Jimmy Carter: "Nation more divided than at any point since Civil War"

[Soul Crusher]

Jimmy Carter Says US More Polarized Than During Civil War
Republican Redifined ^ | 9/21/10 | T. CHRISTOPHER

Via FR

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In day where Jimmy Carter stole headlines for referring to his own tenure post-presidency as “superior” to that of other presidents, I thought it was somewhat disappointing that his real mind-bender was seemingly overlooked – even though it came in the very same interview as his other absolutely ridiculous comments. Remarking on the “state” of the United States, after being asked by Brian Williams if he views it as “glass half-full or half-empty”, Carter said he thought President Obama suffers from a Washington that has become more polarized than it was during the time of Abraham Lincoln and the “initiation of the ‘war between the states.’”

“This country has become so polarized that its almost astonishing…. Not only with the red and blue states… President Obama suffers from the most polarized situation in Washington that we have ever seen – even maybe than the time of Abraham Lincoln and the initiation of the war between the states.”


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Oh I wonder why?     

Its called 50% of the population demanding that the other 50% pay for for them to sit on their ass and do nothing. 

[Soul Crusher]

Jimmuh is loving this admn. 

No longer will he be considered the worst POTUS ever. 

[240 is Back]

any of the old folks here - who lived thru race riots, etc - agree or disagree?

I think the hate is more visible since everyone's on message boards bitching - but at the same time, people actually marched all the time against the iraq war.  the vietnam war rallies?  huge.

Today, it's a FOX-sponsored beck rally that gets 87k to 300k viewers for a pepsi-sponsored series of coordinated speeches. 

hell, in WWII, AMERICANS were thrown in camps.


I think ppl are being a tad dramatic about today's divisions.  I mean, in the South, KKK were stringing ppl up from trees as the sheriff's stood by and smoked stogies.  Shit is definitely not that bad today.

[Dos Equis]

He's right about being a very good ex-pres.  Too bad he couldn't have skipped being president and gone straight to ex-president.  

That said, he shouldn't be patting himself on the back.  There is a saying:  "let another man praise you; a stranger and not your own lips."  

[240 is Back]

Its called 50% of the population demanding that the other 50% pay for for them to sit on their ass and do nothing. 

By the time 2012 rolls around, it'll be 51% demanding the other 49% pay.

Or even better (for obama), 60% demanding the other 40% pay for them.  How will that 60% vote?  You know how.

it's like having the prison system - a private company - also run the local police and courthouse.  They capture, prosecute, and imprison as many ppl as they want - it's all profit.  Likewise, the more govt-dependent voters obama can create, the better he'll do in 2012.

[BM OUT]

By the time 2012 rolls around, it'll be 51% demanding the other 49% pay.

Or even better (for obama), 60% demanding the other 40% pay for them.  How will that 60% vote?  You know how.

it's like having the prison system - a private company - also run the local police and courthouse.  They capture, prosecute, and imprison as many ppl as they want - it's all profit.  Likewise, the more govt-dependent voters obama can create, the better he'll do in 2012.

OTHER THEN BLACKS,MOST PEOPLE WANT TO WORK.THEY WILL RESENT THAT THERE IS A PRESIDENT IN THERE WHO IS PURPOSELY DESTROYING THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

[240 is Back]

OTHER THEN BLACKS,MOST PEOPLE WANT TO WORK.

dude?

[BM OUT]

dude?

Have you checked UE for blacks vs. whites?There must be a reason.

[Soul Crusher]

Have you checked UE for blacks vs. whites?There must be a reason.

The community communist traitor is too stupid to realize that the ones most hurt by his communist/marxist policies are those at the bottom.

But blacks being the useful idiots and slaves for the dem plantation that they are, will keep supporting Obama no matter what, even if he has a white sheet on. 

Sad but true.   

[The Showstoppa]

Carters teeth are so yellow, cars yield when they drive by that sign.... go back to 1976 you miserable failure of a president.

[Fury]

Bahahah, this douche thinks he has accomplished something after his presidency? He's more delusional than your average Getdumber.

[loco]

Carter and Obama are Dumb & Dumber

[240 is Back]

seriously - do yall think the nation is 'more divided' today than we were in the Vietnam or the Civil Rights times?

I mean, there was a draft sending kids to die for the military machine "communism" oh brother, on a war based on the admitted Tonken Gulf lie.

And in the south, people lynched and burned crosses.

And during WWII... I think the japanese and other americans were a TAD more divided lol... hence the camps.

I know "people are angry".... but really... until tea party members are lynching people, until kids are coming home in bodybags, until there are camps set up for conservatives... i wouldn't consider the place all that divided.

[BM OUT]

seriously - do yall think the nation is 'more divided' today than we were in the Vietnam or the Civil Rights times?

I mean, there was a draft sending kids to die for the military machine "communism" oh brother, on a war based on the admitted Tonken Gulf lie.

And in the south, people lynched and burned crosses.

And during WWII... I think the japanese and other americans were a TAD more divided lol... hence the camps.

I know "people are angry".... but really... until tea party members are lynching people, until kids are coming home in bodybags, until there are camps set up for conservatives... i wouldn't consider the place all that divided.

YES!!!I think the nation is more devided now then ever!!!The differance is now its the right thats pissed off,so you wont see violence or crime as only the left wing idiots engage in that.Right wingers simply vote and the buisiness' they run refuse to hire.We dont burn shit down like the loony left does.

[240 is Back]

YES!!!I think the nation is more devided now then ever!!!The differance is now its the right thats pissed off,so you wont see violence or crime as only the left wing idiots engage in that.Right wingers simply vote and the buisiness' they run refuse to hire.We dont burn shit down like the loony left does.

was it left-wingers stringing up ppl in trees in the south?   hahaha um no.

[Kazan]

was it left-wingers stringing up ppl in trees in the south?   hahaha um no.

How do you know? The left has been responsible for more mass murder than anyone in modern history.

[240 is Back]

How do you know? The left has been responsible for more mass murder than anyone in modern history.

link?

[Soul Crusher]

link?

STalin, Lenin, Pol pot, Castro, Mao, Cambodia, etc. 

[Kazan]

link?

Oh for fuck sake

Stalin/Communist Russia/Left
Mao/Communist China/Left
Hitler/Socialist Germany/Left
Pol Pot/Communist Cambodia/Left

Shall I go on or do you get the picture?

And you claim to have the same level or education as Obama. Well that explains why you don't know shit from shinola

[240 is Back]

STalin, Lenin, Pol pot, Castro, Mao, Cambodia, etc. 

i see... we're going world history.  can we include the far-right lunatics of the good book that have been smashing skulls with rocks since the beginning of time in the name of religion?  Hell, are muslim extremists right- or left-wing?  They sway right on plenty of issues.

Carter was wrong here.  It's that simple.  People whining on message boards today are nothing as bad as things were with japanese internship camps, race riots, and race lynchings.  it's just too drama queen to say "but they're MADDER today" because they ain't doing shit but attending made-for-tv ralllies in small numbers.

[Kazan]

i see... we're going world history.  can we include the far-right lunatics of the good book that have been smashing skulls with rocks since the beginning of time in the name of religion?  Hell, are muslim extremists right- or left-wing?  They sway right on plenty of issues.

Carter was wrong here.  It's that simple.  People whining on message boards today are nothing as bad as things were with japanese internship camps, race riots, and race lynchings.  it's just too drama queen to say "but they're MADDER today" because they ain't doing shit but attending made-for-tv ralllies in small numbers.

I believe I said modern history, you know the 20th century. Your as bad a Jesse Jackson except you use the religion card at any and all opportunities.

[James]

i've turned into a lib pussy in the last few years

 

[240 is Back]

I believe I said modern history, you know the 20th century. Your as bad a Jesse Jackson except you use the religion card at any and all opportunities.

ok, i didn't know we were limiting it to worldwide in the last 100 years.  i'd prefer just america, but i dont know those stats.

i think the religion card SHOULD NOT be used as much as it is.  Bush consulting God - but not rumsfeld - before invading iraq... clinton carrying a bible with the cover out for the camera... i hate that shit.

[240 is Back]

wow, at this point, it's more about personal attacks than it is debates..... that's the 10th time you've posted that in 2 days, james.  Creepy.

[Soul Crusher]

ok, i didn't know we were limiting it to worldwide in the last 100 years.  i'd prefer just america, but i dont know those stats.

i think the religion card SHOULD NOT be used as much as it is.  Bush consulting God - but not rumsfeld - before invading iraq... clinton carrying a bible with the cover out for the camera... i hate that shit.

Yet you never say a word about pelosi and  "The Word".  go figure.