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Former President Jimmy Carter Blames 'Irresponsible News Media' for Obama’s Low Approval Ratings
Newsbusters ^ | October 28, 2010 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 10/27/2010 10:16:44 PM PDT by Rufus2007

If you’re a left-of-center media personality and you use your national TV platform to call a candidate for the United States Senate a “bitch,” how might you be rewarded? Apparently in this day and age, you’re granted an interview with a former sitting president of your political party.

Even though he wasn’t one of the most distinguished presidents of the United States, former President Jimmy Carter appeared on Joy Behar’s HLN program to promote his book, “White House Diary.” During his interview, Behar asked Carter to offer his assessment of Barack Obama’s performance as president.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhojobapproval; blame; jimmycarter; joybehar; liberalmedia; mediabias; sixth100days; stfujimmuh
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Poor Obama. The media was so mean to him. Thanks for clearing that up, Jimmy.
1 posted on 10/27/2010 10:16:48 PM PDT by Rufus2007
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To: Rufus2007

I know he’s as treasonous as can be.

And he’s as UNBiblical in his beliefs as any SO CALLED So Bap I’ve ever heard of.

Is he also terminally stupid?


2 posted on 10/27/2010 10:20:29 PM PDT by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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What? Failure of the media to worship Obama hard enough? That’ll tank a president’s ratings every time. Complete worship in every way is required.


3 posted on 10/27/2010 10:23:18 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: Quix

Is he also terminally stupid?


Yes. But he’s smart enough to know he’s no longer the worst president ever.


4 posted on 10/27/2010 10:23:29 PM PDT by unkus
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To: Rufus2007

We are living in the age of insanity.


5 posted on 10/27/2010 10:24:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
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What more could the media have possibly done to pimp Obama since he oozed onto the public stage? Lie and claim that unemployment is 3% and world peace has broken out?


6 posted on 10/27/2010 10:25:59 PM PDT by Mad_as_heck (The MSM - America's (domestic) public enemy #1.)
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To: Rufus2007
I feel a song coming on.
7 posted on 10/27/2010 10:26:26 PM PDT by dr_lew
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But, I thought Carter was happy that he wouldn’t be remembered as the “Worst President” in US history!


8 posted on 10/27/2010 10:27:30 PM PDT by Tagurit (Are your pigs fed, watered and ready to fly?)
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I wish I could sell tickets for the opportunity to piss on this leftists assholes grave.

I'd be rich quick, and in the very near future to boot.

9 posted on 10/27/2010 10:30:11 PM PDT by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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I feel better now that somebody I admire as much as Jimmy Carter vouches for 0bama. Bwahahaha.


10 posted on 10/27/2010 10:30:21 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder ("No longer can we make no mistake for too long". Barack d****it 0bama, 2009, 2010, 2011.)
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ahhhh, Joy....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHC7F0ULBBk&feature=related


11 posted on 10/27/2010 10:30:47 PM PDT by Irenic
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If the media had been “responsible” Obama’s Numbers would be even LOWER. Not to mention he may not have made it past hist first primary if the birthers are to be believed.


12 posted on 10/27/2010 10:37:30 PM PDT by GraceG
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Jimmy! It’s all of those radical Amish who you should blame.


13 posted on 10/27/2010 10:38:30 PM PDT by Mark (Don't argue with my posts. I typed while under sniper fire..)
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LOL.

sigh.


14 posted on 10/27/2010 10:38:56 PM PDT by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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I wonder what he thinks of the media’s coverage of Governor Palin?


15 posted on 10/27/2010 10:41:17 PM PDT by ansel12
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The MSM’s the only reason Zero’s approval rating isn’t in single digits.

If GWB had this clown’s MSM fawning, he’d be the most popular President ever.


16 posted on 10/27/2010 10:47:02 PM PDT by rock_lobsta (November can't get here fast enough.)
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When will MSNBC do a story on how Obama has taken 3 trillion dollars away from our kids and grandkids,much of it going down the drain and to keep the unions afloat?


17 posted on 10/27/2010 10:47:16 PM PDT by JohnThune2012 (was)
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To: Quix

Yes, yes and Yes,Yes,Yes. Also an Idiot.


18 posted on 10/27/2010 10:48:35 PM PDT by liberty or death
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You know, every now and then a blind hog will find an acorn, and every now and then, Jimmy Carter can be right, even when it’s for the completely wrong reason!

Carter is right, in that the Obama’s low ratings are because of the media. They anointed him as their (and America’s) Messiah. He was the one who was going to heal the planet, and lower the seas (didn’t he actually say that in one of his speeches?) The media didn’t just put him on a pedestal, they presented him as the only choice to save the nation from the evils of the previous 8 years of republicans.

So assuming that Obama isn’t really the Messiah, he was bound to fail. Couple that with the very real fact that Obama is a typical Chicago political thug, which the media didn’t just “miss,” they actively hid it from their audience. They didn’t just hide the fact that nobody really knew anything about this guy, they hoisted a bunch of lies upon the public. Even worse, I distinctly remember one news show where a roundtable of pundits assured their audience that Obama wasn’t going to govern as a hard core leftist, even though he had years of statements that kept trickling out proving what a leftist he was. “No, no, he didn’t really mean it way back then...” The “Joe the Plumber” incident should have been enough to prove to the world that Obama was STILL a hardcore leftist, but instead the media attacked “Joe the Plumber.”

There was no way he could possibly stay popular once the public realized what a leftist he really was. And it was the fault of the media for presenting him as something decent and reasonable, which of course he’s not, and they fooled a majority of the electorate.

Mark


19 posted on 10/27/2010 10:55:20 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: liberty or death

And an arrogant idiot.


20 posted on 10/27/2010 11:00:45 PM PDT by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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