On Saturday I noted how Washington Post staffer Laura Vozzella front-loaded her February 4 Metro-section front-pager with overheated rhetoric from liberal Democrats suggesting that voter ID bills pushed by Republicans were the second-coming of Jim Crow. As I wrote my critique, I wondered what sort of news editor would allow such extremely biased dreck to go to publication. Today's Washington Post editoria l blasting the voter ID bills may very well answer my question. In “How to discourage Virginia voters,” the Post editorial board today suggested that Del. Mark Cole's bill to make the state's voter ID law stricter is evidence of “institutional racism” in the Old Dominion. “Step one: Invent a problem. Step two: Draft a discriminatory solution,” snarked the subheadline to the Post editorial. “For decades Virginia has allowed residents who lack proof of identification or whose IDs have been lost or stolen to vote, provided they are listed in the voting rolls and sign sworn statements attesting to their identities. Now, in response to no known problem, Republicans are backing a change… that would allow such citizens to cast only provisional ballots, which would be counted only if their identities were subsequently verified with IDs,” the Post noted. Of course, such legislation is perfectly legitimate and constitutional , and many states have similar requirements regarding provisional balloting. But because a 2006 study shows that “11 percent of voting-age citizens nationally lack photo IDs” and that number is “significantly higher among African Americans (25 percent),” the Post editorial board groused that the “effect” of the legislation 'would be to disenfranchise voters who helped Democrats, including President Obama, get elected in Virginia.” The Post, of course, failed to note that even some Obama-supporting liberal Democrats like Jimmy Carter believe photo ID laws are an appropriate bulwark against voter fraud, perhaps all the better to service its conclusion that the Commonwealth of Virginia would prove it “had [not] outgrown its history of institutional racism” and therefore should not “be released from Justice Department oversight” under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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The other day on CNN Jimmy Carter accused Newt Gingrich has that “ subtlety of racism .” This isn’t a new argument for Jimmy Carter. He argued Rep. Joe Wilson’s charge that Obama was lying about illegal immigrants receiving health care under ObamaCare was motivated by racial animus: I think it’s based on racism…. “There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president.” But Jimmy Carter is one of the most racist politicians in the history of the modern South as Steve Hayward perceptively argues in The Real Jimmy Carter: How Our Worst Ex-President Undermines American Foreign Policy, Coddles Dictators and Created the Party of Clinton and Kerry . Jimmy Carter’s actions in his 1970 race for the Georgia governor. David Freddoso of Commentary Magazine explains in The Washington Examiner : Carter’s top campaign staffers were spotted distributing grainy photographs of Sanders arm-in-arm celebrating with two black men. Sanders was a part-owner of the Atlanta Hawks, and in the photograph he was celebrating a victory with two players who were pouring champagne over his head. Carter’s leaflet was intended to depress Sanders’s white vote. “The Carter campaign also produced a leaflet noting that Sanders had paid tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.” Carter criticized Sanders, a former governor, for preventing Alabama Gov. and notorious segregationist George Wallace from speaking on Georgia state property. “I don’t think it was right for Governor Sanders to try to please a group of ultra-liberals, particularly those in Washington, when it means stifling communication with another state,” said Carter. “‘I have no trouble pitching for Wallace votes and black votes at the same time,’ Carter told a reporter. Carter also said to another reporter, ‘I can win this election without a single black vote.’” Upon receiving the endorsement of former Democratic Gov. Lester Maddox, Carter responded by praising the life-long segregationist: “He has brought a standard of forthright expression and personal honesty to the governor’s office, and I hope to live up to his standard.” Maddox had not only refused to serve blacks in the restaurant he once owned, but he had also greeted civil rights protestors with a gun, and made sticks available to his white customers with which to intimidate them. Jimmy Carter is least credible person to sound the racist dog whistle.
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Jimmy Carter’s Not So ‘Subtle Racism’ Unexplored on CNN with Piers Morgan
The other day on CNN Jimmy Carter accused Newt Gingrich has that “ subtlety of racism .” This isn’t a new argument for Jimmy Carter. He argued Rep. Joe Wilson’s charge that Obama was lying about illegal immigrants receiving health care under ObamaCare was motivated by racial animus: I think it’s based on racism…. “There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president.” But Jimmy Carter is one of the most racist politicians in the history of the modern South as Steve Hayward perceptively argues in The Real Jimmy Carter: How Our Worst Ex-President Undermines American Foreign Policy, Coddles Dictators and Created the Party of Clinton and Kerry . Jimmy Carter’s actions in his 1970 race for the Georgia governor. David Freddoso of Commentary Magazine explains in The Washington Examiner : Carter’s top campaign staffers were spotted distributing grainy photographs of Sanders arm-in-arm celebrating with two black men. Sanders was a part-owner of the Atlanta Hawks, and in the photograph he was celebrating a victory with two players who were pouring champagne over his head. Carter’s leaflet was intended to depress Sanders’s white vote. “The Carter campaign also produced a leaflet noting that Sanders had paid tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.” Carter criticized Sanders, a former governor, for preventing Alabama Gov. and notorious segregationist George Wallace from speaking on Georgia state property. “I don’t think it was right for Governor Sanders to try to please a group of ultra-liberals, particularly those in Washington, when it means stifling communication with another state,” said Carter. “‘I have no trouble pitching for Wallace votes and black votes at the same time,’ Carter told a reporter. Carter also said to another reporter, ‘I can win this election without a single black vote.’” Upon receiving the endorsement of former Democratic Gov. Lester Maddox, Carter responded by praising the life-long segregationist: “He has brought a standard of forthright expression and personal honesty to the governor’s office, and I hope to live up to his standard.” Maddox had not only refused to serve blacks in the restaurant he once owned, but he had also greeted civil rights protestors with a gun, and made sticks available to his white customers with which to intimidate them. Jimmy Carter is least credible person to sound the racist dog whistle.
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Recently on Morning Joe it was Jon Meacham suggesting that Barack Obama doesn't particularly like people and was in the wrong line of work . Today it was Tina Brown's turn, opining that PBO doesn't dig his gig.
Wouldn't it have been wonderful if while Ronald Reagan was President the media gushed and fawned over him the way they do now? On this weekend's syndicated “Chris Matthews Show,” the host actually spent half the program discussing with his guests why Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is no Reagan (video follows with transcript and commentary): CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: First up, with the sudden rise of Rick Perry, lots of talk about whether he could actually win the White House. Is he the underestimated conservative who could be elected like Ronald Reagan was in 1980? Polls show Republican voters are convinced Perry could repeat Reagan’s defeat of a weakened Democratic president. But there's some smart analysis out there that says no. It points to these differences between Perry and Ronald Reagan. First, Reagan was very well known nationally, even famous. Perry's virtually unknown. Reagan was super conservative, but on the national stage, he was not seen as divisive the way Perry is. And Reagan was smooth. He was ideological, but also affable. Look how he handled this famous jab from Jimmy Carter. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER: Governor Reagan as a matter of fact began his political career campaigning around this nation against Medicare. FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RONALD REAGAN: There you go again. (END VIDEO CLIP) MATTHEWS: Wow. Well, Perry’s more sharp-elbowed, more spoiling for a fight. And in his interview with Time magazine this week, he bragged about it: (BEGIN AUDIO CLIP) TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY: There may be someone who is an established Republican who circulates in a cocktail circuit that would find some of my rhetoric to be inflammatory. And I think the American citizens are just tired of all of this political correctness and politicians who are tiptoeing around important issues. They want a decisive leader. (END AUDIO CLIP) MATTHEWS: Mike Duffy, there he is on the cover of your magazine, that great interview, but he, is he right? Do they want a leader enough to put up with a real soddy buster [sic] cowboy who has a rough edge? I think Matthews meant “sodbuster.” Regardless of the faux pas, he and his guests spent the next eight minutes discussing Perry’s shortcomings and why he isn’t like Reagan. Next came “The Matthews Meter” to really drive the point home: MATTHEWS: Let’s go to the meter right now about the question we’ve been asking twelve of our regulars including Katty and Kelly: Is Rick Perry like Ronald Reagan in 1980? Is he the underestimated conservative who could win the White House? Well, the meter says he's not. Eleven say no way. Just one person said yes. All of you including, eleven of you including Kelly, you're first, and then Katty, say this guy is not one of these underestimated. He's properly estimated, and he's not really up to the job of beating Obama you’re suggesting. KELLY O’DONNELL, NBC: Well, I think that especially when you're talking about Reagan comparisons, that's a big set of shoes to fill. And so I think it's a little early there, and I think for the reasons we’ve talked about. Reagan had a milder public tone… MATTHEWS: Easier to take. O’DONNELL: Easier to take. So in their view, Reagan was “easier to take” in 1980 than Perry is today. Of course, that’s not what media said about Reagan 31 years ago. Back then he was depicted as just as divisive as Perry is today. But as always happens with liberal press members, hatred for Republicans starts waning the minute they get out of office and turns almost to adoration after their funeral. Proving the rule, Matthews ended this lengthy segment with some very flattering video clips of Reagan to really drive home the point about what a wonderful guy he really was. In case you hadn't gotten it yet, Perry is no Reagan. To be sure, I am by no means saying Perry is Reagan’s equal. The point here is media members that utterly despised our 40th President when he was campaigning and during his two terms are now speaking glowingly about him in order to diminish current Republican candidates as not being qualified for the job. Yet this was exactly what they said about Reagan in 1980: he was just a former actor that, yes, had governed California, but was by no means competent enough to be Commander-in-Chief. Now he's the model nobody on the right can live up to. If only they had so adored Reagan when he was President.
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Oh, Lord, it should be easy for him to be humble. Guess which former President is Jimmy Carter’s favorite? Three guesses: Former President Jimmy Carter isn’t letting modesty stand in the way of his assessment of his post-presidential life. “I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents,” Mr. Carter said in an interview with NBC News. Apparently, even Read this post
Oh, Lord, it should be easy for him to be humble. Guess which former President is Jimmy Carter’s favorite? Three guesses: Former President Jimmy Carter isn’t letting modesty stand in the way of his assessment of his post-presidential life. “I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents,” Mr. Carter said in an interview with NBC News. Apparently, even Read this post
“HELL no!!!” It seems the “useful idiot” assessment is no longer a partisan thing. Former President Jimmy Carter and former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari were hoping to visit the State Department this week to brief officials on their recent trip to North Korea, but nobody at the State Department was available to meet with them… It’s no Read this post
“Thank God for Jimmy Carter. He takes on the tough ones.” That's how “On Faith” moderator Sally Quinn ended her April 26 post “Does God hate women?” Quinn insisted that it was “a question that never occurred to me until I began to study religion” and that the 39th president of the United States had a role in her examining the topic: Recently Jimmy Carter spoke on the subject at a religious conference. “The discrimination against women on a global basis,” he said,” is very often attributable to the declaration by religious leaders in Christianity, Islam and other religions, that women are inferior in the eyes of God.”
