Jimmy Carter

Hear This Barack --no Bush, no Baker, no Corporate War Maker. We've Had Enough!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foreign Relations, Bill Clinton, Pandering, Colin Powell, George Herbert Walker Bush, George W. Bush, Brent Scowcroft, Jimmy Carter, Aipac, Change You Can Believe In, Barack Obama, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

If Barack Obama is to be the "change we can believe in," how can he seriously consider using men who represent failed administrations and failed policies in his own administration?

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Obama on the Brink

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, Occupation, Afghanistan, Cold War, Pornography of Power, Fisa, Gates, John McCain, President, Obama on the Brink, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Both candidates are embracing, rather than challenging, the fundamental irrationality of Bush's "war on terror," which substitutes hysteria for rational analysis in appraising the dangers the country faces.

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Cartoon Complexity

Jeffrey Kluger | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Simplexity, Rudy Giuliani, Time Magazine, Gerald Ford, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Media News
Jeffrey Kluger

There are few fields in which the increasingly sophisticated science of simplexity -- the study of the way simple things can be improbably complex, and complex things can be brilliantly simple -- applies more powerfully than in politics.

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Why Bush Has Won in Iraq and the Rest of Us Have Lost

Joe Lauria | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vietnam, Richard Nixon, Scoop Jackson, Jimmy Carter, Iraq, Militarism, Hillary Clinton, Bush, Mike Gravel, Iraq War, Politics News
Joe Lauria

A Political Odyssey is a parallel history of Mike Gravel's political career and the rise of the American military industry, the expansion of US territory and the growth of presidential power.

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Selling Out Sometimes? Okay. Selling Out All The Time? Not.

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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Jonathan Leigh Solomon

Barack Obama dealt a bit in platitudes during the primaries so that he'd have less to disassociate himself from once he had the nomination in hand. But he held back on a few whoppers, too.

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Obama-Carter Comparisons Dubious

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jimmy Carter, McCain Campaign, Obama and Jimmy Carter, Obama and Jimmy Carter Comparisons, Fear Watch 2008, Politics News

NEW YORK — Jimmy Carter has been among the country's most active retired presidents, but even the peripatetic Georgian might not have anticipate...

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Prince Bandar in $2 Billion PIckle

Michael Conniff | Posted 06.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Jimmy Carter, Bae, Business, Prince Bandar, Weapons, Saudi Arabia, Bush Saudi Arabia, Corruption, Business News
Michael Conniff

What does the little town of Harper Woods, Michigan, unremarkable in so many ways, have to do with the Prince Bandarof Saudi Arabia, monarch of Aspen with the $135 million manse?

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How Tim Russert Got His Start

Martin Nolan | Posted 06.16.2008 | Media

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Martin Nolan

For more than 30 years, my friendship with Tim was rooted in a shared Irish heritage and similar education, with minimal emphasis on self-expression and more on what Tom Brokaw calls "accountability."

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Seth Colter Walls

Flashback: McCain Praised Carter, Called Brzezinski An "Invaluable" Adviser

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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During an interview with NBC's Brian Williams broadcast Monday night, Sen. John McCain hit on an idea: if he had to be tied to an unsuccessful preside...

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Carter: Obama-Clinton Ticket Would Be 'Worst Mistake'

CNN | Alexander Mooney | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

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A host of prominent Democrats are pushing for an Obama-Clinton unity ticket -- but Jimmy Carter isn't one of them. The former president, who publicly...

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Carter's Obama Endorsement To Happen Tonight

AP | JOHNNY CLARK | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics

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ATLANTA — Former President Carter said Tuesday he will endorse Democrat Barack Obama after the last two states vote. "The fact is the Obama peo...

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Barack Needs Bill

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Ruy Teixeira, John Kerry, White Working Class, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Alan Abramowitz, Democrats Working Class, Obama Convention, Obama Lapel Pin, Bill Clinton DLC. Democratic Leadership Council, Reagan Democrats, Obama White Working Class, Reagan Democrats Obama, Bill Clinton Obama, Home News
Leonce Gaiter

Symbols matter. Elections are about perceptions. Once Hillary is put away, Obama will need Bill, so I suggest he improve his groveling. Hell, he secured that lapel pin and got that bowling ball down the lane, didn't he?

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The Case for Mental Health Screening of Candidates

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cnn, John McCain, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, President of the United States, Mental Health, Ronald Reagan, Mental Health Screening, Psychological Screening, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Senator John McCain, Hillary Clinton, President George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

Though it's ludicrous to elect a presidential candidate who can't physically perform the job, it's worse to elect a candidate who can't mentally perform the job.

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Jimmy Carter: Superdelegates Will Flock To Obama After June 3

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2008 | Politics

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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Sunday he expects Democratic superdelegates to reveal their choice for presidential nominee soon after the ...

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Clinton and the Delegates: A Friendly Reply to Rachel Maddow

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Unpledged Delegates, Democratic Primary, Ronald Reagan, Rachel Maddow, Superdelegates, Jimmy Carter, Eli Manning, Hillary Clinton, Florida Primary, Michigan, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jackson Williams

If the Dems ran primaries on a winner-take-all basis like they once did, like the electoral vote is handed out in the general election, Clinton would have already won the nomination with over 2,000 delegates.

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Ted Kennedy's Best Highlights Our Failures

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.22.2008 | Home

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Leonce Gaiter

His incredible keynote speech at the 1980 convention was undermined by the rancor of the primary race against Carter. We turned away from the values he espoused then and submitted to Republican thievery.

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Hamilton Jordan, Jimmy Carter's Chief Of Staff, Dies

AP | WALTER PUTNAM | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics

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ATLANTA — Hamilton Jordan, a political strategist from south Georgia who helped propel Jimmy Carter to the White House and served as his chief o...

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McCain, Carter, 2/3 of Israelis: We Should "Deal" with Hamas

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics

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Robert Naiman

In 2006, John McCain said in response to a reporter's question that the U.S. should "deal" with Hamas. The interview - video below - makes quite clear...

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Baseball Talk ... and Talk ... and Talk ... from Jimmy Carter's Momma

Patt Morrison | Posted 05.09.2008 | Living

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Patt Morrison

Jimmy Carter's mom loooooved the Dodgers -- the Brooklyn Dodgers. The former president told me so when I interviewed him this week.

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Thousands Show Support of Jimmy Carter's Peace Efforts

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics

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Robert Naiman

The right-wing spin machine would have you believe that former President Carter only represented himself when he went to the Middle East, and met with...

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Celebrate Israel's 60th: End the Suffering of the Palestinians

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jimmy Carter, Israel, Israeli Settlements, Hamas, Maurice Hinchey, Dennis Kucinich, Palestinians, Politics News
Robert Naiman

Many Jews around the world are celebrating Israel's 60th birthday this week. Mazl tov! Let us recall this week a wonderful Jewish tradition, shared b...

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Jimmy Carter: Florida, Michigan Shouldn't Count

AP | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics

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ormer President Jimmy Carter says delegates from Florida and Michigan should not be counted at the Democratic National Convention because they "disqua...

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My Conversation with Jimmy Carter

Tavis Smiley | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

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Tavis Smiley

2008-05-08-taviscarter.jpg President Carter discusses the current presidential race, world affairs and his new book.

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Are Ex-Presidents Above the Law?

Allan Gerson | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Carter, Jimmy Carter, Terrorists, Former Presidents, Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Hamas, Rule of Law, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Middle East, Terrorism, Palestinians, Israel, Jimmy Carter Hamas, Politics News
Allan Gerson

One can be prosecuted for supplying "material support or resources" to entities on the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. By this standard, Carter has engaged in criminal activity.

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My Conversation with Former President Jimmy Carter

Charlie Rose | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

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Charlie Rose

2008-05-01-rosecarter.jpgI spoke with President Carter about moral equivalency in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and about how the next president can change America's image in the world.

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