Jimmy Carter: Wilson comments 'based on racism'

[CountDeMoney]

Hansy, as a non-American, I find that chart quite funny; even witty.

Rascism is funny to the Rush Beckmeisters.

[Hansmeister]

Of course the real irony is that if anyone can be called a racist then it is Jimmy Carter.  People forget he was a George Wallace Democrat until he ran for President.

Nowadays he seems to mostly hate jews, of course, like a typical modern progressive.

[Sheilbh]

Of course the real irony is that if anyone can be called a racist then it is Jimmy Carter.  People forget he was a George Wallace Democrat until he ran for President.

I thought he was the first Southern Governor to say that racial segregation had no place in public policy and appointed a number of blacks to senior positions in Georgia government?  I'd always thought that - in the context of the time - he was a Southern moderate.

[Hansmeister]

Of course the real irony is that if anyone can be called a racist then it is Jimmy Carter.  People forget he was a George Wallace Democrat until he ran for President.

I thought he was the first Southern Governor to say that racial segregation had no place in public policy and appointed a number of blacks to senior positions in Georgia government?  I'd always thought that - in the context of the time - he was a Southern moderate.

His conversion only came after he was unable to continue fighting desegregation.  As a school board member he continued to fight for segregated schools long after Brown v. Board of Education.  When he ran for governor he distributed pictures of his opponent being embraced by two black basketball players at KKK raliies.  He promised to second George Wallace's nomination for president in '72 (he broke that promise when he backed Scoop Jackson instead).  He spent decades as your typical southern democrat racist until his miraculous transformation in order to run for national office.

[CountDeMoney]

Of course the real irony is that if anyone can be called a racist then it is Jimmy Carter.  People forget he was a George Wallace Democrat until he ran for President.

I thought he was the first Southern Governor to say that racial segregation had no place in public policy and appointed a number of blacks to senior positions in Georgia government?  I'd always thought that - in the context of the time - he was a Southern moderate.

Hansy's hatred of Carter is even deeper than his hatred of Clinton, as it's based primarily in mythology.

[CountDeMoney]

His conversion only came after he was unable to continue fighting desegregation.  As a school board member he continued to fight for segregated schools long after Brown v. Board of Education.  When he ran for governor he distributed pictures of his opponent being embraced by two black basketball players at KKK raliies.  He promised to second George Wallace's nomination for president in '72 (he broke that promise when he backed Scoop Jackson instead).  He spent decades as your typical southern democrat racist until his miraculous transformation in order to run for national office.

You're full of more shit than a Palestinian well within 10 feet of Siegy.

[Neil]

What's wrong with backing George Wallace in '72 for the Democratic nomination?  Anybody would be better than the guy who actually got nominated.

[Hansmeister]

His conversion only came after he was unable to continue fighting desegregation.  As a school board member he continued to fight for segregated schools long after Brown v. Board of Education.  When he ran for governor he distributed pictures of his opponent being embraced by two black basketball players at KKK raliies.  He promised to second George Wallace's nomination for president in '72 (he broke that promise when he backed Scoop Jackson instead).  He spent decades as your typical southern democrat racist until his miraculous transformation in order to run for national office.

You're full of more shit than a Palestinian well within 10 feet of Siegy.

Unlike you, I actually know what I'm talking about.  Apparently you believe in the immaculate rise of the good ol'boy southern democrat, free of association to racism in the '50s and '60s.

[CountDeMoney]

Unlike you, I actually know what I'm talking about. 

Sometimes yes, sometimes no.  Unfortunately, this morning you're in your rabidly frothy Hyperbolemeister mode when it comes to Carter's early political career.  I suggest more reading on the topic.  Of books, not blogs.

[garbon]

Sometimes yes, sometimes no.  Unfortunately, this morning you're in your rabidly frothy Hyperbolemeister mode when it comes to Carter's early political career.  I suggest more reading on the topic.  Of books, not blogs.

I like this from Encarta:

Although Carter's campaign had been tinged with racism, there was no trace of racism in his subsequent actions. In his inaugural speech in 1971, Carter declared, "The time for racial discrimination is over."

[The Minsky Moment]

[ (he broke that promise when he backed Scoop Jackson instead).

Because if you're not going to back George Wallace, Scoop Jackson is the next closest thing.   

[derspiess]

Sometimes yes, sometimes no.  Unfortunately, this morning you're in your rabidly frothy Hyperbolemeister mode when it comes to Carter's early political career.  I suggest more reading on the topic.  Of books, not blogs.

I like this from Encarta:

Although Carter's campaign had been tinged with racism, there was no trace of racism in his subsequent actions. In his inaugural speech in 1971, Carter declared, "The time for racial discrimination is over."

Hey, there's a time for everything, you know

[Razgovory]

I wonder exactly what NRO article he got this from.

[garbon]

Hey, there's a time for everything, you know

Yeah I guess it is okay to espouse racist rhetoric, as long as it is useful.

[Razgovory]

His conversion only came after he was unable to continue fighting desegregation.  As a school board member he continued to fight for segregated schools long after Brown v. Board of Education.  When he ran for governor he distributed pictures of his opponent being embraced by two black basketball players at KKK raliies.  He promised to second George Wallace's nomination for president in '72 (he broke that promise when he backed Scoop Jackson instead).  He spent decades as your typical southern democrat racist until his miraculous transformation in order to run for national office.

You're full of more shit than a Palestinian well within 10 feet of Siegy.

Unlike you, I actually know what I'm talking about.  Apparently you believe in the immaculate rise of the good ol'boy southern democrat, free of association to racism in the '50s and '60s.

This is a curious tack to take from a guy from the party of the south.