Jimmy Carter

Democratic Losers: What They Should Have Said And What They Actually Said, 1952-2008

Tony Sachs | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics

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It's simple. Eight years of peace and prosperity minus marital infidelity and Whitewater equals me, Al Gore. See you January 20.

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Is War Good For The Economy?

Jeff Madrick | Posted 02.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Iraq War Costs, Recession, Budget Deficit, Business News

As Bush asks Congress to pass a $3 trillion budget today, heavy with military spending for Iraq, it's time to undo a damaging cliché. Military spending harms modern economies, it does not help them.

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An Open Letter to Barack Obama About Marijuana

Matt Simon | Posted 02.02.2008 | Home

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Barack Obama's position on marijuana is more in line with Jimmy Carter's than Richard Nixon's. Let's hope he makes the most of this opportunity to differentiate himself from Hillary Clinton.

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Revealed At Last! Obama's Secret Weapon Against The Oil, Drug & Insurance Companies...

Martin Lewis | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics

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...a winning smile. Here are some other winning smiles.

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Iowa: It's Emotions, Stupid!

Peter Emerson and Michael Maslansky | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics

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It will not be the experience of a candidate; it will be the emotion of the voter that decides this election. Republicans learned this far more quickly than Democrats.

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Edwards: I Sound Like A President

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 12.26.2007 | Politics

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John Edwards tried to shore up his New Hampshire support Wednesday with promises of fighting the establishment, changing Washington -- and even speaki...

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Misunderstanding Racism in the Rise of Reagan and Republicans

David Paul Kuhn | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

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Was racism part of how Republicans came to dominate four decades of presidential politics? Sure. Was racism the primary factor? No.

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In Honor of The Annapolis, Md. Middle East Peace Talks: A Short Viewing/Reading List

Paige Donner | Posted 12.03.2007 | Media

Read More: Josh Rushing, Mission Al Jazeera, The Sirens of Baghdad, Shadow of Afghanistan, The Attack, Jimmy Carter Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, A Thousand Splendid Sons, The Kite Runner, Albert Camus, Khaled Hosseini, Annapolis Peace Conference, The Kite Runner Movie, Children of Heaven, Greg Mortenson, Mohammed Moulessehoul, West Bank Story, Condoleezza Rice, Three Cups of Tea, Robert Schaefer, Offside, Lee Shapiro, Jimmy Carter, Yasmina Khadra, David Oliver Relin, Jafar Panahi, Majid Majidi, Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly, Media News

The Sirens of Baghdad I read in one sitting. I could not put this book down. It is not harsh in a way that watching images of war on CNN are harsh. But it is painful in a way that impels you to ask, But wait! Aren't we all human?

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Why Bush is Not Withdrawing Troops From Iraq

Michael Schwartz | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: 5 Year Plan, Iraq War, Iraq Oil, Middle East Oil, Opec, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Jimmy Carter, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News

It's not surprising that there is a "five year plan" for keeping American troops in Baghdad. Unless the Iraqi resistance makes this effort untenable, the carnage will continue as Bush and his successor pursue their imperial goals.

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In the Case of the Beijing Olympic Games, China Falls Short of Even the Bronze Medal

Erin Mazursky | Posted 11.28.2007 | Politics

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While China is busy presenting an ideal of itself to the world next summer, governments and activists have been hard at work to dispel these illusions.

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"Before We End Up Like South Africa"?

Mark Levine | Posted 11.19.2007 | Home

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As Israel and the Palestinians prepare for their upcoming "meeting," Olmert has been busy spinning Israel's positions on the concessions it will likely be asked to make as part of the "final peace deal."

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News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics

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Columnist Robert (No Facts) Novak says Clinton campaign has "scandalous" information about Barack Obama but decides not to use it. Obama had an affair with Valerie Plame?

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Does Height Matter in Politics?

Zach Kanin | Posted 11.17.2007 | Politics

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Since height-ism, or "smallotry" (bigotry against small people), has made it so there are no short figures in U.S. Presidential politics, I am providing the following list of interesting short politicians

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Screening Liberally: Rendering Jimmy Carter Voiceless

Josh Bolotsky | Posted 10.25.2007 | Entertainment

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Demme's choice here is that of a really smart fifth-grader who hopes that if he seems sincere enough, the teacher won't notice he never actually expressed an opinion.

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Straight Out of the '70s -- Gov. Bobby Brady and The Original Keith Partridge

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 10.21.2007 | Politics

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He has one southernism down. The next official in high office to go by a boy's name a la Jimmy Carter is Louisiana governor elect Piyush "Bobby" Jindal.

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President Carter: I'd Rather Redo the 2000 Election Than the 1980 Election

Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.11.2007 | Politics

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President Carter said he would redo the 2000 election because it had such adverse consequences for the country. As always, the man is selfless and classy.

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Hail to the Punchline-in-Chief: An All-Star Panel of Pundits Weighs in on America's Most Comical Presidents

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.11.2007 | Politics

We asked political observers -- including Nora Ephron, Peggy Noonan, Harry Shearer, Conrad Black, Richard Belzer, David Frum, Paul Slansky, and Joe and Jerry Long -- to weigh in on the question: Who was our most comical president?

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Fmr. President Carter: I Know The Bush Admin Tortures

CNN | Posted 10.10.2007 | Politics

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Former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday he is convinced the United States engages in torture that clearly breaches international law and told CNN...

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Wake Up, Jimmy. You're Old Enough to Know Better

Mia Farrow | Posted 10.03.2007 | Politics

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Carter's moral authority makes his current statements about the Khartoum cabal all the more disappointing, offensive, arrogant and unconscionably ignorant.

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Carter Gets Into Shouting Match In Darfur: "You Don't Have The Power To Stop Me"

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 10.03.2007 | Home

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Former President Carter got in a shouting match Wednesday with Sudanese security services who blocked him from a town in Darfur where he was trying to...

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"Silence Of The Lambs" Director Premieres Jimmy Carter Film

AFP | Posted 09.29.2007 | Politics

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Former US president Jimmy Carter joined the ranks of movie stars like Brad Pitt and George Clooney at the world premiere of "Man from Plains," the bio...

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Greenspan: Nixon "Hated Everybody" And Carter "Had No Use For Me"

Newsweek | Posted 09.15.2007 | Home

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Nixon: "A member of the Clinton administration once was accusing Nixon of anti-Semitism, and I said, 'You don't understand. He wasn't exclusively anti...

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Celebrities Name Their Favorite Beatles Songs

AP | David Germain | Posted 09.14.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Across the Universe, Brad Pitt, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Toronto Film Festival, Jimmy Carter, Beatles Songs, Entertainment News

What's the best Beatles song? The revolutionary tunes of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr are back on the big-screen with...

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The Carter Center Human Rights Conference

Dave Johnson | Posted 09.06.2007 | Politics

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Rosalyn Carter is still as beautiful as ever. If you ever have lunch with Jimmy Carter, be sure to try the peach cobbler.

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Blogging from the 2007 Human Rights Defenders Policy Forum

Dave Johnson | Posted 09.05.2007 | Politics

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During the coffee break I spoke to a man who showed me the places where agents of his government cut him with a machete.

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