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Nobel Commitee: Obama Wins "Most Likely to Succeed"

As I contemplate this award to Obama based on a nomination made about a week and a half into his presidency, I can already hear the media chorus of “unpatriotic” and “opposing Obama at all costs in all regards.”   From my perspective, it’s hard to ignore the fact that the last American president to win [...]

Jimmy Carter Defends the Sanctity of the Presidency? It’s Because He’s Black, Right?

I’m not going to even get into the whole race issue – I think that Jimmy Carter reading race into Joe Wilson’s “Liar!” outburst over Obamacare and illegals aliens says more about Jimmy Carter than it does about Joe Wilson. 
But for Carter to claim now that the office of the president should be treated with [...]

Jimmy Carter: Into the Flood Again

I’m old enough to remember Jimmy Carter’s presidency.  I know why he was a one term president, though you might never surmise it, given the media’s molding of him into an elder statesman.  Partially because as a super-duper delegate, there’s hope in some quarters that he might have the juice to get the Hillary Clinton campaign to [...]

Jimmy Carter to Meet With Hamas Leader

CBS news is reporting that Hamas is saying that Jimmy Carter took the initiative to arrange the meeting.
Former President Carter will meet the exiled leader of the militant Palestinian group Hamas during a visit to Syria next week, a senior Hamas official said Thursday. The Atlanta-based Carter Center did not confirm the meeting.
The senior Hamas [...]