Via Atrios: Jimmy Carter on Lieberman, from his appearance tonite on LKL

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http://atrios.blogspot.com/2006_09_10_atrios_archive.html#115817996308447492

Jimmy Carter on Lieberman, excerpted from his interview with Larry King tonight:

He's been strongly in favor of the Iraqi war from the very beginning. He was one of the originators of the public statements that misled the American people into believing that the Iraqi war was justified. He's been an undeviating supporter of the war from the very beginning and still is. He's joined in with the Republican spokespersons by saying that Democrats who disagree are really supporting terrorism. So for all these reasons I've lost my confidence in Joe Lieberman and don't want to see him re-elected.

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1. I Love Jimmy Carter.

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2. This clip on CNN.

President Carter is calm, direct, and nailed Lieberman.

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3. Jimmy's got the Zell experience to inform him about this

He knows when someone wigs out. :thumbsup:

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4. Video link of Carter from crooksandliars.com

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/09/13/jimmy-carter-smacks-lieberman-liebermans-camp-calls-him-a-liar/

"He’s been strongly in favor of the Iraqi war from the very beginning. He was one of the originators of the public statements that misled the American people into believing that the Iraqi war was justified. He’s been an undeviating supporter of the war from the very beginning and still is. He’s joined in with the Republican spokespersons by saying that Democrats who disagree are really supporting terrorism. So for all these reasons I’ve lost my confidence in Joe Lieberman and don’t wish to see him re-elected.." - Jimmy Carter

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5. That's my President!

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6. Jimmy Carter just ROCKS.

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7. He's on King now. [nt]

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8. Transcript here

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0609/13/lkl.01.html

I told Mrs. Lasher, "Look at this, a President who can talk and everything!" How wonderful it would be to replace the knucklehead we have now with this great man!

He really blasted the Bush administration! I could hardly believe my ears. My personal favorite was this portion about Cheney:

KING: We're back with President Jimmy Carter. Your reaction to Vice President Cheney's assertion that the criticism of Iraq, the Iraq war, emboldens United States enemies and makes allies doubt American resolve.

CARTER: Well, the vice president unfortunately has been consistently very careless with the truth. He still maintains some preposterous comments and attitudes toward the origins of the Iraqi war, the circumstances in Iraq now and he's had a policy in my opinion of deliberately trying to mislead the American people by making untrue statements and there's no reason to give any credence to his ridiculous claims that you've just described.

KING: But why -- so you're questioning his motives? Do you think he doesn't really agree with what we're doing?

CARTER: I really don't know what his real policies or beliefs are but I do know that he's been most consistent since the very origin of the Iraqi war in deliberately misleading the American people by making false statements, statements that I'm sure he knew were not true.

And this is a very serious thing for a highly placed official in America to do and even now he still will not admit, for instance, that Saddam Hussein was not at least partially possible for the 9/11 attacks, when the president himself has said that's a false statement.

And to constantly say that anybody that criticizes any aspect of our misguided policies in Iraq are unpatriotic and imply our condoning of terrorist attacks is completely ridiculous and ought to be refuted forcefully by everybody.