Has Jimmy Carter endorsed anyone?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

I should know this :blush:

[JI7]

1. Al Gore

[99th_Monkey]

2. ya but ... Gore's not a candidate.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. Welcome to DU

aren't you cute...

[99th_Monkey]

5. Thanks for the welcome

cute how?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. I dunno

monkeys are cute

edited to add: If Gore is not a candiate why hasn't Carter voiced his support for someone else?

[99th_Monkey]

12. Oh..

or is it Aww! ... anyway, now I feel all warm and fuzzy. Thanks.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. You're welcome

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. I found this --

Carter Endorses Gore, Says Former Veep Can Win More Than Oscars
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ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Reports: In an exclusive interview with former President Jimmy Carter set to air on Sunday's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos", Carter lavished praise on "(his) favorite Democrat) former Vice President Al Gore.

Carter told ABC News, "If Al should decide to run -- which I'm afraid he won't -- I would support Al Gore."

The former Democratic President asserted Gore could accomplish much more in the White House than he ever could as a private citizen, saying to Stephanopoulos, "His burning issue now is global warming and preventing it. He can do infinitely more to accomplish that goal as in the incumbent in the White House, than he can making even movies that get -- you know, that get Oscars."

"An Inconvenient Truth", a documentary based on a global warming lecture Gore has delivered around the world, is nominated for an Academy Award and the former Vice President will walk the red carpet at the Oscars this Sunday.

Despite public pressure from Carter and others, the former President does not believe Gore will make a second bid for the White House saying, "I don't think he will. I've put so much pressure on Al to run that he's almost gotten aggravated with me."

Carter told Stephanopoulos that he had not called Gore "lately" adding, "He almost told me, the last time I talked, 'Don't call me anymore.'"

Carter joked that Gore had offered to support him in 2008 and referred to Gore as "my favorite" in the interview, concluding, "I really have not expressed any public approval or endorsement or preference for any of the Democratic candidates except (Gore)."

Tune into 'This Week' on Sunday, February 25, to watch George's full interview with former President Carter. Click here to find out when 'This Week' airs in your town.

February 23, 2007 in Politics | Permalink | User Comments


http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/02/carter_endorses.html

[MADem]

7. "...I've put so much pressure on Al to run that he's almost gotten aggravated with me."

Heh, like anyone could get aggravated with Jimmy!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. As our most senior statesman -- I put weight in his opinion.

I think we should respect our elders don't you :D

[MADem]

9. Well, I'd get off the fence if Al jumped in, I really would! nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. It would really solve the dilemma for me, as well.

:toast: I wish the campaign season had not started so early.

[99th_Monkey]

10. Did you see how Carter "faced down Sudanese Security in Darfor?

Where he faced down his security detail about them not wanting him to visit certain areas,
only the ones that had been "prepared" for his visit.

It was on google/AP, but it seems to have been scrubbed ... now it sez
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hwDgA5DI3HWtqNkkqqBLcGSr3iCgD8S1PTH00
"We're sorry. The article you've requested is no longer available.
Hosted by Google
Copyright © 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved."

Very odd since it only happened about a month ago.

Oh, but now I've found another link to the same story here:
http://news.lp.findlaw.com/ap/p/56/10-03-2007/0419004d15ed0219.html
OOooops .. "Not Found
The requested URL /ap/p/56/10-03-2007/0419004d15ed0219.html was not found on this server.
Apache/1.3.29 Server at news.lp.findlaw.com Port 80"

Oh well, but wait!! the Washington Post actually still has it up on their site here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/03/AR2007100302257.html

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. here it is ---

before it disappears again :D

Sudanese Guards Rile Carter During Darfur Visit

By Alfred de Montesquiou
Associated Press
Thursday, October 4, 2007; Page A20

KABKABIYA, Sudan, Oct. 3 -- Former president Jimmy Carter confronted Sudanese security officials Wednesday during a visit to the western region of Darfur, shouting, "You don't have the power to stop me!" at some who blocked him from meeting refugees of the conflict.

Carter, 83, wanted to visit a refugee camp in South Darfur state, but the U.N. mission in Sudan deemed that too dangerous. Instead, he agreed to fly to the World Food Program compound in the North Darfur town of Kabkabiya, where he was supposed to meet with refugees, many of whom had been chased from their homes by government forces and Janjaweed militiamen.

Former president Jimmy Carter talks with a tribal representative in Kabkabiya, a town in Sudan's North Darfur state, during a visit by a delegation known as "the Elders." When he headed farther into the town to meet with refugees, he was stopped by security officials, sparking an angry confrontation.

But none of the refugees showed up, and Carter decided to walk into the town, a volatile Janjaweed stronghold, to meet refugees apparently too frightened to attend the meeting at the compound.

Carter reached a school where he met with one tribal representative and was preparing to go further into town when Sudanese security officers stopped him.

"You can't go. It's not on the program!" the local security chief, who gave only his first name as Omar, yelled at Carter, who is in Darfur as part of a delegation of international figures known as "the Elders."

"We're going to anyway!" Carter angrily retorted. "You don't have the power to stop me."

However, U.N. officials told Carter's entourage that the Sudanese state police could bar his way. Carter's traveling companions, billionaire businessman Richard Branson and Graca Machel, the wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela, tried to ease his frustration, and Carter's Secret Service detail urged him to get into a car and leave.

Carter later played down the encounter, saying the security chief was only doing his job.

"But it's true that I'm not accustomed to people telling me I can't walk down the street and meet people," he said after returning to a U.N. compound in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state.

The visit by the delegation, which is headed by Carter and Desmond Tutu, both Nobel Peace laureates, is largely a symbolic move to push all sides in the Darfur conflict to make peace.

The crisis began in 2003 when rebels took up arms against the Arab-dominated Sudanese government, accusing it of decades of neglect. Sudan's government is accused of retaliating by unleashing the Janjaweed, which it denies. As many as 450,000 people have died of disease and violence, and more than 2.5 million have been displaced.


Carter said the main goal of his three-day visit to Sudan is to seek guarantees for free and fair elections throughout the country in 2009. He said Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir had committed to holding the elections on time and invited international observers from his foundation, the Carter Center, to monitor the vote.

Carter said Bashir also told him this week that Sudan has committed $100 million to a fund for Darfur's reconstruction and that $200 million has been pledged by China, a diplomatic ally.

[99th_Monkey]

15. Alfred de Montesquiou's account apparently passed some kind of muster

that the others didn't?

Anyway, it is a great story that I hope is included in his biographies, auto or otherwise.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. Yes, It is a great story.

Call me crazy, but I find hope in the fact that Carter has not endorsed anyone else...

[99th_Monkey]

17. I quite agree. Timing is everything .. sometimes.

Of course I'm hoping Jimmy will endorse Kucinich at just the right time.

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