Posted on 04/22/2008 3:59:32 AM PDT by tobyhill
KUWAIT CITY — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Bush administration explicitly warned former President Carter against meeting with members of Hamas, the Palestinian faction that controls the Gaza Strip and which is regarded by the U.S. as a terror group.
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Revoke his passport.
If that’s the very least that could be done then Rice needs to do it.
Classic permissive parenting in action. What’s the consequence, Condi?
Carter comes away empty-handed. The same way America did after one term with him as President.
My thoughts zacly...Just like the neigbor with his spoiled brat daughters,”thats it time out”.5 minutes later time outs over and 10 minutes later they do it again.BS.
Carter is no better than any other elitist liberal. He thinks he is above the law.
That’s exactly correct and she’s prepared to do nothing. This was posted by Fox in the breaking news but as I read the 2 paragraphs I waited for the consequences.
Summary
The Logan Act, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 953, states: Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply, himself or his agent, to any foreign government or the agents thereof for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.
The Logan Act was intended to prohibit United States citizens without authority from interfering in relations between the United States and foreign governments. There appear to have been no prosecutions under the Act in its more than 200 year history. However, there have been a number of judicial references to the Act, and it is not uncommon for it to be used as a point of challenge concerning dealings with foreign officials. Although attempts have been made to repeal the Act, it remains law and at least a potential sanction to be used against anyone who without authority interferes in the foreign relations of the United States.
Considering how Bush never prosecuted other Democrats for doing the same BS that Carter is doing, there's no reason for him or any other Democrat to believe they are above the law.
Lets see, that seven hour Carter meeting surely deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. Why not give the old idjit a second worthless award
Jimmy Carter is a blankety-blank. I despised him as POTUS, and I despise him now.
and when Carter passes we shall do the same...lol
Already in the works!
http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/20/1442767-nc-congresswoman-wants-carters-passport-revoked
The only problem with doing this is the political implications it will have in the future when and if the dem's ever get back into the White House. They already want to turn President Bush over to the World Court for war crimes in Iraq, throw him in jail for stealing the 2000 election, and anything else they can dream up. Grampa Carter is one of those crazy old fools that embarrass the family, but is best left alone, to show the rest of the world how nice the family treats their own.
Carter is an enemy of this country, as are most of his left-leaning commie, brain-dead, tree-hugging, spineless cohorts. The man should be treated as such.
........I give you James Earl Carter....the moron who is trying to further destabilize the middle east......
LLS
Thank you.
I’m adding this article to my link set.
Revoke his passport!!!
Considering that the very first act of the New President Carter, on his first day in office, was to pardon the likes of John Kerry and his treason - meeting 3 times with the Viet Con in Paris while still in uniform, an act that should have put him in jail and prevented, by law, his ever holding any elected office - even dog-catcher - under Constitutional LAW - and considering NO ONE has been charged with the Logan Act in 200 years, I think it disingenuous to single out Pres. Bush as the single slacker here. But hey, never let a chance to slam Bush get away...
There's a motion in the house to yank peanut-brain's passport. That's where the action needs to take place.
And that's where the American people's responsibility lies - flood DC with demands this be enacted. If you don't, YOU are a slacker.
Funny how so-called conservatives want less gov't but sit back and demand gov't do everything without THEM having to raise a hand. This is a participatory gov't. Participate.
I've sent my emails. Have you?
Stop! Or we’ll yell stop again!
I wasn’t familiar with her, but after briefly browsing her website, I hope McCain is considering her for VP
So who paid for the trip? End of issue.
Wow Clara Lou, you sure got that off your chest! :~)
It doesn’t matter who paid because the State Dept reserves the right to tell any American Citizen traveling overseas who they can or can’t meet with.
She does sound like much more of a conservative Republican. That’s why I’d like to see her as VP. ;~ )
You can’t just take someone good and unknown like this and throw them into the VP position. Look what happened to Dan Quayle. The inter/national media would eat her alive.
No. He doesn’t recognize that a law exists.
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Unfortunately the article doesn't support the headline, rather confirms Carter's version of events.
"I just don't want there to be any confusion," Rice said. "The United States is not going to deal with Hamas and we had certainly told President Carter that we did not think meeting with Hamas was going to help" further a political settlement between Israel and the Palestinians.
Not thinking it's going to help isn't a warning, it's a meaningless position statement. If the State Dept. didn't want Jimmah meeting with Hamas, then he should have been told No, you can't meet with Hamas, it's against the law for an American citizen to do that without authorization.
“I did the best I could,” Carter said.
Old man, your best is not, nor has ever been, good enough. Butt out of world affairs.
Jimmy Carter was a mistake in 1976 and every time he opens his mouth. He is not an ambassador for the country but a rogue citizen who happens to have some fading recognition among terrorists. No wonder he and his family supports Obama.
Take away the traitor’s passport and not spend another taxpayer red cent on his treasonous rear.
Carter, better than anyone, knows that U.S. threats are hollow.
Heck: he did the same blasted thing when Clinton was president when he went to N.Korea. I am pretty sure that trip was done in violation to Pres.Clinton’s wishes, and we can see the “fruit” that trip achieved: a faulty “treaty” that basically simply served to “cover” NK’s nuclear program until it was able to come to fruition.
He’s an absolute maroon when it comes to foreign policy - always has been.
"I just don't want there to be any confusion," Rice said. "The United States is not going to deal with Hamas and we had certainly told President Carter that we did not think meeting with Hamas was going to help"
Well which is it Ms. Rice, did you warn him or did you tell him it wouldn't help? I'm confused.
But don’t you want to know who paid for the trip? That usually tells it all, but is amazingly missing in most press accounts involving politicians. Who’s over the pond jet did he use, and who was paying his $4.00 per gallon for Jet A, which would be somewhere near 40,000 pounds of fuel in a Gulfstream.
I’ll drink to that, gimme a Billy Beer!
Thank you! Pandemic BDS affects all aspects of life.
Treason and sedition already have set a precedent within the US CONgress with Jon EFFIN Carry in 1971.....
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...and the treasonous b-turds last April during their little jaunt to meet with terrorist regimes. Lest we forget!
Pelosi to take message from Jerusalem to Syria
Matthew Kalman, Chronicle Foreign Service
Monday, April 2, 2007
"We have an alternative Democratic foreign policy," Lantos said. "I view my job as beginning with restoring overseas credibility and respect for the United States."
First-term Democrat Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, a member of the delegation and the first Muslim elected to Congress, said the trip marked another stage in the development of an alternative Democrat strategy toward foreign policy in the Middle East.
The "bipartisan delegation" included GOP members Frank Wolf from Virginia, Pennsylvania's Joe Pitts and Robert Aderholt of Alabama, Ohio's David Hobson. Demonrats Tom Lantos from California, Henry Waxman of Los Angeles, Louise Slaughter of New York and Nick Rahall of West Virginia also joined Nancy and Keith Ellison of Minnesota on this treasonous mission.
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Somehow I missed the class when we were taught that the losing opposition were permitted to travel the world offering an opposing foreign policy to that of the winning President. But then again, I was out of school when that new policy went into effect in 2001...or was it 2004 that it became popular?
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