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Jimmy Carter Finds Angry Ethiopians Waiting for His Book Tour
Gateway Pundit ^ | November 21, 2005

Posted on 11/21/2005 5:53:29 PM PST by Daralundy

Last night it was Minnesota, tonight the Ethiopians will be out in LA to protest Jimmy Carter!

Ethiopians came out in the cold Minnesota weather to protest Jimmy Carter last night at his book signing. The protesters are angry at his Carter Institute for certifying the faulty Ethiopian election this year before the ballots were even counted. (GP)

Carter, who since leaving the presidency has worked to further human rights and democracy, was criticized by a crowd of at least 40 Ethiopians protesting outside the store for his involvement with that country's elections this year.

Carter helped monitor the elections, with his Carter Center staff authoring a generally favorable report of the process, though it singled out problems and condemned post-election violence. The protesters, many of them Ethiopian Americans, urged Carter to take a more aggressive stand against the leaders of Ethiopia. After the election in Ethiopia and after Jimmy Carter had flown back to the states, several hundred Ethiopians took to the streets to protest for democracy. Police opened fire on crowds in Addis Ababa in June, killing at least 37 people and heralding a massive crackdown on the opposition. Fresh violence erupted on Tuesday, November 8, 2005, leaving at least 46 people dead.

Several thousand Ethiopians protested in Washington DC last week from all over the US.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: booktour; carter; ethiopia; ethiopians; jimmycarter

1 posted on 11/21/2005 5:53:30 PM PST by Daralundy
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To: Daralundy

LOL! Good. Jimmah deserves it.


2 posted on 11/21/2005 5:55:51 PM PST by saganite (The poster formerly known as Arkie 2)
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To: Daralundy

Good!


3 posted on 11/21/2005 5:56:15 PM PST by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: Daralundy
P.J. O`Rourke labeled Jimmy the most ex ex-president. There is something so pathetic about a man who wants to be loved by the 'international community' (read: anti-US foreigners) that he is willing to betray the principles he espouses.
4 posted on 11/21/2005 6:41:04 PM PST by JAWs
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To: Daralundy

Aw, gee, you mean everybody don't be luvin Jimmah? He doesn't know a thing about guvmint but he does a helluva sheetrock job.


5 posted on 11/21/2005 7:40:11 PM PST by BTCM
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To: Daralundy
 

 
The Killer Rabbit Story by Jimmie Carter

The great, white hunter

Look behind the boat to where Jimmie is splashing his paddle at the rabbit...


6 posted on 11/22/2005 8:20:42 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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