'Malicious Advocacy' The Carter Center councilors' letter of resignation.

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[Sub-Driver]

'Malicious Advocacy' The Carter Center councilors' letter of resignation.

Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:00 p.m. EST

Dear fellow member of the Carter Center Board of Councilors,

This has been a difficult time for us. As members of the Board of Councilors of the Carter Center we have endeavored to promote the efforts of the Carter Center in our community. However, the recent book authored by President Carter "Palestine; Peace not Apartheid" and his comments in the press made while promoting the book have given us pause in our efforts. We are deeply troubled by the President's comments and writings and are submitting the following letter of resignation to the Carter Center. We wanted to inform you, our fellow Board members, of our actions and encourage you to contact us if you have any questions regarding our resignation.

Dear President Carter,

As members of the Board of Councilors each one of us has been proud to be associated with the Carter Center in its noble struggle to repair the world. However, in light of the publication of your latest book Palestine; Peace Not Apartheid and your subsequent comments made in promoting the book, we can no longer in good conscience continue to serve the Center as members of the Board of Councilors.

In its work in conflict resolution the Carter Center has always played the useful and constructive role of honest broker and mediator between warring parties. In your book, which portrays the conflict between Israel and her neighbors as a purely one-sided affair with Israel holding all of the responsibility for resolving the conflict, you have clearly abandoned your historic role of broker in favor of becoming an advocate for one side.

The facts in dealing with the conflict are these: There are two national narratives contesting

[Republican Wildcat]

All of them resigned?

[Republican Wildcat]

If a former Republican President wrote something even remotely as bad as what Carter wrote they would have been hounded to the point they would have been forced into hiding.

[IOWAfan]

Rosalyn is as bad as Jimmy.

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yes she is! and I did a big WHOOPEE when I saw this in James Taranto's WSJ column tonight.

one can only hope this is a trend that continues.

Jimmuh can't help but make a fool of himself if he tries to defend the idiocy that is his latest book.

[Nuc1]

Thanks Howlin and Sub Driver for posting this.

"This is not the Carter Center or the Jimmy Carter we came to respect and support."

It is exactly the JC that has ALWAYS been. You people just wore blinders. And JC is exactly like the Democrat Party leadership. So...all you folks that support the Dims, read the book and see what is under the veiner.

[I see my hands]

"Alan Abrams Steve Berman Michael Coles Jon Golden Doug Hertz Barbara Babbit Kaufman Liane Levetan Jeff Levy Leon Novak Ambassador William B. Schwartz Jr. William B. Schwartz III Steve Selig Cathey Steinberg Gail Solomon"

Men and women of self congratulatory character who countenanced Carter's efforts to undermine the US in the world arena.

[I see my hands]

"I do think he needs some help"

If he does need help I hope it isn't available to him.

[BobS]

I went over to stormfront.org which was a wacko site once and looked for a reference to 'Carter'. Not one. Haven't wandered over there for 10 years. I saw a reference about nice white girl diets and recipes. If even those people think Carter is an idiot, everybody is laughing at him.

[Howlin]

Yes, all of them resigned.

[Clara Lou]

Jimmy is strong-willed enough not to be herd-able, I'm thinking. I agree, though--he's a loose cannon, and he's doing damage.