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(31,121 posts)comradebillyboy
(10,175 posts)contributed to his loss of the presidency.
demosincebirth
(12,543 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)demosincebirth
(12,543 posts)In 1980. FYI, it was Kennedy who didnt care for Carter. Carter has always been a gentleman
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,123 posts)JC is a gentleman's gentleman.
demosincebirth
(12,543 posts)JCMach1
(27,574 posts)Internally driven and didn't like to take advice and usually introspective. Think the anti-Bill Clinton personality wise... So, it's probably a personality clash.
hlthe2b
(102,376 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)JHB
(37,162 posts)I know Tweety said something about them not talking when they were sitting next to each other at Bush's funeral, but that was him being full of gas. There's footage of them chatting amiably while they were waiting for the proceedings to begin.
underpants
(182,883 posts)From what I've read here and there
I think it's about policy, 3rd Way, or something like that.
Claritie Pixie
(2,199 posts)Seems to be nothing more than pundit gossip to create drama.
BeyondGeography
(39,380 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,123 posts)Eric J in MN
(35,619 posts)...to seek world peace as Secretary of State.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,123 posts)so, one at least has to take what he has to say seriously into consideration.... not to say he's ALWAYS right.
blogslut
(38,017 posts)lark
(23,156 posts)Hr's so full of shit and so full of himself, most of the time. Plus, he loves Raygun, so is obviously defective.
Gothmog
(145,567 posts)More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)northoftheborder
(7,574 posts)Carter and Clinton's conversations. She is as nauseating as ever.
Chris Matthews is just insufferable. I never listen to his show.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,343 posts)kacekwl
(7,021 posts)Looks like Dick. Really , shave her head and dead ringer.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)Catherine Vincent
(34,491 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,094 posts)Poor Joe.
Catamount
(1,762 posts)You are so right!
K&R
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)Honestly, I don't know and am not sure I care. I respect and admire them both.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I just imagined a visual of that. It gave me a chuckle!
TexasBushwhacker
(20,215 posts)delisen
(6,044 posts)WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)Carter is a man who gets along with many people. Considering both of them have achieved such political success the barbs are far and few between. I have a feeling they respect and admire each other for many reasons.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Celerity
(43,534 posts)thanks for the article
question everything
(47,535 posts)Did Matthews at least apologized? I no longer watch him. PBS NewsHour is so much more civilized, covers the same topic without shouting off the guests.
Siwsan
(26,292 posts)When Mathews spewed that nonsense, all I could do was shake my head.
dembotoz
(16,835 posts)carter and bernie are more of the same cloth
lark
(23,156 posts)Bernie is sanctimonious with no follow through, and a backstabber to anyone who gets in his way and also has suspicious money issues.
Jimmy walks his talk daily and has never had even a sniff of real scandal.
dembotoz
(16,835 posts)U make it sound like they are swapping spit.
I implied no such things
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,123 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,968 posts)
however, Jimmy tends to be more outwardly liberal. I think Hillary is like-minded, mostly, but she and Bill think they have to play it more moderate, and make concessions, to govern. Jimmy & Hillary seemed genuinely friendly at the funeral... I think the better question may be: Why does Chris Matthews play up a feud?
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)president, moderate southern version, but socially more liberal and supporter of civil rights. None of his colleagues would support him for president because he was an intolerant, know-it-all person whom very few were able to like or get along well with. Of course the regular party donors wouldn't consider him, so he ran as a grassroots reformer funded by small donations. Sanders later modeled a lot of his strategy on this, which is really a classic model for pols rejected by those who know them, but still -- Carter applied it to a presidential campaign and won.
Both houses of congress were also Democrat, for a Democratic trifecta, but Carter spent most of his single term opposing congress (that small-government conservative thing, plus he didn't suffer fools and most of his former colleagues in congress were fools). Someone who knew him then described him as the kind of person who has to burn his own thumb before he'll believe fire is hot (not verbatim, but the general idea). A tragically wasted opportunity and end to the New Deal era.
I think even most admirers believe Carter's finest legacy will be as our greatest ex-president. That's when his best qualities were able to develop. All Democrats since have taken ideas from his activist years. Not that it wouldn't have happened anyway with so much life to live, but he was the first with his kind of post-presidency. That's what I like to keep in mind when I think of him.
Mike Nelson
(9,968 posts)
interesting view of Jimmy Carter - and it makes sense. Republicans and their conservative media portray Democrats as all like-minded ultra-liberal socialists. Carter might have been better to have as President a little later... I was going to meet him and buy his book at Vroman's in Pasadena recently - but the line was so long...
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)shopping with a friend, who was blown away by the crowd the year he took him in Vroman's on a Friday night to get a book I wanted. He'd had no idea that people might go browse a book store for enjoyment on an evening out.
I never joined a signing line in SoCal and went to few talks, but now that we have nothing like that where we live I miss the opportunities, if only to decide not to... I'd like to meet President Carter. Very nice that he's still traveling and doing book signings.
nolabear
(41,991 posts)It was incredibly quick but I thanked him and he thanked me right back. 😍
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)Apparently because they arent BFFs breaking into spontaneous song and dance routines people think they are bitter enemies.
Jimmy and Bill have had certain occasional disagreements here and there over the years which isnt anything uncommon even for members of the same party. Its called politics.
Hillary and Jimmy were seen having a nice conversation yesterday until the asshole showed up, at which point everybody in the front row shut up.
All of this is only because Chris Matthews is a gossipy busybody.
Really.
OnDoutside
(19,972 posts)an uncaring asshole.
Caliman73
(11,744 posts)Some pundits cannot tell the difference between journalism and being a gossip columnist. Matthews has always been like that. Just because he served under Tip O'Neill he thinks that he is the consummate insider with all the political insight.
He is a goofball.
dlk
(11,578 posts)Seriously, misogyny runs very deep in American culture.
newblewtoo
(667 posts)feud. A good look at its beginning can be found in this article from 1996.
https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/28/opinion/clintons-and-carters-don-t-mix.html?module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Opinion&action=keypress®ion=FixedLeft&pgtype=article
BeyondGeography
(39,380 posts)But, you know, Tweety.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Im sure nothing has changed in all this time.
BeyondGeography
(39,380 posts)Last edited Sat Dec 8, 2018, 08:13 AM - Edit history (1)
He never publicly endorsed HRC and said he voted for Bernie:
https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/jimmy-carter-bernie-sanders-can-you-all-see-why-voted-for-him/utt1Vjq9yqfwtOpSmZck0J/
Rob H.
(5,352 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,380 posts)Good to know he chose her over Trump though.
Rob H.
(5,352 posts)Not what you said, though. You said...
...but he endorsed her in the summer of 2016. Thats not never. Might want to take the time to read whatever article you post next time before you comment on it.
Edited for clarity.
BeyondGeography
(39,380 posts)The facts fully support Tweetys original statement, which so many here find so difficult to accept.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Smh.
spooky3
(34,481 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)Who listens to this guy seriously.. about anything?
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,123 posts)peekaloo
(22,977 posts)I doubt any sleep is lost from any of them about it.
I had forgotten that Carter gave Poopy the boot when he took office.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)peekaloo
(22,977 posts)He was CIA director at that time.