NBC Today Show spanks Carter for saying what American majority thinks

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18759682/

Meredith Viera seemed to scold Carter about the "appropriateness" of criticizing a President at a time of war; the MSM validating AS USUAL the tragic Iraq folly that the US was recklessly, needlessly led into by our "Commander-in-Chief" whom we are supposed to respect, admire, and cast aside our constitutional right to criticize.

Absurd.

Absurd that former President Carter should be called out for violating his First Amendment right to free speech, becoming the object of criticism, instead of looking at what he said and why he said it. So Carter is villified, and then backtracks a bit (why he did, I don't know) and the MSM leaves the impression that Chimp was somehow treated unfairly or disrespectfully. Nice f*cking spin, bastards. Well, I think the majority of Americans agree with Carter, and history will surely concur.





Interviewed on the TODAY Show about the comments, Carter said, "They were maybe careless or misinterpreted." He said he “certainly was not talking personally about any president.”

When pressed by NBC’s Meredith Vieira as to whether he was saying his remarks were careless or reckless, the former president said, “I think they were, yes, because they were interpreted as comparing this whole administration to all other administrations."

Carter said he was answering a question about the foreign policy of former President Richard Nixon, as compared with that of the current administration. He said he wasn't comparing the Bush administration with all those through American history. But in comparison to Nixon's, the Bush administration's foreign policy "was much worse," Carter said.

On Sunday, in a biting rebuke, the White House dismissed Carter as “increasingly irrelevant."

the BushCo Mafia got to him early where he was working for others.

Jimmy is a better than Bush - or Meredith - will ever be.

the BushCo Mafia got to him early where he was working for others.

Jimmy is a better than Bush - or Meredith - will ever be.

Who ever gave a crap about what Meredith Viera said about ANYTHING? Particularly as an interviewer.

Old Jimmy is showing the younger Democrats what it means to have some cojones!

Go Jimmy!

A time of unjustified occupation and war profiteering is more like it.

I try to convince people to stop watching network "news."

It is nothing but propaganda for the war profiteering robber barons.

Clinton during a time of war.... the Balkans.:sarcasm:

just like how they went after Reagan for slamming Clinton only a few months into Clinton's first term. They really raked Reagan over the coals on that one! :sarcasm:

about the administration calling Jimmy Carter irrelevant. Imagine, an administration calling another president irrelevant. Let alone a man who is a best selling author, a man who has far more international policy experience and credit to his name, a man who is a Nobel Prize winner, a man who has done remarkable good with his Habitat for Humanity project, and a man who actually served in the military where you can actually find records of his time there.

Carter may not have been the greatest president to ever hold the position, but he also wasn't a humongous failure like the current lemon we have in office. For Bushie and his ilk to get this riled up over the comments of Jimmy Carter means they're really on the defensive. Can't have any bad news on the air right now, because people might start asking questions about Attorney Generals getting fired or Heckuva Job Wolfie instead of picking which song they'll sing when we win the war on terra.

"lemon": understated, but true. If only he came with a warranty.

by saying he didn't really mean bush was the worst president

the BushCo Mafia got to him early where he was working for others.

Jimmy is a better man than Bush - or Meredith - will ever be.

I'd like to hear from Carter himself.


I just heard Carter himself. He simply stated that what he said was taken out of context. Be wary of the spin.

Add.

Instead of trying to determine whether his remarks were careless or reckless, perhaps the MSM should try to determine if his remarks were valid. Wouldn't THAT be a far more useful discussion? :eyes:

They pulled this same shit when Gore criticized the Iraq war a few years ago. All the talking heads debated whether or not it was "appropriate" or if he actually had a "right" to say the things he did ... but no one discussed the CONTENT of his speech or the validity of his remarks.

To avoid the facts, always distract. :grr: Why listen to a Nobel Prize Laureate when you can worship a drunken, wannabe cowboy? Will we ever have a REAL news media again?

inappropriate. Fuck Meredith Viera. It is time for all rational people to force MSM to deal with the truth and change the tone of debate.

Al Gore tore Diane Sawyer a new one this morning re her inability to lift the debate. She merely continued with her stupid line of questioning and each time Gore destroyed her.

when the WH started to attack.

The Democratic party needs to learn that it needs to make sure every Dem is supported when they take a stance and that a Dem is not left hanging in the wind. GOPer jackals will always attack those who are not protected by the pack.

She obviously wants to be one or she wouldn't have sold her soul for a spot on the Today Show.