Jimmy Carter: Rep. Wilson Comments 'Based on Racism' (Yes, He's a Moron)

Don't you care what one of the worst Presidents in history thinks?
From Yahoo:

ATLANTA – Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst to President Barack Obama during a speech to Congress last week was an act "based on racism" and rooted in fears of a black president.

"I think it's based on racism," Carter said at a town hall held at his presidential center in Atlanta. "There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president."

The Georgia Democrat said the outburst was a part of a disturbing trend directed at the president that has included demonstrators equating Obama to Nazi leaders.

"Those kind of things are not just casual outcomes of a sincere debate on whether we should have a national program on health care," he said. "It's deeper than that."

Wilson, a South Carolina Republican, was formally rebuked Tuesday in a House vote for shouting "You lie!" during Obama's speech to Congress last Wednesday.

The shout came after the president commented that illegal aliens would be ineligible for federal subsidies to buy health insurance. Republicans expressed their disbelief with sounds of disapproval, punctuated by Wilson's outburst.

Tuesday's rebuke was a rare resolution of disapproval pushed through by Democrats who insisted that Wilson had violated basic rules of decorum and civility. Republicans characterized the measure as a witch hunt and Wilson, who had already apologized to Obama, insisted he owed the House no apology.

Wilson's spokesman was not immediately available for comment, but his eldest son defended his father.

"There is not a racist bone in my dad's body," said Alan Wilson, an Iraq veteran who is running for state attorney general. "He doesn't even laugh at distasteful jokes. I won't comment on former President Carter, because I don't know President Carter. But I know my dad, and it's just not in him."

"It's unfortunate people make that jump. People can disagree — and inappropriately disagree — on issues of substance, but when they make the jump to race it's absolutely ludicrous. My brothers and I were raised by our parents to respect everyone regardless of background or race."

South Carolina's former Democratic Party chairman said that he doesn't believe Wilson was motivated by racism, but said the outburst encouraged racist views.

"I think Joe's conduct was asinine, but I think it would be asinine no matter what the color of the president," said Dick Harpootlian, who has known Wilson for decades. "I don't think Joe's outburst was caused by President Obama being African-American. I think it was caused by no filter being between his brain and his mouth."

Harpootlian said he received scores of racial e-mails from outside South Carolina after he talked about the vote on Fox News.

"You have a bunch of folks out there looking for some comfort in their racial issues. They have a problem with an African-American president," he said. "But was he motivated by that? I don't think so. I respectfully disagree with President Carter, though it gives validity to racism."

Carter called Wilson's comment "dastardly" and an aftershock of racist views that have permeated American politics for decades.

"The president is not only the head of government, he is the head of state," he said. "And no matter who he is or how much we disagree with his policies, the president should be treated with respect."

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The Jumping in Pools List of the Ten Worst Presidents

Sorry, Barack Obama isn't on this list (yet).

10. John Tyler- Almost had impeachment hearings against him.
9. Zachary Taylor- Died after just over a year in office, he was not astute of what one might call "politics."
8. Ulysses S. Grant- A Presidency filled with scandals hurt his view with the voters as a politician, but not a general.

7. Warren G. Harding- Like Grant, his Presidency gives political scandals a bad name.
6. William Henry Harrison- Died within a month of becoming President.
5. Jimmy Carter- Utterly weak in foreign affairs and the economy, his Presidency was described widely as a "malaise."
4. Richard Milhous Nixon- The first and only President to resign; did so because of the Watergate Scandal.
3. Andrew Johnson- First President to be impeached, something which he avoided in the end by just one vote. Also took his Vice Presidential oath of office drunk.
2. Herbert Hoover- Not to be blamed for causing the Great Depression, but he is to be blamed for doing nothing about it.
1. James Buchanan- Practically let the Civil War happen by trying to play both sides of the fence on slavery.

UN Begs Israel to Stop Killing Terrorists

Gaza Strip, Palestine- In what U.N. negotiators are calling a “great tragedy,” Israel warplanes killed Said Seyam in a bombing run on Thursday. “Mr. Seyam’s death is just another name in a long list of good, God-fearing people killed by the war-mongering Jews,” said Jimmy Carter. “His attempts to quell Jewish aggression by murdering innocents will be sorely missed,” Carter continued.

With the death of Seyam, UN officials, along with actors across Hollywood, renewed their calls to stop the Jewish incursion into the Gaza Strip. “When a country like Israel invades the peaceful Gaza Strip just because Hamas is firing rockets into Israel in hopes of killing Jewish orphans, something is wrong,” cried Sean Penn. “I went to Iraq, you know,” he later added.

Sadly, it seems that no end of war is in sight. With Israel on the march and less Jewish civilians dying, it shows that there is no winners in war. “Tonight I will go to sleep, tears in my eyes, praying to God to spare innocent terrorists,” said Alec Baldwin. “I can only hope the Jews get what they deserve.” -AP

Jimmy Carter Strikes Again

Former President Jimmy Carter has taken a stand speaking against the Israeli war effort to defend themselves. He even wrote a column in the Washington Post. A little excerpt:

We knew that the 1.5 million inhabitants of Gaza were being starved, as the U.N. special rapporteur on the right to food had found that acute malnutrition in Gaza was on the same scale as in the poorest nations in the southern Sahara, with more than half of all Palestinian families eating only one meal a day.

Palestinian leaders from Gaza were noncommittal on all issues, claiming that rockets were the only way to respond to their imprisonment and to dramatize their humanitarian plight. The top Hamas leaders in Damascus, however, agreed to consider a cease-fire in Gaza only, provided Israel would not attack Gaza and would permit normal humanitarian supplies to be delivered to Palestinian citizens.

After extended discussions with those from Gaza, these Hamas leaders also agreed to accept any peace agreement that might be negotiated between the Israelis and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who also heads the PLO, provided it was approved by a majority vote of Palestinians in a referendum or by an elected unity government.

I believe that the former President may just be a little wrong on all of these issues. It appears that he's far too willing to forgive Hamas and not give the benefit of the doubt to Israel, a multi-party democracy.

Too bad.