Is this a question that shouldn't be asked? Where is Jimmy Carter?

[Stuart G]

A humanitarian President, who helps build houses for people, and helped eradicate disease in Africa. So, where is he? and why isn't he here? Don't know, please help answer?

[gatorboy]

1. You mean at the convention?

I thought he was there the first night. :shrug:

[Stuart G]

3. I didn't see or hear about him...

But I haven't followed this that closely. I am with you...:shrug:

[malaise]

14. He was and there was a lovely video presentation of his

work in NOLA. Both Jimmy and Rosalynn were introduced at the end. Truthfully, I thought he was going to speak as well but either he didn't or they didn't carry it.

Lots of pix here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rklau/2799417950/

[gatorboy]

15. Maybe it wasn't carried.

On other sites it's suggested that he spoke but I haven't seen a feed of it anywhere.

[fasttense]

2. Yeah, he was there the first day.

I saw him in an interview. But he said he had to be someplace else and left.

[Stuart G]

4. Why?

[polichick]

5. I guess he isn't speaking, but one of the networks showed him with...

...Michelle Obama last night ~ she gave him such a warm hug!

[Stinky The Clown]

6. He was in the audience last night

He is quite in evidence.

[Stuart G]

9. Thanks...I think a person that tries to help others who is a ...

Past President should have a greater role, if he is healthy..

[Richardo]

7. He was there last night - sitting a few seats away from Bill

:shrug:

[maddezmom]

8. he is there

here is an interview he did...might answer some of your questions. :hi:

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/08/26/carter_jimmy_convention.html

[Stuart G]

10. Thank you for the link....appreciate it..

[Stuart G]

13. What a class act..here is a comment from the above interview..

Carter: “Yes, yes. … Michelle spoke last night, Barack is going to speak Thursday night and the other two nights are the Clintons. So I didn’t want to intrude. So, what I did was tell David Axelrod, who was in charge, just to let me do whatever I could to be helpful. I didn’t need to get on the stage and make as speech.”


How many politicians would say this...perhaps his last convention..(he isn't exactly young you know..)...a true class person...

[Brotherjohn]

11. I think he did speak. And I caught the tail end of an interview with him on CNN this AM.

But from the press coverage, you'd never knew he spoke (wasn't he president or something? :sarcasm: #%$*&#!).

Two thing's I've noticed about the convention coverage:

1) They'll show one or two speeches at the end of the day, ignore the rest, and fill the other 23 hours with pundits talking out of their a**.

2) The talking they're doing is mostly "It's all about the Clintons!!" (how would you know there was anything more since that's all they talk about?)

[mucifer]

12. There Both nights. What's the issue?

They had a nice film about him they showed. I would have loved a speech about what bush did to Carter's FEMA. But, that didn't happen.

[JerseygirlCT]

16. He's there. Saw him meeting Michelle's mom last night

He was on stage on Monday night, too.

[undeterred]

17. I saw him interviewed Monday night.

I've been watching PBS and I couldn't tell what was live and what wasn't but I assumed he was at the convention. The thing is- there are an awful lot of people there and its pretty tough to fit everyone in to a keynote speech. I am really glad Ted Kennedy got on. That was probably the highlight of the week for me.

[tannybogus]

18. At one point, I think he was scheduled to speak on Monday.

I don't know what happened. They played the video and had him walk across the stage.
?????:shrug:

[Freddie Stubbs]

19. He will be speaking, but not about Iseael or foreign policy

Carter to speak at Dems' convention

Published: 08/21/2008

Jimmy Carter will speak at the Democratic National Convention, but he won’t discuss Israel or foreign policy.

The former president will be in Denver and be recognized before a video is shown of his speech in New Orleans, presumptive nominee Barack Obama's convention spokeswoman, Jenny Backus, told JTA.

The Republican Jewish Coalition has called for Carter's removal from the schedule because of his “troubling anti-Israel bias.”

Carter also spoke at the 2004 convention, but that was before he upset many in the Jewish community in 2006 with the publication of his controversial book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," and his subsequent claims that pro-Israel activists were trying to silence him and any efforts to debate U.S. support for the Jewish state.

more: http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/110031.html