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Jimmy Carter planning trip to North Korea
Politico ^ | 3/24/11 | Jennifer Epstein

Posted on 03/24/2011 1:27:16 PM PDT by illiac

Former President Jimmy Carter is planning to travel to North Korea, perhaps as soon as April, the State Department said Thursday.

The department has been “made aware of the trip,” spokesman Mark Toner said. “I am not aware of any plans that we have to talk with him.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51894.html#ixzz1HYB7VcmD

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: bfl; carter; korea
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1 posted on 03/24/2011 1:27:26 PM PDT by illiac
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The North Koreans can keep him if they want. I don’t mind.


2 posted on 03/24/2011 1:28:40 PM PDT by K-Stater
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They can keep him.


3 posted on 03/24/2011 1:28:44 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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How ever much it cost us to get them to keep him would be money well spent IMHO.


4 posted on 03/24/2011 1:29:09 PM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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One way???


5 posted on 03/24/2011 1:29:18 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (I am declaring 2011 the year of ME.)
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Please, keep him.


6 posted on 03/24/2011 1:29:43 PM PDT by dfwgator
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LOL....talk about lukewarm enthusiasm by the White House. Bet Roselyn was much more excited by the idea when he told her he was going.


7 posted on 03/24/2011 1:30:20 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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I just had a vision of ex-president Jimmy Carter interned in the Brig of the USS Pueblo.

What a draw that'd be - like have Justin Beeber permanantly playing at the AMC theater in Downtown Disney.

8 posted on 03/24/2011 1:31:54 PM PDT by skeeter
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Jimmy has a hankerin’ for that world renowned Nork cuisine.
9 posted on 03/24/2011 1:32:28 PM PDT by JPG ("2012 Can't Come Soon Enough" - Sarah Palin)
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Jimmy has a hankerin’ for that world renowned Nork cuisine.

I wonder if they'll serve Hassenpfeffer?

10 posted on 03/24/2011 1:34:03 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Mabe he can build them some house.


11 posted on 03/24/2011 1:34:08 PM PDT by Ham Hock
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Mabe he can build them some houses.


12 posted on 03/24/2011 1:34:19 PM PDT by Ham Hock
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Maybe he is ill and can’t get in to the hospital in Cuba.


13 posted on 03/24/2011 1:34:26 PM PDT by kempster
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He’s searching for someone who can legitimately be called a worse national leader than he.


14 posted on 03/24/2011 1:34:40 PM PDT by Dr. Thorne (Buy Gold and Guns Now!)
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“I wonder if they’ll serve Hassenpfeffer? “

If there were a daily prize for best somewhat obscure 70’s political reference to induce a smile, this would be my nomination.


15 posted on 03/24/2011 1:37:05 PM PDT by OldNewYork (social justice isn't justice; it's just socialism)
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I hope he doesn’t come back.


16 posted on 03/24/2011 1:37:58 PM PDT by Little Ray (The Gods of the Copybook Heading, with terror and slaughter return!)
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To: illiac

Like salmon.


17 posted on 03/24/2011 1:39:01 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Only if its killer Hassenpfeffer.
18 posted on 03/24/2011 1:40:34 PM PDT by Emperor Palpatine (Tosca, mi fai dimenticare Iddio!!!)
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Revoke his passport. Make him stay there.


19 posted on 03/24/2011 1:42:08 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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Sorry, the only ‘wabbits’ in NK are stuffed and in a museum drawer.
20 posted on 03/24/2011 1:44:25 PM PDT by JPG ("2012 Can't Come Soon Enough" - Sarah Palin)
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