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[VAW11_Vet]

Here is the text of a letter that former President Jimmy Carter sent to Sen. Zell Miller (D-Ga.) over the weekend:

You seem to have forgotten that loyal Democrats elected you as mayor and as state senator. Loyal Democrats, including members of my family and me, elected you as lieutenant governor and as governor. It was a loyal Democrat, Lester Maddox, who assigned you to high positions in the state government when you were out of office. It was a loyal Democrat, Roy Barnes, who appointed you as U.S. Senator when you were out of office. By your historically unprecedented disloyalty, you have betrayed our trust.


Great Georgia Democrats who served in the past, including Walter George, Richard Russell, Herman Talmadge, and Sam Nunn disagreed strongly with the policies of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and me, but they remained loyal to the party in which they gained their public office. Other Democrats, because of philosophical differences or the race issue, like Bo Callaway and Strom Thurmond, at least had the decency to become Republicans.


Everyone knows that you were chosen to speak at the Republican Convention because of your being a "Democrat," and it's quite possible that your rabid and mean-spirited speech damaged our party and paid the Republicans some transient dividends.


Perhaps more troublesome of all is seeing you adopt an established and very effective Republican campaign technique of destroying the character of opponents by wild and false allegations. The Bush campaign's personal attacks on the character of John McCain in South Carolina in 2000 was a vivid example. The claim that war hero Max Cleland was a disloyal American and an ally of Osama bin Laden should have given you pause, but you have joined in this ploy by your bizarre claims that another war hero, John Kerry, would not defend the security of our nation except with spitballs. (This is the same man whom you described previously as "one of this nation's authentic heroes, one of this party's best-known and greatest leaders — and a good friend.")


I, myself, never claimed to have been a war hero, but I served in the navy from 1942 to 1953, and, as president, greatly strengthened our military forces and protected our nation and its interests in every way. I don't believe this warrants your referring to me as a pacificist.


Zell, I have known you for forty-two years and have, in the past, respected you as a trustworthy political leader and a personal friend. But now, there are many of us loyal Democrats who feel uncomfortable in seeing that you have chosen the rich over the poor, unilateral preemptive war over a strong nation united with others for peace, lies and obfuscation over the truth, and the political technique of personal character assassination as a way to win elections or to garner a few moments of applause. These are not the characteristics of great Democrats whose legacy you and I have inherited.
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VAW-11 NAS North Island 1961-1966

[Se7eN]

Carter is an idiot.

[WebTalk]

WOW! Jimmy sounds mad.

Too bad.

He's buying the Kerry war hero crap:

[Steve Z]

Jimmy Carter: "I, myself, never claimed to have been a war hero, but I served in the navy from 1942 to 1953, and, as president, greatly strengthened our military forces and protected our nation and its interests in every way. I don't believe this warrants your referring to me as a pacificist."

My comments: Jimmy Carter, as president, undermined the Shah of Iran and paved the way for the Ayatollah Khomeini to lead his country back to the 8th century, and Iran has been fomenting terrorism ever since. How did THAT protect American interests?

What about Carter's bungled attempt at a commando raid to rescue the American hostages in Iran, which failed because Carter didn't send in enough helicopters in order to save money? At that time, everybody else in America was saddled with gasoline shortages, 13% inflation and 20% interest rates.. sounds rather penny-wise and pound-foolish to me!

What about all the treaties Carter signed with Brezhnev where America agreed to disarm, but nobody ever verified what the Soviets were doing?

Zell Miller is right. Carter IS a pacifist.
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The traitor will crater!

[SangRun Hunter]

If I were him I would have saved it and forgot it. He really takes the cake where he says he strenghtened teh military on his watch. How much? Where? Did authorize new toilet seats or something?

Carter needs to realize he is relice of the political dustbin. In my neck of woods he's a laughing stoock joke to wail on.

He might as well be the very reason Islama-facist are still attacking us today due to his weak asction in 1979.

I hope the man can sleep at night.
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Mad as Hell!

[Navy_Navy_Navy]

[Guest]

See Y'All in New York
Why I skipped the Boston convention.

BY ZELL MILLER
Saturday, July 31, 2004 12:01 a.m. EDT

Twelve years ago, I delivered one of the keynote addresses on the first night at the Democratic National Convention in New York. It was a stinging rebuke of the administration of George H.W. Bush and a ringing endorsement of Bill Clinton. This summer I'll again be speaking in New York, but it will be to the Republican Convention that renominates George W. Bush.

Many have asked how I could have come so far in just over a decade. Frankly, I don't think I've changed much at all. At 72, I don't feel much need to change my opinions. Instead, the reason I didn't attend the Democratic Convention in Boston is that I barely recognize my party anymore. Most of its leaders--including our nominee, John Kerry--don't hold the same beliefs that have motivated my career in public service.

In 1992, I spoke of the opportunity and hope that allowed me, the son of a single mother growing up in the North Georgia mountains, to become my state's governor. And I attributed much of my success to the great Democratic presidents of years gone by--FDR (a hallowed man in my home), Truman and JFK. The link these men shared was a commitment to helping Americans born into any condition rise to achieve whatever goal they set for themselves.

I spoke of Americans who were "tired of paying more in taxes and getting less in services." I excoriated Republicans who "dealt in cynicism and skepticism." I accused them of mastering "the art of division and diversion." And I praised Bill Clinton as a moderate Democrat "who has the courage to tell some of those liberals who think welfare should continue forever, and some of those conservatives who think there should be no welfare at all, that they're both wrong."

Bill Clinton did deliver on welfare reform, after a lot of prodding from the Republicans who took hold of Congress in 1995. But much of the rest of the promise I saw in his candidacy withered during his two terms in office.

Today, it's the Democratic Party that has mastered the art of division and diversion. To run for president as a Democrat these days you have to go from interest group to interest group, cap in hand, asking for the support of liberal kingmakers. Mr. Kerry is no different. After Hollywood elites profaned the president, he didn't have the courage to put them in their place. Instead, he validated their remarks, claiming that they represent "the heart and soul of America."
No longer the party of hope, today's Democratic Party has become Mr. Kerry's many mansions of cynicism and skepticism. As our economy continues to get better and businesses add jobs, Mr. Kerry's going around America trying to convince people that the roof is about to cave in. He talks about "the misery index" and the Depression. What does he know about either?

And when it comes to taxes and services, you'd be pressed to find anyone more opposed to the interests of middle-class Americans than John Kerry. Except maybe John Edwards. Both voted against tax relief for married couples, tax relief for families with children, and tax relief for small businesses. Now Mr. Kerry wants to raise taxes on hundreds of thousands of small-business owners and millions of individuals. He claims to be for working people, but I don't understand how small businesses can create jobs if they've got to send more money to Washington instead of keeping it to hire workers.

Worst of all, Sens. Kerry and Edwards have not kept faith with the men and women who are fighting the war on terror--most of whom come from small towns and middle-class families all over America. While Mr. Bush has stood by our troops every step of the way, Messrs. Kerry and Edwards voted to send our troops to war and then voted against the money to give them supplies and equipment--not to mention better benefits for their families. And recently Mr. Kerry even said he's proud of that vote. Proud to abandon our troops when they're out in the field? I can hear Harry Truman cussing from his grave.

I still believe in hope and opportunity and, when it comes right down to it, Mr. Bush is the man who represents hope and opportunity. Hope for a safer world. And opportunity for Americans to work hard, keep more of the money they earn, and send their kids to good schools. All the speeches we heard this week weren't able to hide the truth of what today's Democratic Party has become: an enclave of elites paying lip service to middle-class values. Americans looking for a president who understands their struggles and their dreams should tune in next month, when we celebrate the leadership of George W. Bush.

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110005426

[Otis]

[Steve Z]

If Jimmy Carter gets actively involved in this campaign, it could represent a boost for Bush. If Carter starts reminding everyone of his presidency, most voters over 40 years old will remember why they voted for Reagan, and vote for Bush to avoid another Carter-like president!

Any more comments from the peanut gallery, Jimmy?
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The traitor will crater!

[eXcel]

Carter is the WORST modern president (assuming kerry doesn't get in) and he makes it sound like Zell would never have been elected anything if he wasnt a democrat and democrats didn't just blindly vote democratic. What a freakin p**z.

[Detective]

444 days Americans were held hostage and on the swearing in of REAGAN they were released.If thats not telling I dont know what is.
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U.S. CODE, Hostile Nations Act TITLE 50 CHAPTER 40 Sec. 2301. Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, Syria.(All of them support Terrorism)
All the above Officially come out in support of John Kerry for President of the USA.

[wednesdaychild]

Jimmy Carter is possibly the most useless president we have ever had.
I will never forget hte gas lines during his term.
weds
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Jim Steinman

[azpatriot]

hmm ... the peanut president need we say more...
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[buffman]

Don't forget the 10 percent unemployment rateand his price freeze. Oh yeah, how about the "much ado about nothing" peace deal he brokered between Begin and Arafat. As Bugs Bunny would say "What a maroon"
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Never Ever Give Up
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[Dimsdale]

Ya think it is the rabies from the famous rabbit attack?
Did you even notice that nobody ever made fun of him for saying "nukular?" And he was a Nukular Engineer!!

Seriously though,