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Started by chipwich, March 14, 2011, 06:43:59 PM

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chipwich

March 14, 2011, 06:43:59 PM
I'm far too young to remember Carter, but there seem to be a lot of similarities based on what I've heard of him.

Slow to act, lacks the killer instinct needed to be a good leader, acting as a Christian conservative instead of being fair, giving stuff away in negotiations and calling it
"compromise", supporting the sketchy parts of the military/security for no real reason, and trying to please everyone and failing.

Barrister

#1
March 14, 2011, 07:10:20 PM
This is completely, 100% the first time I have heard that comparison.
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

Ed Anger

#2
March 14, 2011, 07:11:25 PM
Feels like the last W term to be honest. With a big extra helping of malaise.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Viking

#3
March 14, 2011, 07:15:11 PM
At least Carter sent the helicopters into Iran.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Razgovory

#4
March 14, 2011, 07:46:57 PM
I already posted in this thread.  On EUOT.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Eddie Teach

#5
March 14, 2011, 08:04:20 PM
Obama is like Grover Cleveland.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Josephus

#6
March 14, 2011, 08:06:58 PM
Jimmy Carter was American.
Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011

Viking

#7
March 14, 2011, 08:15:19 PM
At least Carter sent the marines into Iran.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

derspiess

#8
March 14, 2011, 09:39:32 PM
Yes.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

jimmy olsen

#9
March 14, 2011, 10:24:29 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 14, 2011, 07:11:25 PM
Feels like the last W term to be honest. With a big extra helping of malaise.
I gotta agree with the Butt on this one.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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CountDeMoney

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March 14, 2011, 11:21:28 PM
Quote from: chipwich on March 14, 2011, 06:43:59 PM
Slow to act, lacks the killer instinct needed to be a good leader, acting as a Christian conservative instead of being fair, giving stuff away in negotiations and calling it
"compromise", supporting the sketchy parts of the military/security for no real reason, and trying to please everyone and failing.

Links, plz

jimmy olsen

#11
March 14, 2011, 11:28:12 PM
Quote from: chipwich on March 14, 2011, 06:43:59 PM
acting as a Christian conservative instead of being fair
What exactly do you mean by this?
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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1 Karma Chameleon point

chipwich

#12
March 15, 2011, 12:16:43 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 14, 2011, 11:28:12 PM
Quote from: chipwich on March 14, 2011, 06:43:59 PM
acting as a Christian conservative instead of being fair
What exactly do you mean by this?

gay rights

DGuller

#13
March 15, 2011, 02:27:28 AM
That's dumb.  Obama is black, Carter is white.

The Brain

#14
March 15, 2011, 06:51:19 AM
Obama is like Ford.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.
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