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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 04:47 PM
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Jimmy Carter's excellent advice for Obama
 
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 04:59 PM
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1. That's where Jimmy screwed up, he should've let people know that this was going happen
in the 70's and we wouldn't of had a Raygun fucked up revolution
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1monster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 07:40 PM
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2. I certainly don't remember it that way. Jimmy Carter did tell the truth and Reagan and his
ilk critizied morning, noon, and night for the bleak picture he painted about our economy.

He put into place the policies that eventually brought OPEC prices down and helped our economy turn around. I remember that very well because I worked in the tourist industry and we took a big hit with his energy policies. I was angry at the time, but must admit he was right.

We are thirty plus years into the future from that point. How the hell was Carter supposed to warn us about what is happening now. His middle name isn't Nostradamus.

Besides, remember, George Herbert Walker Bush's CIA was working against Carter. Wasn't it a CIA member who stole Carter's debate preparation notebook from his desk and gave it to the Reagan campaign? And, credible sources, including the then President of Iran, say that Bush brokered a deal with the Ayatollah K to keep the Embassy hostages hostage until AFTER the election and then until after the inauguration. How was Carter to win against that?
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POR Donating Member (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 07:49 PM
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3. True true true
I remember all those things.

Carter is an intelligent, just man who was submarined by the holdover crooks and CIA spooks from the Nixon administration. These charlitans surmised that they could best control the country by installing a senile movie actor as president and running the country from the V.P.s office.

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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 08:11 PM
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4. Although he now denies it George Will made his mark in stealing the debate prep book
Will and his friends have a concerted effort to change the story but this was how Will originally proved his loyalty to the cause
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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 08:32 PM
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5. Was just going to add that myself
glad you remember that, too, underpants. I can't believe Will has the balls to show his face - on national TV - after that.
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POR Donating Member (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 12:15 PM
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8. I did not know that.
Thx for the info.
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DutchLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 09:20 PM
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6. Telling the truth and sticking to principles is what got Carter ousted from the WH...
... in favor of that walking disaster Ronald Reagan. :(
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Larkspur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 01:54 AM
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7. But back then the Right Wing was on the rise
Today the Left wing is on the rise and the Right Wing has been discredited. Republicans have been exposed for the liars that they are. So Obama can tell the truth, but he needs to frame it the right way. It's in framing the debate with emotional progressive ideas that will help Obama tell the truth and put the Republicans on the defensive again.
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slipslidingaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 12:33 PM
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9. K&R n/t
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