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Reply #31: thanks for that. i had great hopes for carter (mostly based on hunter thompson's rec, [View All]

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Hannah Bell

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Wed Aug-19-09 05:17 AM
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31. thanks for that. i had great hopes for carter (mostly based on hunter thompson's rec,

i was very naive at the time) & he was a disappointment, but i'd forgotten some of the reasons why.

later, after he'd left office, i worked on an international environmental conference where i was aide to someone trying to get carter to speak.

i was disillusioned again to see how large the fees were (double my yearly income at the time for a stupid 5 minute speech which wound up being delivered via tv) & how hard-line the negotiations were.

despite carter's public good works since, i've not liked the guy.

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