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McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
« on: June 27, 2008, 03:36:01 PM »
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McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
Posted: 05:30 PM ET

From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

 
McCain delivered a tough assessment of Carter.
(CNN) — John McCain directed his trademark straight talk toward a former president, flatly calling Jimmy Carter a "lousy" commander in chief.

The Arizona senator has long attempted to portray Barack Obama's policies as in the mold of Carter's, though the Republican has previously held back criticizing Carter so directly.

But in an interview with the Las Vegas Sun published Friday, McCain was decidedly more blunt than he has been in the past. McCain, who is a proponent of nuclear reprocessing, was asked why he thought Carter was against the process when he was president.

"Yes, because Carter was a lousy president," McCain quipped. "This is the same guy who kissed Brezhnev."

McCain's comments are in reference to the now famous moment when Carter and then Soviet Union leader Leonid Brezhnev kissed after signing the SALT II treaty in 1979. Both the agreement and the kiss were widely panned by Republicans.

Carter himself largely stayed on the sidelines during the prolonged Democratic primary race, refusing to publicly back a candidate. Though he had long dropped several hints that he was a supporter of Barack Obama and he formally endorsed the Illinois senator shortly after he tied up the nomination.

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Re: McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2008, 03:41:09 PM »
terrible president.

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Re: McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2008, 03:42:48 PM »
How many homes has mccain built for the needy in the last ten years?

Okay, what has mccain done to help the Israeli-palestinian mess in the last ten years?

I mean, Carter is a man of lesser means and he's dedicated his life to helping others.  

Surely mccain, with his 150+ million bucks is helping people left and right.




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Re: McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2008, 03:44:20 PM »
Carter has been a good ex-president.  Lousy president.  Maybe McCain can do as well as an ex-president as Carter (if he lives that long).

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Re: McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2008, 03:45:39 PM »
That's a really classy move by McCain.

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Re: McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2008, 03:47:51 PM »
you all need to shut the fuck up after Bush... You're going to own the #1 suck ass president award for quite some time!

Speaking of bad, what the hell is going on here :D




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Re: McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2008, 03:49:33 PM »
 :)


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Re: McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2008, 03:55:22 PM »
:)


LOL... and???  Please don't tell me you're going to equate the rev's BS to Bush?  You have to be insane to think it's even in the ballpark.

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Re: McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2008, 03:58:34 PM »
LOL... and???  Please don't tell me you're going to equate the rev's BS to Bush?  You have to be insane to think it's even in the ballpark.

Geeze man.  You posted a pictures of McCain and Bush, which can't be seen as anything more than humor.  I did the same with Obama and his 20-year spiritual advisor. 

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Re: McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2008, 04:07:50 PM »
Geeze man.  You posted a pictures of McCain and Bush, which can't be seen as anything more than humor.  I did the same with Obama and his 20-year spiritual advisor. 
yea, sorry, it's not as funny.  I actually don't think the bush/mccain pic is funny.  more cheesy and wrong and telling.

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Re: McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2008, 04:11:32 PM »
Carter was a lousy president.

Probably the best ex-president ever but he was a terrible president.

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Re: McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2008, 04:15:53 PM »
Carter was a lousy president.

Probably the best ex-president ever but he was a terrible president.
I think he had some special help.

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Re: McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2008, 04:17:03 PM »
Geeze man.  You posted a pictures of McCain and Bush, which can't be seen as anything more than humor.  I did the same with Obama and his 20-year spiritual advisor. 

What's inherently funny about the Obama pic?

The Bush pics are funny because it looks like McCain is dying to shove his tongue down Bush's throat (or worse)

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Re: McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
« Reply #13 on: June 27, 2008, 04:38:33 PM »
Great the guy built houses...how many elections has this guy said went great...all usually went for the socialist. How much meddling has he done in the Middle East...the guy was worthless then and  is worthless now.
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Re: McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
« Reply #14 on: June 27, 2008, 05:43:37 PM »
yea, sorry, it's not as funny.  I actually don't think the bush/mccain pic is funny.  more cheesy and wrong and telling.

I think the McCain/Bush pictures are funny.  You certainly can't reasonably draw conclusions from those pictures or from the Obama/spiritual advisor pictures. 

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Re: McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
« Reply #15 on: June 27, 2008, 05:52:35 PM »
Great the guy built houses...how many elections has this guy said went great...all usually went for the socialist. How much meddling has he done in the Middle East...the guy was worthless then and  is worthless now.

Regardless of his feelings about the former President, Mr. McCain should show respect for the office itself and choose his words more carefully in the future.

I'm too young to appreciate the past politics of Mr. Carter, but for almost two decades, he has been a fine statesman and represents much of what is still truly good in America. 

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Re: McCain calls Carter a 'lousy president'
« Reply #16 on: June 27, 2008, 07:08:41 PM »
Your kidding right...I guess the first part of ur post explains it.  U never remember the misery index or the hostage crisis...then Reagan came and it all went away almost overnight.
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