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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 11:45 AM Sep 2012

President Carter To Grandson Re: Mitt Video: "James: This is extraordinary. Congratulations! Papa."

Former Pres. Jimmy Carter Congratulates Grandson on Unearthing Romney Video

How the Romney video leaked: For Carters, it was personal
By NBC’s Michael Isikoff
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The self-described Atlanta-based "oppo researcher" who helped broker the release of the secret video that has rocked the Romney campaign got a congratulatory email today from his famous grandfather -- former President Jimmy Carter.

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James Carter IV told NBC News in an interview that, starting late last month, he tracked down the source who took the secret Romney video via Twitter -- and then in a series of messages encouraged him to release the full tape to Mother Jones magazine.

After emailing his grandfather the magazine's story about the tape -- under the subject, "Huge campaign news," and calling it "my biggest story yet" -- the former president wrote back at 7:16 am Tuesday: "James: This is extraordinary. Congratulations! Papa."

"I'm proud of my role in being able to track him down," James Carter, 35, said about the source who took the video. "I'm a partisan Democrat. My motivation is to help Democrats get elected. If there is anything I can find in any race, I try to do that."

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/18/13938614-how-the-romney-video-leaked-for-carters-it-was-personal?lite

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President Carter To Grandson Re: Mitt Video: "James: This is extraordinary. Congratulations! Papa." (Original Post) kpete Sep 2012 OP
Apple, tree. Nice job indeed, James. Robb Sep 2012 #1
**TONIGHT: @andersoncooper interviews James Carter IV about the hidden camera video** trailmonkee Sep 2012 #38
Aww--that's nice. TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #2
the person I'd really like to congratulate is the one who got the video magical thyme Sep 2012 #3
Yeah..NO KIDDING! PearliePoo2 Sep 2012 #7
Looks like someone planted a cell phone set to record. Ganja Ninja Sep 2012 #9
That's just what I was thinking mkultra321 Sep 2012 #15
You never know who's listening. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2012 #21
and now they must live in fear of all the 'help' turning against them RepublicansRZombies Sep 2012 #23
Reminds me of this... Ikonoklast Sep 2012 #35
Payback's a bitch. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2012 #4
Note the multigeneraltiona unity of the Democratic Party. nolabear Sep 2012 #5
Carter's Revenge. Arugula Latte Sep 2012 #6
Yes, that will stick in their craw more than anything else. randome Sep 2012 #12
Well done, James! hifiguy Sep 2012 #8
Sneeringly comparing Obama with Carter BeyondGeography Sep 2012 #10
Wow. Are the dems finally coming together or what? Everything since the convention feels.... Moonwalk Sep 2012 #11
Somewhere, Miss Lillian is smiling :) n/t alsame Sep 2012 #13
That is so sweet. 12AngryBorneoWildmen Sep 2012 #17
James you have made "Papa" PROUD & all Democrats skeewee08 Sep 2012 #14
Jimmy's revenge BumRushDaShow Sep 2012 #16
The Carters Screw The GOP Liberal_Dog Sep 2012 #18
Almost. Romney screwed himself and handed the screwdriver to James to finish it off! Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #26
. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #19
That is AWESOME! Odin2005 Sep 2012 #20
That's what these Repubs get for slamming Carter for years. Jennicut Sep 2012 #22
A SWEET payback for the theft of the debate briefing book, 1980!! lastlib Sep 2012 #24
James Earl Carter! David Zephyr Sep 2012 #25
I love Jimmy Carter. Whovian Sep 2012 #27
There's something slightly Shakespearean about Carter IV's involvement in this. Waiting For Everyman Sep 2012 #28
Every day, I appreciate President James E. Carter more and more and more. Octafish Sep 2012 #29
Today it is Romney.... AnneD Sep 2012 #30
Not today, a very thoughtful response magic59 Sep 2012 #32
His was the best most gracious response.... AnneD Sep 2012 #40
Payback for dissing President Carter last week magic59 Sep 2012 #31
God bless that family Blue Owl Sep 2012 #33
God, I love Jimmy Carter... AzDar Sep 2012 #34
The wheel of karma has spun and it has paid back the Carter hifiguy Sep 2012 #36
Thank you Jimmy Carter locks Sep 2012 #37
**TONIGHT: @andersoncooper interviews James Carter IV about the hidden camera video** trailmonkee Sep 2012 #39

mkultra321

(58 posts)
15. That's just what I was thinking
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 12:38 PM
Sep 2012

Quietly refilling the water glasses and taking away the plates while they trash low income people. All the while the film is rolling...(or whatever digital equivalent)

 
23. and now they must live in fear of all the 'help' turning against them
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:03 PM
Sep 2012

I hope the 'help' finds all kinds of new ways to get back at these greedy lying hypocritical bastards.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
4. Payback's a bitch.
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 11:52 AM
Sep 2012

I think the Republicans are sufficiently "surprised" at this point.

Note to Republicans: Don't try to turn the name of one of the most honorable men to ever hold the office of the Presidency into a slur. It won't do you any favors in the end.

nolabear

(41,987 posts)
5. Note the multigeneraltiona unity of the Democratic Party.
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 11:53 AM
Sep 2012

Republicans are struggling to stay unified just from day to day.

Moonwalk

(2,322 posts)
11. Wow. Are the dems finally coming together or what? Everything since the convention feels....
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 12:00 PM
Sep 2012

...like a big family reunion. Not just Carter's grandson's involvement, but how Carter puts it--his unwavering support for his party feels like his support for his grandson. The democrats are "family." And maybe that's why it feels like we may be finally turning a corner, one where the Faux news and pundits don't get to make us look like whatever they want us to look like. One where our very actions and speeches and such make us look like what we want to look like...and it beats out what the repukes are looking like.

We look like we are a family--one which cares about each other and helps each other out. Like we want America to be a family, all of us winning when each of us wins. I sure hope this vibe continues after the election--presuming the dems win not only the presidency but congress. It's a good vibe. A friendly, warm, energetic, get-things-done vibe.

And what a refreshing change that is from the "bad neighbor," my-way-or-the-highway obstructionism of the repukes.

Jennicut

(25,415 posts)
22. That's what these Repubs get for slamming Carter for years.
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:01 PM
Sep 2012

I was born in '75 and all I heard from my entire childhood until now is insults to Jimmy Carter by Repubs. And now his grandson helps expose Romney for the man he truly is. Well done, James Carter!

lastlib

(23,248 posts)
24. A SWEET payback for the theft of the debate briefing book, 1980!!
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:04 PM
Sep 2012

GOD, I LOVE IT!!

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David Zephyr

(22,785 posts)
25. James Earl Carter!
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:07 PM
Sep 2012

Thanks kpete for this great story.

President Carter and First Lady Rosalynn. The planet is a far better place because of Jimmy Carter.

This story is simply beautiful on many dimensions.

K&R.

Waiting For Everyman

(9,385 posts)
28. There's something slightly Shakespearean about Carter IV's involvement in this.
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:27 PM
Sep 2012

I can only imagine how proud they must be of each other right now. How perfect it is! a karmic "thing of beauty" after all this time, to turn out that way -- one of those small, head-shaking wonders that happens now and again. I've had a few of those myself.

Reminds me of something... to both of them... "...these little wonders, these twists and turns of fate..."

AnneD

(15,774 posts)
30. Today it is Romney....
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:46 PM
Sep 2012

tomorrow it could be Obama. I wouldn't gloat too loudly.

I love Biden but he can be a lose cannon.

 

magic59

(429 posts)
32. Not today, a very thoughtful response
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:51 PM
Sep 2012

Biden on Romney’s '47 percent' remarks: ‘I’ll let his words speak for themselves’

AnneD

(15,774 posts)
40. His was the best most gracious response....
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 05:19 PM
Sep 2012

when someone is digging themselves in a hole, it is best to step aside and let them dig deeper. I just remember how Dean got lambasted for his scream. We don't need an October surprise.

 

magic59

(429 posts)
31. Payback for dissing President Carter last week
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:48 PM
Sep 2012

The fascist GOP thought they were degrading President Obama last week when they compared him to President Carter. I guess every time they open their fascist yap they get a mouth full of shit.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
36. The wheel of karma has spun and it has paid back the Carter
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 03:42 PM
Sep 2012

family wholly at the expense of the Mittwit. It is a thing of beauty to behold.

locks

(2,012 posts)
37. Thank you Jimmy Carter
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 04:03 PM
Sep 2012

As I wrote on DU Sept 3 when the Repubs were mocking Jimmy Carter "the second worst president, Obama being the first" we should be thanking Carter and listening to him. What goes around comes around as my mother would say but Carter would never want vengeance. If Romney had done one-tenth of the good Carter has accomplished in his life, he might make a decent president (or at least a decent person) Happy 88th birthday, Mr. President.

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