Carter Endorses Gore, Says Former Veep Can Win More Than Oscars

TELL CARTER TO SHUT UP; HE WAS THE WORST PRESIDENT,WE EVER HAD.

While I do think Carter needs to shut his mouth, Global warming is an issue and if you don’t think it is, you need to go in for a round of electroshock. if anything we need to look to undo the mess this current administration has created and which will easily go down as one of the worst administrations in us history. The stuff these guys have pulled is mindblowing to me.

I agree with Carter. Al Gore should run for president. He’s smart, an environmental activist (can’t see how this can be construed as being negative or frightening), he has good family values, he has experience, and he should have been president in 2000! Believe it or not, I think he is waiting for his nobel peace prize award and then he will annouce he is running for president. Go Al!!!

How in the world does Jimmy Carter come to believe he’s now a “kingmaker”. I’m a liberal-progressive and a supporter of the Democrat party, save for in 1980 and 1984. Does this abject failure who ushered in Khoumeini and did nothing while his “Theofacsist” replacement for the Shah reigned over 444 days of “America Held Hostage”. And he now writes sophomoric tripe about “Our Endangered Values”, siezing on the chance to rub in the fact that we finally have a worse president, whose Middle East woes can be traced to Carter’s utopian notion that self determination justified precipitating the Shah’s fall for the people’s will for the Ayatollah.
And, I had to add this: Carter ran on imputing the crimes of Nixon on the most decent of men, Ford. “I can give you a government … that’s filled with LOVE, competence and compassion.”
Since his failure on the presidential stage, the president of “LOVE” has been frantically trying to show his competence when relieved of the burdens of the oath of office.
Watching this silly man officiously injecting himself into state matters, making no-brainer pronouncements, and hurt his party by association is aggravating enough. But this hubristic delusion of ascent to kingmaker status goes over the top.
Jimmy Carter, anyone familiar with Al Gore knows he is the most qualified man to stand for the office you had no business holding. Al Gore is a man of deep conscience, with thorough knowledge of the matters comprising the rigors of the presidency. Don’t tarnish him by association with your failures and poor judgment

Carter may have been a so-so President at best by many people’s estimations – but he is easily our greatest living President and greatest ex-President for his work with stewarship of the earth and the promotion of fair and democratic elections around the globe.
If Carter endorsed Gore – Gore has my vote, should he choose to run, although he probably would have it regardless.
The world needs more Carters and Gores and fewer Bushs and Reagens.

It makes me sad to think how different things would be now, if Gore had been allowed to serve. The Supreme Court robbed America of a glorious beginning to the 21st century. Instead they will be responsible for bombing us back into the Stone Age. Tragic.

Run Al Run!

So many of you guys (who are posting here) are so utterly rude and dislikable. You don’t deserve a good leader. You deserve the rotten scoundrels you’ve been getting (Clinton, Bush 1, Bush 2) Telling any former president to “shut his mouth” is simply disgusting. Yep, go ahead. Elect McCain or Guiliani or Clinton or Obama. They will not stop global warming. They will not get us out of the Middle East. They will not fix the healthcare system. They will not abolish our unfair trade agreements. And they are exactly who you, the American people, deserve.

It is sad that Gore does not want to run. He is much better than that Clinton lady and much better than Obama. Gore can win, he would just have to promote how different i could be (should have) under him. Gore has my vote! PLEASE RUN!

I hope those who bandy about the label for Carter of worst president ever remember the likes of “W” first. At least Carter was building bridges in the Middle East between Israel and Egypt and with the Soviet Union, instead of what we currently have. Carter had to clean up after Watergate/Nixon/Ford, remember??? The next president will have to clean up after an even bigger mess.

Why would you attack a man of peace? Regardless of his administration look at what he has accomplished since then. The guy does more with his free time than any of you would even think about, and he does it for the benefit of others. A man with his amount of dedication and selflisness deserves to be heard (Nobel Peace Prize recepient at that!)
Carter didn’t usher in Khomeini anyhow, only someone silly would believe that. Our meddling with the right of Iran’s sovereignity and self-determinitation with Operation Ajax set that course into action.
What’s wrong with an activist anyways? Were our founding fathers not activists? Was Martin Luther King Jr not an activist? Was Gandhi not an activist?
Gore’s focus on the environment could free us from our reliance on oil (ONE of the reason why I’m here in Iraq) which would solve more than one of our problems, not to mention the big money that is playing puppeteer with our current presidency.
I say: Go for it Gore!

Who are these morons calling Carter the Worst Presidnet Ever? EVERYONE knows that title goes to George W. Bush…not even a close contest.

Say what you want about Jimmy Carter,
he was an honest man. That’s a whole
lot more than can be said about the
current resident in the White House.

“”"Clara, chill. This is America, where we don’t worship our ex-presidents, especially the ones that are an embarrassment.”"”
Hey, Curt. Pull your head out.
Jimmy Carter is respected all over
the world.
You want an embarrassment. Look
no further than the current simian
denizen of the White House. Just
for a laugh check out Shrubs international approval ratings.
Oh, that’s right, world opinion don’t mean squat to some people.

Wow. This comment section is a perfect example of how we end up with the people we do in oval office.
Ignorant, closed minds, relying on media hype or heresay instead of fact – bah, it makes me sick to my stomach.
Jimmy Carter may not have been the nation’s best president, but he is a good man, with good intentions and a good message – what are you people, in 5th grade?
I am by NO means a fan of “W” either, but the day I start acting like I’m 12 years old by name calling and slinging around incorrect information and my own unsubstantiated accusations, then PLEASE take away my voter card.
I wish Al Gore success in ANYTHING he does to help this country, in any capacity.

Many seem to forget that during those years of the Arab Oil boycott in 1973, Carter vehemently proposed major conservation and environmental controls in order to save the nation from oil dependence on foreign sources. He was ignored and even mocked by the press and the public who cringed at the costs. Now look at us, mired in an oil war, and spending money like water to get us out of the miserable hole we’re in globally. Thanks John q. public!

“Well, Reagan’s domestic program’s hurt many of our most vulnerable. But ideology be damned, he lead and deregulation and tax cuts unleashed our economic engine while monetary policy under Volker completed a tour de force in removing Jimmy’s “crisis of confidence” pep talk from memory.
Well, Reagan’s domestic program’s hurt many of our most vulnerable. But ideology be damned, he lead and deregulation and tax cuts unleashed our economic engine while monetary policy under Volker completed a tour de force in removing Jimmy’s “crisis of confidence” pep talk from memory.”
Ah yes…..
Such intense hatred, such ignorance of our own history…..
I also was disgusted with Carter by the end of his four years. I found him appallingly feckless, but you know something?
I know who appointed Volker in the first place, too…..
Oh, and one other thing…..
Reagan’s prosperity was built upon deficit spending, just like every liberal president before him going back to FDR.
“Conservative” my backside!
Pfft!

Spewing hate. That’s what the hard right base are best at right now. Rather worry about a president for THE SEVENTIES, than the chump we have right now. Sad, sad, sad…

Al Gore please Run………We need you. I will VOTE FOR YOU! and only you. I will not even show up for anyone else.

Michael Richter, do you seriously think the cold war would ahve ever ended unded the likes of Carter? Face it, contrary to what all the liberals said, Reagan did not bring us to nuclear war but rather eded the cold war due to America’s superior strength that USSR simply could not match. It was a very prudent policy that clearly paid off. We are far better off withthe likes of Ronnie than all the Jimmys of the world!

Al’s the best qualified human to run this country and Jimmy’s got it right.
These are inspiring words of wisdom from our nation’s only President to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Look for Bill or Al to be next.

Run Al RUN!
Carter was not great but he is GREAT. Listen to him AL. Listen to AMERICA’S calling. We need you. RUN ALL RUN!

“”Carter? Face it, contrary to what all the liberals said, Reagan did not bring us to nuclear war but rather eded the cold war due to America’s superior strength that USSR simply could not match.”"
Misguided hero worship.
Reagan did not bring down the USSR.
What brought down the USSR was an
unpopular war of occupation and the
expense and internal conflict
resulting from the war.
Sound familiar?

Carter builds houses…he doesn’t bomb them. Idiots abound.

While Carter builds houses for the poor and Al Gore, tirelessly. tries to save the world’s environment, the Shrub and Darth Vader are busy destroying the middle class, our military, America’s good name and driving us into the worst finacial crisis in the nation’s history. The scum currently inhabiting the White House doesn’t give a crap about the American people unless they’re in the top 1% of income.

Mr. Carter is indeed a respected statesman and America should be proud to count him as an ex-president. His presedency was tarnished because of the CIA orchestrated Iran hostage crisis. This was done to because Mr. Carter rightfully fired Senior Bush as head of CIA immediately after taking office. Bush called in favors he had built up over the years in the CIA and middle east to create the hostage crisis and increase the price of his filthy oil, his main business. He then promised Reagan that he could solve the problem if he was nominated vice president, hence the Iran contra and arms for hostage. Bush Sr also intentinally sabotaged another democratic president, Bill Clinton. George sent troups into Somalia the November after loosing to Bill for no good reason and we all know what happened. Mr. Carter tried to break the hold that Corporation had on our government and he became the loneliest president as a result. Thank you for caring about the citizens of America and the world Mr. President and your valiant service in the military. Please run for President Mr. Gore, your country need you.

Carter was probably the smartest man to ever occupy the White House. It’s a shame he didn’t do very well – although he’s a long way from having been our worst president: an ‘honor’ reserved for our current president, without question. But while Carter didn’t do the best job when he was in the middle of it all; he’s done much better as a good man, now that he stands outside looking in.
And he’s right – Gore should run. There isn’t a better man or woman in either party – a better human being – who is within spitting distance of the presidency. I believe that Al Gore is a genuinely good man: the fire he’s endured has tempered and improved the man he was in 2000 – and he was the best choice then. Now, he is the stuff of legend.
If Gore runs, I’ll carry his coffee and make his cold calls. There isn’t anyone else in either party I’ll work for. Nobody else worth caring about. Nobody really worth a damn: just politicians, all of them.
Gore/anyone in ’08.
JF

Yes. Run Al, run. Run far, far away and take your global warming hysteria with you.

Lots of absurd comments here mixed with some real insights.
Carter was a great President in a very bad historical time.
The fall of the Shah was not the result of actions by the Carter White House. The Shah’s rule was never legitimate. He overthrew an elected government and consolidated his dictatorial rule (with CIA support) in the Eisenhower era and his regime fell apart during the Nixon and Ford eras. America should never helped him seize power or been allied with his dictatorship. We are still paying for this foreign policy mistake and may never again have truly good relations with Iran.
The inflation crisis was the result of OPEC policies as they rippled thru the economy after the embargoes. The set-up for that situation developed over decades of oil industry actions and American foreign policy decisions. The worst development resulting from the inflation crisis was the collapse of usury laws concerning banking, credit cards, etc. We still need to go back to usury regulation for lending.
Gore would be a great President but like Carter I think he will not run in 2008. I am personally supporting Edwards although all the Democratic candidates are far superior to any of the likely Republican candidates.
Those denying global warming are fools or are making money from destroying the ecosystem of the planet. The economic costs of global warming will likely destroy the entire global economy. This is the greatest threat ever faced by modern man…. period!

There´s no way Carter was a worse president than Bush number 2 has been. First off, many blame Carter for the economic woes of that time. Presidents have very little control over the economy. Second, Global Warming is real. If some people think calling Gore an envirnonmental activist is a bad thing, then call me the same thing. We need an inhabitable Earth dummies before any of that other material stuff like big homes and SUV´s matter.

It’s a riot to read the posts of the many trolls heaping their rotting refuse on Jimmy Carter, when we have the WORST PREZNUT IN HISTORY ruling this once great nation.
Calling Jimmy names does NOT distract from the sad tragic facts surrounding the current FAILURE IN CHIEF!

Two biggest loosers in American history of politics..Carter – Gore
Both of which to out to be also major liars to push their own needs..Making money ..Clearly a low chapter in history..Never in history has an X President talk about the standing President during war time as Carter has done against Bush.He should be tried as a Traitor

Stephen Crockett, thanks for that insightful reminder of the historical setup for Carter’s administration. I wish more people would take a longer term view of our history and the implied patience it takes. Unfortunately, we are a nation of the sound bite and quick gratification and the instant poll. A.D.S. in the large.
It’s (almost) amusing to see people blame Carter of all people for perceived troubles today when Bush and co. are ignoring any of the priorities that a great nation should be paying attention to (energy independence, health care, loss of the middle class, …) and ensuring that we will be in the bottom of the economic pile in the next 20 years due to their bankrupting of our nation through the trillions that will ultimately be spent on this so-called “war on terrorism” and the selling of our assets to the countries of the Far East.
There’s going to be a lot of nostalgia for the Carter years by the time the Bush Dynasty is through with us.

Go Gore!! I at least think that you are mostly honest and do care about America.
Look folks, no president is perfect…a few like Nixon are really bad and simply criminal; some are basically good people, but lack sack, like Carter; the seemingly-innocent, but somewhat brain-dead, Ford pardoned Nixon and thus kept to his secret deal so he could be vp & president; Reagan was a senile old man who was really dumb and had incredibly stupid policies, Pappa Bush, son of a Nazi sympathyzer, was controlled by “big oil” and Saudi princes, Clinton, a so-called liberal who brought in NAFTA and couldn’t keep his pecker out of a two-bit whore’s mouth, and finally, the most corrupt, criminal and stupid of them all, George Bush with his illegal pre-emptive war and hatred for American freedoms. I say cut off all their heads!! We need 100% public financing of elections. The people need to take back America from the corrupt politicians, lobbyists and their criminal backers, corporations. Viva la revolucíon!

Hmm, let’s see the Democratic field continues to bloody each other at the start of the nation’s longest campaign for president unwittingly engaging in a policy of mutual assured destruction. Then an untarnished white knight with universal name recognition and sky high approval ratings comes in and takes the trophy. Make sure to watch Al Gore at the Oscars on Sunday night…

Carter Pushing For Gore To Run

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President Carter needs to lie low and enjoy the rest fo his life. He tried to be a good President but it turned out to be a miserable 4 years. He’s done some good things since leaving office but recently has opened his mouth and said the wrong things. He needs to stay out of the political arena…his choices and decisions in politics are terrible! Al Gore, No way…I’d vote for Al Sharpton before I’d vote for Gore and trust me…I’d never vote for that idiot. VP Gore is a mean spirited man who has his own agenda for life and that is to appeal to people’s fears and tell them the world is going to burn up. The only way the world will burn up is if Jesus Christ himself makes it. Gore’s a loser!

There have been many worst presidents in History. What about Hoover for instance? or Dubya? or Buchanan? All Presidents in the last 150 years and all left/leaving a dreaful legacy. Lets just hope there is an FDR or a Lincoln somewhere, and as I see it only Gore or Obama come anywhere near it right now, of the possible candidates.

Gore is not appealing to people’s fears. He is actually trying to do something constructive to avert a potentially dire situation.
Every scientist in the world who studies this phenomenam is convinced that global warming is caused by us and it is a serious threat. They are actually trying to do something to help the world. It is so disheartening that right wingers continue to politicize a scientific issue.
Then again, people with this mind set probably still think the world is flat and only 6000 years old.
It is hard to believe that in a country like the United States, where educational opportunities abound, there is so much ignorance.
People who support Al Gore are idealogues?!!! Al Gore is mean spirited?
Go back to Fox news and Rush Limbaugh.
Frightening.

WHY AL GORE MUST RUN: As I had suspected, Gore had told Sen.Boxer not to sign the Black Caucus’ protest about the very suspicious Florida election for President. As Gore is the one to have taken that action, and then later as Boxer said in 2004 that it was not up to Gore back in 2000 it was up to the American voters. The entire state of Florida should have bowed out or re-voted. The USSC Dragged its backside and then put time as the main factor in helping thier “decision”. The entire thing was fishy and Gore is the one who decided it was better to realize that the GOP would have thier dittoheads making blood in the streets in order to pretend they had won. Gore also probably figured that Bush wouldn’t get much accomplished (remember Bush’s first six months).. about a lackluster squatter, and America would be in the mood to throw him out whereupon Gore could then run in ’04. Now, this “calculation” by Gore (or whatever it was that he did calculate, in making that decision to bow out to Boxer) was taken as a RISK that only Gore could shoulder as he was the one who had made that “decision” completely on his own. Ok, well when one takes risks, there are usually at least two possible outcomes from the action’s risk factor. The thing that turned out is that instead of Gore gaining his rightful place in history, where we would not have had a 9/11 (Gore ignore over 52 warnings ? …demote counter-terrorism office?

As someone who lived through Eisenhower to the present. “W” is far worse than Carter and Nixon combined! Carter besides being a former President is also an American, with a right to share his informed opinion – just as you have in this blog. Shame on you for not respecting the rights of all Americans!

It is very interesting to read the many comments on both sides but so sad to see the ignorance and the hateful tone of so many on both sides. It would be nice to have some comments based on fact instead of uninformed opinion. Nothing wrong with having an opinion, mind you, but when it is based on false information or on no basis whatsoever, it serves no purpose except maybe to make the one voicing it feel better.
President Carter the worst president ever? I think that would be hard to support but I did live through his presidency and I remember those times as being a very dark time for our country with a very pessimistic view dominating the national conscience. In my mind he is indeed the worst President in my lifetime and has done little to redeem himself since. A lot of the things he has been given credit for since leaving office turned out to have not accomplished what the were intended to so they can only be viewed as failures, no matter how good the intentions or the appearance of success on the front end.

“The past 6 years(wasted years) has been used by God to prepare Americans and the world to appreciate the personality of Al Gore and the need for him to be in the White House come Jan. 2008″
I couldn’t have said it any better. We need Mr. Gore in the WH if we are to assume the same global influence at times of unprecedented crisis that most of us donot seem to know the depth of.

Gore is the true president and should be finishing his second term. The neocons stole the presidency in 2000 and 2004. Bring back some order and respect to this country. We and the rest of the world have suffered due to Bush/Cheney’s corruption and greed. Please run President Gore. The world needs a leader and that leader is you Al. Al Gore for president in 2008!!!

Carter the worst President? Surely you jest, Bush Sr. committed treason trading US hostages for weapons with IRAN before he even took the office of VP makes him easily the worst. Treason trading US lives for votes. IRAN CONTRA=TREASON.

Jimmy Carter endorses Al Gore

From ABC News This Week.

Gore has to run in 2008!!, If he does not, the American people that wanted him to win before Bush took office would take that like a spit in the face!. Gore I think can repair the damage that Bush has done!. I have never in my life seen a worser president than Bush!. People are trying to get credit cards to live off of, more homeless people living on the street than I have ever seen in my entire life!, gas prices are sky high!, people I know that used to smoke a half a pack of Cigs a day is smoking 3 packs a day.. worrying about tommorow, mexican women are coming over here getting knocked up with 5 to 7 children, and we are supporting them. Bush has done nothing but hurt the American People in so many ways!, I can’t begin to tell you how many ways!. Yes.. Al Gore, we want you!, and we need you now! in office!!, so don’t think about it Al, there is no doubt, you will run! and you will WIN!!. Thanks!.

If we want to be representative of a good and decent country, deserving of respect, we must learn to respect. If we have earned our voice, then surely Mr. Carter has earned his. To say that a former President should not speak or be heard, especially telling him to “shut-up”, that he should have no voice, demonstrates many values that are essentially un-American and not deserving of respect. Mr Carter I bet, would indulge any one of you to speak and consider your views. That’s decency. Its respectable. After all, it was his speaking that created this forum for your voice. A leader alone is not enough to save a nation. It is a representative government. Embody the traits and values you want to see in the President, and serve as an example, also teaching your children- they may become Presidents.
I was no fan of the Carter presidency, but I’m wise enough to recognize a degree of greatness in his accomplishments, and to not confuse hindsight with brilliance, and I recognize a man’s perspective in the 1970′s would be much different than in each subsequent decade. …and denying a man freedom of speech probably is not going to protect the “American” ideas we all subscribe to… not really.

Carter is the best president we’ve had. God Bless him.

If a moderate Republican is nominated – which seems likely – Gore is the Democrats’ only chance. Firstly, there will eventually be a Hillary/Obama burn-out, as they are starting so early; Secondly, no matter what one’s party affiliation, Americans generally have a want to correct injustice and love revenge. Considering that we all witnessed just how the world can be negatively affected by the election of a president and that Gore was rooked in 2000, there would be a collective desire to right a wrong; Third, the ugly reality is that there’s enough of the electorate which still sees the President as a white male role. If Hillary were more Margaret Thatcher-like, then maybe this factor could be affected greatly, but a strong well-respected independent visionary, she is not unfortunately. Despite the fact that Obama is an attractive and charismatic canditate, in a world of terror, voters will err on the side of a more seasoned Julliani or Romney,further comforted that neither is at his core an conservative idealog. It’s been decades since a real moderate/liberal Republican made the nomination – And Americans embrace moderates. Again, this would make Hillary and Obama seem more fringe-like. Who would have predicted world events, but HISTORY HAS SET THIS UP FOR GORE, and he could easily swoop in and take the hearts of enough of the electorate to win the Presidency. The independents and swing voters, looking to the Democrats for change, but too leery to put their vote in Hillary or Obama would gravitate toward Gore. Run, Mr. Gore, Run!!! (Just hold off a bit and let the others burn out -oh, and lose a little weight.)

How there can be anyone out there who is stupid enough to ridicule environmentalists so amazes me that I can almost see how bush was elected.(almost) Let’s wake up and give peace a chance. If we don’t, the people who think we’re the “baddest nation on the planet” may discover there’s a place called China. Let the people who make the decision to go to war be on the front line, in the tradition of George Washington and Alexander the Great. You’ll see ol “W” become a peacenik in a hell of hurry.

For the record, I AM an environmentalist. If you people think Gore is smart then, you must all be really stoopid. They guy is a hypocrite on an astronomical scale. He buys carbon indulgences from his own company. What a loon.
By the way, when you get a minute, ask him why some of the other planets in our solar system are warming up.

President Carter is a true statesman and I value his opinion. He normalized relations with China and brokered the first peace between an Arab nation and Israel. No other president since he left office has done as much as he did with respect to the Middle East. And let’s not forget what the Carter Center has done since he left office. He has monitored elections throughout the world because he is viewed by interested parties as unbiased. He has wiped out deadly diseases in the developing world that kill and maim. Rather that spend his time playing golf and jumping out of airplanes, he has been a credit to the office of the presidency. His endorsement of Gore indicates to me that Gore combines the vision, the decency, the courage, and the humanitarianism to be a statesman. After the catastrophic presidency of Junior, the country and the world need a man of decency and courage to lead us.

Which former President Nobel Prize winner was in charge the last time the USA had gas lines and 12% unemployment and 14% inflation?

Jimmy Carter continues to be the biggest moron this country has to offer — and I am not even considering the (dis)honor of being a past President.
If Hitler were alive, Carter would undoubtedly meet with him to find out what are his “concerns” about the Jewish people.
Meeting with the exiled leader of Hamas is no different. Hamas has one, and only one goal: the destruction of Israel and the ethnic cleansing of all Jews. It is in their Charter. It is their reason for being.
The delusional Carter has a penchant for talking with not only Israel’s sworn enemies, but also America’s, and the only thing he accomplishes is more badmouthing of America and Israel and boosting their prestige in the eyes of our other enemies.
He should have been tried as a traitor a long time ago.