Posted on 02/06/2006 4:55:11 PM PST by new yorker 77
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) -- Democrat Jack Carter, the son of the former president, kicked off his U.S. Senate campaign Monday by calling for a return to "our American values."
Carter, a 58-year-old investment consultant in Las Vegas, is challenging incumbent Republican Sen. John Ensign in his first bid for elected office.
"The singular difference between the junior senator and me is he works for the Bush administration and I want to work for Nevada," Carter said at a union hall outside Las Vegas, accompanied by his parents, former President Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter.
"Common sense, honesty, integrity and a desire for good government. These are our American values," he said.
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The former president did not address the crowd and told reporters his son "doesn't need any help from me." But, he added, he planned to help raise money for the campaign.
Ensign, who is seeking a second term, has a healthy lead in early polls and fundraising. He has raised $3.7 million in the election cycle to date. In 2000, he spent $4.8 million to beat Democrat Ed Bernstein. A spokesman said the senator would not comment directly on Carter's announcement.
Since October, Carter has raised $241,600, lent himself $25,000 and reported $223,600 cash on-hand at the end of the year.
Carter is the only Democrat in the race so far, although Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman has considered running.
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Carter worked for a short time as an attorney in Georgia before becoming an investment consultant. He also served in the Navy in Vietnam but was discharged in 1970 after admitting using drugs. Carter said he's not concerned that the administrative discharge will affect his election chances.
"I am who I am. I like who I am," he said.
Carter was in his late 20s when his father won the presidency in 1976. He campaigned for his father but did not live in the White House.
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Ah, I can just see it now: Americans held hostage for 444 days by the people of Monte Carlo, who have a bone to pick over which is the more popular gambling...ahem...Mecca.
His father was a disaster as a president. Now Carter has shown himself to be a self-centered, egotisical megalomaniac. He doesn't even have the curtesy to keep his mouth shut while another man is in the very office he once held. None of his predecessors rendered one word of criticism while Carter was office. I fear the same stupidity will come from his son. All the Carters live for is the limelight through pursuit of public office.
If Billy, I mean Jack Carter is as good of a senator as his dad was a president - then he'll be the worst senator in my lifetime.
One Carter is enough.
ewwww...they do!
I remember him from 60ish television. Recall him as a funny guy...
Combined with his name,this is all I need to know about "Jack".There can be no doubt that "Jack",like his old man, is prepared to "oppose *any* friend,and support *any* foe".
More proof that liberalism *is* a mental disorder.
Saw on Hume's show tonight that he was running, and I couldn't remember anything about him. Now I understand.....the press focused on the "innocent" Amy.
Look at Amy and Chelsea ... and then compare them to the Bush twins. Proof that Republicans come from a better gene pool!
A peanut off the old block.
I do not think that his dad was stupid. I think that he knew full and still knows what he is doing. I believe that he has as his goal the destruction of the United States and is doing everything in his power to accomplish this.
Dear Lord, the chicken-heart spawned!
Aaaagh! Would anyone want that representing them in the US Senate?
Popeye Carter?
Today, Amy Carter (she kept her name) lives a quiet life in Atlanta with her husband and seven-month-old son, Hugo James Wentzel. She declines to be interviewed. She is a board member at the Carter Center, the human rights and diplomacy center established by her father.
Source: http://csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/durableRedirect.pl?/durable/2000/02/17/p19s3.htm
"Well, at least we know Roslyn was faithful. {{shudder}}"
Like Hillary?
Didn't he say that about Billy when he sent him to Libya to use his considerable negotiating powers to get the hostages released in Iran?
Another feather in the Carter family cap.
The Master of Malaise.
ahh yes,those were good times.
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