Jimmy Carter just "bashed" the hell out of Bush !

[kentuck]

My hero! The wisdom of our Party has spoken the truth. He has spoken for our nation.

[nyhuskyfan]

1. "We Cannot Lead If Our Leaders Mislead"

Great line. Fantastic.

[nostamj]

8. absolutely GREAT line!

I think I need to do another t-shirt tomorrow!



on edit: it's my b-day, so I made a typo...

[Catt03]

21. Happy Birthday

[Nashyra]

34. Please do I just bought the Shove it t-shirts

also the one about when "Kerry showed up when he was called". Please do I'll buy them!

[nostamj]

41. Here ya Go!!

http://www.cafeshops.com/nostamj/223155

[kentuck]

11. Truer words were never spoken.

ANd they needed so much to be said. Thanks Jimmy!

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

19. Yes it was...that was a good one

pretty hard hitting.

[Malikshah]

30. Can we say Mantra, Meme, what have you!!!!

We cannot lead if our leaders mislead!
We cannot lead if our leaders mislead!
We cannot lead if our leaders mislead!

Let's keep at it. That's my line from now on :):):):)

[Cha]

31. OOOUUUhhhhhh! That's True!

That's what we've been talkin' about!

[newyawker99]

42. Hi nyhuskyfan!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[eleny]

2. He's my hero tonight

I've always thought he was terrific!

[Dookus]

3. yes he did

In 34 months we watched as all the good will of the world was squandered by a virtually unbroken series of mistakes and miscalculations.

quoted from memory - not 100% accurate, but that was the jist.

[tridim]

4. Let's hope Clinton continues the trend

Shove it Bush.

[ET Awful]

5. That was bar none the best political speech I've heard in years. . .

He said what needed to be said with ZERO vitriol, in the most civil manner possible, yet with complete honesty and conviction.

That was an beautiful speech.

[Kolesar]

6. I think that he was pulling his punches, but that was a great speech

What a sharp octagenarian.

[progressivebydesign]

7. He teared up at the end...

..Jimmy Carter is a man who is attacked by the right, and yet he is the most decent man. He truly loves our country.. and it shows. He blew me away tonight.

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. and in such an eloquent, no nonsense, it is what it is kind of way!

:hi:

[Avalux]

10. A noble man

Carter said everything I hoped he would and more. Truly inspiring.

[cerulean_ink]

12. Wow, he is tossing them out there.. "..if we generate public panic..." n/t

[WI_DEM]

13. it was the best speech I've heard so far at the convention

Loved Gore but Carter hit it head on. "We cannot lead if our leaders mislead." A great foreign policy indictment of W and the regime.

[Birthmark]

14. One of the best speeches I've ever heard.

Every word of it true, too.

[WI_DEM]

15. I believe Carter is now the best loved democrat in this country

and deservably so.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

16. That was an unexpectedly hard-hitting speach from Carter.

I wasnt expecting something like this from him, such a damning critique of Bush Admin.

[DemoTex]

17. Jimmy Carter. I worked his gov campaign in Vietnam.

Got out the absentee vote among my fellow Georgians in 1970. I voted a straight Democratic absentee ballot from Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam.


Georgia Governor and President Jimmy Carter
A quiet, smart man.

[callous taoboy]

18. Absolutely brilliant speech-

[dweller]

20. great speech!

and sadly have to watch on PBS with Shields and Brooks.
Brooks pointed out it was bashing, and "BushI would have never done the same...Carter has entered back into partisan politics"

Shields had already mentioned he never mentioned Bush by name.

heheh...dipshit.

otherwise, they are giving a good synopsis of Carter's fine words.
Carter being interviewed by Lehrer (?) now.

dp

edit: Carter is continuing with his point with the interview: He just said he didn't know if *moron was the leader 'in his group/inner circle', maybe it's Cheney.
US is now a target of Amnesty International, not a supporter of it (paraphrased) due to the erosion of civil rights here in US.

more..great interview.

[kentuck]

22. I feel so much more confident about my country after his speech....

He may have pushed Kerry over the top...His words had such power and truth that they spoke to Republicans as well as Democrats.

[Catt03]

23. Wonderful speech

Thank you President Carter, Nobel Prize recipient and humanitarian to the world.

[Digit]

24. He only spoke the truth...

with utmost class and conviction.

Jimmy Carter, you da man!

[Thrill]

27. Jimmy Carter

has one of the best accents ever

[merh]

25. He is all heart!

What a tremendous speech!

[maggrwaggr]

26. but ... but ... but ... I thought the pundits who ruled America

might get angry if anybody bashed bush

At least according to those Obama threads yesterday.

:eyes:

[Tight_rope]

36. Fuck those Obama...those bastards!

[Dudley_DUright]

28. Carter transcript posted at NYTimes website

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/26/politics/campaign/26TEXT-CARTER.html

[kentuck]

32. Someone should post this transcript and put it on home page of DU

It is a keeper.

[Dudley_DUright]

38. I have been posting it

on every Carter thread I can find. Definitely a keeper.

[Tight_rope]

29. We love Jimmy...always and forever!...He's a true American unlike Bush!

[wish_I_could_vote]

33. I switched to FOX mid speech

to check it out. They were not showing the speech. Instead they had Hannity pontificating, with his headset half off his ears, so the flow of garbage coming out of his mouth would not be disturbed by what was actually happening.

[unfrigginreal]

35. Carter done GOOD!

So did Gore. Looks like we're playing a page of the puke handbook, meme 'unity and only a positive message' at the convention then BASH the shit out of Bush. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[in_cog_ni_to]

37. BEST SPEECH OF THE DAY!

Jimmy said what needed to be said! Thank You Jimmy!

Are the repukes going to bash that WONDERFUL Statesman? I think NOT!

WTG, President Carter! I love you! :bounce:

[AnnitaR]

39. Carter all but called the Chimp AWOL!!

OMFG! Who would have believed that Jimmy Carter would be the man to fire the first shot across the bow at the Chimp????

I literally almost fell off of my chair when he started talking about the Chimp's lack of service to his country!

That was by far the best speech I have heard in a very long time!

I was in tears by the end. That man loves this country so much and you could tell that he is deeply troubled at what this country has become.

I have never been more proud of Jimmy Carter than I am tonight!

Oh and before I go this message to Joe "Killer" Scarbrough: GO FUCK YOURSELF!

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

40. Carter was interviewed by Lehrer, Shields, & Brooks

....just after his speech. He was just as good and didnt back down.

[NewJeffCT]

43. summary of the interview?

I'd appreciate it - my 17 month old daughter was a little sick last night, so I was distracted until too late to see Carter.