-04
Ex Former President Jimmy Carter has some advice for Barack Obama as he gears up for the 2012 election: Don't alienate voters with controversial positions.

The Georgia Democrat told The Associated Press on Tuesday that just about everything he did alienated voters, from breathing sealing a treaty to hand over the Panama Canal to establishing diplomatic ties with China.

Carter said: "If your main goal is to get re-elected, avoid a controversial subject as much as you can in the first term."
Spoken like a true socialist revolutionary. If this guy is elected to a second term we will be so screwed we'll never walk straight again.
Carter also faced Democratic opposition from Sen. Ted Kennedy during his 1980 re-election bid, which he said was a big handicap that Obama won't have.
Too bad Ted's ded.
The remarks came as Iowa residents cast the first votes of the 2012 presidential race to help determine Obama's Republican opponent.
Posted by:gorb

#12  Brer Jimmah say, "More dem cabins be comin' real soon, thanks to anticipated "notional" Ocupi-er tithes 'n bodily fertilizer deposits in public places across this so-so land!

Watch for shanty-building crews coming soon to yer area! It could happen!
Posted by: Slomp Oppressor of the Faeries1490   2012-01-04 23:35  

#11  Nah, gorb. It's easy to tell the difference. Pelosi has hair.
Posted by: Barbara   2012-01-04 12:46  

#10  For a minute there I thought it was Pelosi.
Posted by: gorb   2012-01-04 12:07  

#9  That photo of Jimmuh in a scarf is hilarious!
Posted by: Thraitch Snack6227   2012-01-04 11:44  

#8  That advice would have been useful to Obama... back in '09.
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-01-04 10:59  

#7  Carter does know a thing or two about alienating voters. However, too late for that advice.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-01-04 10:53  

#6  isn't that like saying, honey, would you please unspread the butter?
Posted by: jack salami   2012-01-04 10:51  

#5  For some reason this made me think that Obama is trying to implant alien spores into voters or something.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2012-01-04 09:44  

#4  Carter began his presidency with high approval ratings. IMO, his approvals went down not only because of policies but mainly because of his smugness, ego centric view of the country and because the left abandoned him by 79 or so.

Obama has essentially the same problems but the left hasn't abandoned him (except for a few) and the black voters, in the main, don't seem to be able to understand that they are victims of Obama's policies.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2012-01-04 08:51  

#3  Carter's big problem with alienating voters wasn't Panama or China, it was the weak handling of the Iranian crisis combined with inept handling of the economy. He was an embarrassment and if he had any dignity he'd disappear from public view like most Presidents.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2012-01-04 08:24  

#2  Isn't it a little late to warn Obama about what not to do during his first term?
Posted by: American Delight   2012-01-04 07:40  

#1  Carter has a chance to do one and only good deed in his entire life--assume a room temperature.
Posted by: Twobyfour   2012-01-04 05:20  

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