Snow Monkeys
Posted on 10/20/2004 10:18:10 AM PDT by lnbchip
Jimmy Carter: American Revolution Was 'Unnecessary'
Recently we described Jimmy Carter as the worst president of the past 100 years. We apologize.
He's the worst president ever.
In trying to compare the American Revolution to the war in Iraq, here's what the jug-headed Georgian said to fellow Democrat Chris Matthews on "Hardball" Monday night, according to MSNBC's own transcript:
'A Little More Sensitive'
Well, one parallel is that the Revolutionary War, more than any other war up until recently, has been the most bloody war we've fought. I think another parallel is that in some ways the Revolutionary War could have been avoided. It was an unnecessary war.
Had the British Parliament been a little more sensitive to the colonials' really legitimate complaints and requests the war could have been avoided completely, and of course now we would have been a free country now as is Canada and India and Australia, having gotten our independence in a nonviolent way.
I think in many ways the British were very misled in going to war against America and in trying to enforce their will on people who were quite different from them at the time.
Does the catastrophic ex-prez really think the war in Iraq is bloodier than the Vietnam War, the Korean War, World War II, World War I, the Civil War ...?
Note to Jimmy: Canada did not begin to gain independence until 1867. Australia did not receive partial independence as a commonwealth until 1901. India did not gain independence until 1947, and all the Indians who were killed by the British would hardly describe their deaths as "nonviolent."
When he shakes his head, I bet it rattles....
I am a 12th cousin of George Washington and I think he, Reagan, and Bush are the best presidents we have ever had. The more I learn about Washington the more I admire him. And the more I learn about Carter the less I respect him~
BUSH CHENEY VICTORY!!!!!!
brain the size of a peanut but lower in IQ !
Do you know I actually heard a C-span caller the other day say, "Jimmy Carter is the greatest president this nation ever had."
I nearly had a car accident.
YEA!! ...and can we go get OUR ditch back?
I remember turning on the radio a few years ago and work and they were interviewing him. I did not know it was him at first, as it honestly sounded like someone who was a recovering alcoholic (dealt with a few), really mumbling and disconcerted. Then they said it was Carter and I thought he was on his death bed or something.
I forgive you...BTW, How would YOU like to be a crew member of the USS Jimmy Carter?
Now that is COOL!!
Snow Monkeys
I would say this is unbelievable. But then, we're talking about Carter here. Still, this is stunning.
A couple weeks ago, I saw the book "The Real Jimmy Carter" at Amazon.com in the used book section for only $2.79. So, I figured, being that cheap, I might as well buy it. With all the attention to the important Presidential election going on, I set the book aside to read later.
After hearing his asinine comments to Chirssie, I have to read it NOW.
This man hates the United States.
WORSTAs punishment you need to find some Billy Beer and drink it while eating rotten peanuts. :)
"Do you know I actually heard a C-span caller the other day say, "Jimmy Carter is the greatest president this nation ever had."
I nearly had a car accident."
I just about had a car accident reading this, and I'm in my office 60 feet from the nearest vehicle.
.....more than any other war up until recently, has been the most bloody war we've fought...
The actual number of people killed in the Revolutionary war was less than 6,000.
I too voted for Jimmy Carter as a young and wide - eyed idealist... What a mistake.
JBR
"Do you know I actually heard a C-span caller the other day say, "Jimmy Carter is the greatest president this nation ever had."
Must have been Amy. You remember Amy-Carter's national security advisor.
Lord, have mercy, Lord have mercy, for the sake of his sorrowful passion have mercy on us and on the whole world!
Yeah ~ what's with giving the Panama Canal away and letting the Chi-Coms run it ~ Have we lost our minds!!
Hmm...I think long term exposure to ionizing Radation effected him somehow *L*
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