Showing posts with label Jimmy Carter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jimmy Carter. Show all posts
Monday, July 23, 2018
Thursday, August 20, 2015
President Carter News Conference - Transparent and Honest - Vanishing Values in Politics
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While many people
disagreed with President Carter on his policies, even those opposed to him have
to admit he has been the greatest ex-president when it came to his continuing efforts
to save the world and the people in the world.
Jimmy Carter had no
interest in padding his pockets with $23 million in speaking fees and he used
his time working for peace, better health, honest elections, and better housing
for all people, not just his supporters.
People around the world
have benefited and will continue to benefit from the Carter Foundation and the
good it has brought to mankind. His
revelations at the news conference about his battle with cancer, was historic in
terms of transparency, something all subsequent presidents have largely
ignored, and full of hope.
The only time he did not
smile was when he addressed his unfinished agenda and mused that our relations
with Israel Middle East remains far from settled.
One of the highlights in
humor came when he said he received a well-wisher call from Secretary of State
John Kerry, someone he had not talked to in a long time.
We all wish him well in
his struggle and I hope those with political aspirations will heed his warning
that we have failed in foreign policy in crucial areas.
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Wednesday, July 02, 2014
Obama Beats Bush, Nixon and Carter as Worst Modern Day President since World War II
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POLL: Obama Worst Modern-Day President
TheQuinnipiac University survey
Asked about the 2012 presidential race, 45% of respondents said the country would be better off if the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, had won. Slightly less — 38% — said the country would be worse off under a President Romney.
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By Colin Campbell
AP
President Barack Obama is the worst president since World War II, according
to a plurality of voters in a new poll published Wednesday.The
"Over the span of 69 years of
American history and 12 presidencies, President Barack Obama finds himself with
President George W. Bush at the bottom of the popularity barrel," Tim
Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in a
statement.
Richard Nixon, whose presidency ended
in scandal, received only 13% of the vote and Jimmy Carter scored 8%. None of
the remaining eight presidents received more than 3%.
Asked about the 2012 presidential race, 45% of respondents said the country would be better off if the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, had won. Slightly less — 38% — said the country would be worse off under a President Romney.
"Would Mitt have been a better
fit?" Malloy asked. "More voters in hindsight say yes."
[MORE SPIN ON POLL!]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two years into President Barack Obama's
second term, more voters say they are dissatisfied with his administration's
handling of everything from the economy to foreign policy, giving him the worst
marks of any modern U.S.
president, a poll on Wednesday said.
In a survey of 1,446 registered voters, 33 percent said Obama was the worst president since World War Two, while 28 percent pointed to his predecessor, George W. Bush, as the worst, the poll byQuinnipiac University
(Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Bill Trott)
[EVEN MORE MEDIA SPIN]
Obama's Terrible Approval Numbers Are Terrible
When asked a question often discussed with dread at family Thanksgiving dinners, a plurality of voters — 33 percent — believe President Obama (or "Nobummer," amirite?) is the worst president since World War II. In second place on the same question was George W. Bush with 28 percent. These are the numbers you will read in several headlines today. The thing is, the "worst president since World War Two" results aren't really the worst numbers for the president in the Quinnipiac poll from which they're drawn.
Let's address the headlines
first. In the Quinnipiac poll, Obama finds himself among a handful of post-war
presidents who garner polarizing reactions from voters. Those presidents,
roughly, are Kennedy, Reagan, and the three most recent: Obama, Clinton, and
George W. Bush. When asked to choose the best post-war president, for
instance, Ronald Reagan snagged 35 percent of voters. But 18 percent
thought it was Kennedy. Clinton
took 18 percent of voters, and 8 percent think it's Obama, putting him in
fourth place. (George W. Bush, for what it's worth, had just 1 percent of
voters on this question).
If you look at the political breakdown by party of who is saying Obama is the worst, it falls strongly along party lines, with a little bit of help from independents: 63 percent of Republicans chose Obama, while 54 percent of Democrats said George W. Bush. Independents voted "for" both: 23 percent said George W. Bush was the worst, while 36 percent chose Obama. On a similar question directly comparing Bush and Obama, the expected partisan divide is even stronger:
Although the poll marked a slight uptick in his overall approval rating to 40 percent, the president didn't fare too well when respondents were asked to rate his performance on a bunch of crucial issues:
[MORE SPIN ON POLL!]
U.S.
poll: more voters see Obama as worst president in modern times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two years into President Barack Obama's
second term, more voters say they are dissatisfied with his administration's
handling of everything from the economy to foreign policy, giving him the worst
marks of any modern In a survey of 1,446 registered voters, 33 percent said Obama was the worst president since World War Two, while 28 percent pointed to his predecessor, George W. Bush, as the worst, the poll by
Voters were split over which of the two
most recent presidents has done a better job with 39 percent saying Obama has
been a better president than Bush and, 40 percent saying Obama is worse.
Most voters said Ronald Reagan, who
served two terms in the 1980s, was the best president since 1945, the survey
showed.
"Over the span of 69 years of
American history and 12 presidencies, President Barack Obama finds
himself with President George W. Bush at the bottom of the
popularity barrel," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of Quinnipiac University
While Obama's job approval rating has
inched higher to 40 percent, up from 38 percent in December, more voters gave
him largely negative marks in key areas: the economy, foreign policy,
healthcare and terrorism, according to the poll.
On the environment, 50 percent gave
Obama positive marks.
The telephone survey, taken June 24 to
June 30, had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.
(Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Bill Trott)
[EVEN MORE MEDIA SPIN]
Obama's Terrible Approval Numbers Are Terrible
By Abby Ohlheiser
14 hours ago
When asked a question often discussed with dread at family Thanksgiving dinners, a plurality of voters — 33 percent — believe President Obama (or "Nobummer," amirite?) is the worst president since World War II. In second place on the same question was George W. Bush with 28 percent. These are the numbers you will read in several headlines today. The thing is, the "worst president since World War Two" results aren't really the worst numbers for the president in the Quinnipiac poll from which they're drawn.
- Obama is the worst president in 70 years, says America The Week (RSS)
- Obama Worst President Since World War II: Poll The Fiscal Times
- U.S. poll: more voters see Obama as worst president in
modern times Reuters
- Obama's abysmal new poll numbers: Is his presidency 'over'?
The Week (RSS)
- Devastating New Poll Shows Americans Believe Obama Can No
Longer Lead the Country The Fiscal Times
If you look at the political breakdown by party of who is saying Obama is the worst, it falls strongly along party lines, with a little bit of help from independents: 63 percent of Republicans chose Obama, while 54 percent of Democrats said George W. Bush. Independents voted "for" both: 23 percent said George W. Bush was the worst, while 36 percent chose Obama. On a similar question directly comparing Bush and Obama, the expected partisan divide is even stronger:
Obama has been a better president than
George W. Bush, 39 percent of voters say, while 40 percent say he is worse. Men
say 43 - 36 percent that Obama is worse than Bush while women say 42 - 38
percent he is better. Obama is worse, Republicans say 79 - 7 percent and
independent voters say 41 - 31 percent. Democrats say 78 - 4 percent that he is
better.
So the core group of voters strongly
opposed to everything Obama does think he's a bad president, and the people who
voted for him have a more positive opinion of the job he's doing. That's not a
surprise.
Obama's Terrible Approval Numbers Are Terrible
Which brings us to the number that's
arguably the actual worst thing in the poll for Obama: "American voters say 54 - 44 percent that
the Obama Administration is not competent running the government." Politico's Mike Allen agreed, flagging that number as of
most concern to the White House this morning. This is the second recent poll to
give the president or his administration a bad rating on a
"competency" question: an earlier NBC/WSJ poll found that just half of Americans believe
Obama is a competent leader of the federal government.
Although the poll marked a slight uptick in his overall approval rating to 40 percent, the president didn't fare too well when respondents were asked to rate his performance on a bunch of crucial issues:
- Voters were 40 - 55 percent against
his handling of the economy;
- They also were negative on his
foreign policy, 37 - 57 percent. And on the related issue of terrorism? 44
- 51 percent.
- Same goes for healthcare: 40 - 58
percent against.
- He did better on the environment,
with 50 percent of voters approving and 40 percent against.
Then again, basically no one else in government right now
is doing so well in the polls, either.
This article was originally published
at http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/07/obamas-terrible-approval-numbers-are-terrible/373832/
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Carter Joins Left Wing Racist Apologists - Still Can't Accept 30 year old Defeat
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Jimmy Carter was the nice guy who never should have been president. To this day he still is clueless how a conservative named Ronald Reagan could have defeated him when he and all liberal Democrats, one might assume, are above politics.
Well Ronnie kicked him out because Carter was totally out of touch with Mainstream America where people still believe in Constitutions, where people still believe government should not spend what it does not have, and where government should only do what can't be done by people and states.
Yesterday Carter reminded us how he remains locked in a past when he claimed all the dissenters of President Obama are racists. Unfortunately Carter has just joined the cadre of liberal race-baiting personalities trying to explain away the opposition to Obama programs and policies.
When are people like Carter going to finally figure out that people oppose you because you are out of touch, you forget you were elected to serve all the people, and maybe you aren't qualified to be in the position you sought.
Most people aren't ready to be president, but most somehow adjust to the demands of the job and the need to serve all the people. If not they get thrown out. Carter's election closed the door on a horrible time in America when an unpopular war had been fought, a president had been disgraced and tossed out, and people were fed up with politicians.
Along comes a new face to national politics and people give him a try. It took little time to realize he was not qualified. We face the same circumstance again. It is too early to determine if Obama can overcome his lack of experience and his eagerness to please Goldman Sachs, the labor unions and the left wing of the liberals, whose goals are in constant conflict. He still has time to repair the damage.
But opposition to his policies has nothing to do with racism. Oh there are still elements of racism in America and they will remain until all races stop hating. However, civilization has long ago learned to adapt to subtle prejudice. Just ask the Jewish race.
Left wing liberals in America expected to throw out the capitalist system and take a fast track to big government, socialized programs and suppression of individual rights. They attempt this foolish idea every few decades and each time reality has knocked them across the side of the head and they wake up and move to the center or get thrown out.
They easily confuse political victory with policy empowerment and suddenly a bare seven percent margin of victory like Obama received becomes a "political mandate" for change. Nonsense. It just means the last guy was not popular. So you throw a radical new agenda at the people believing they will do what you demand because you are the voice of change, and the people decide maybe you aren't the right person for the job and slap down your agenda.
If you are smart you move to the center and the people's agenda like Bill Clinton. By the way Clinton also won his first presidential election by seven percent. He put forward an aggressive liberal agenda including comprehensive health care reform, was stopped by the public, moved to the center and thereafter enjoyed a reasonably good presidency. It was a lesson Carter never understood.
Carter's era might still harbor racist views but the newer generations put racism behind them long ago. If racism was dominant in America Obama would never have been elected. He was given a chance to show us how he could reform the mess in Washington and so far he has misunderstood what reforming the political process means.
Fix the problems, throw out the crooks, prosecute the violators and protect the people. We need systematic fixes, not a philosophical overhaul. If we wanted flaming liberals or flaming conservatives running the country we would have voted for revolution, not reform. America is not about the lunatic fringes but about finding the center and serving all the people. Most important, America is about individual freedom, Christian principles and equal justice for all.
When your policies threaten to block any of those principles guiding most Americans you will fail and it won't be from racism but from intellectual constipation on your part. There is time for all politicians to wake up but that time is running out.
Give us the reforms you promised. Fix the financial system. Put the crooks in jail that stole from the American public. Lower the deficit. Get us out of wars we cannot win. Stop trying to drive God out of government because government needs God more than ever. Stop campaign corruption. And most of all stop telling us what we need, just give us what we want.
Jimmy Carter was the nice guy who never should have been president. To this day he still is clueless how a conservative named Ronald Reagan could have defeated him when he and all liberal Democrats, one might assume, are above politics.
Well Ronnie kicked him out because Carter was totally out of touch with Mainstream America where people still believe in Constitutions, where people still believe government should not spend what it does not have, and where government should only do what can't be done by people and states.
Yesterday Carter reminded us how he remains locked in a past when he claimed all the dissenters of President Obama are racists. Unfortunately Carter has just joined the cadre of liberal race-baiting personalities trying to explain away the opposition to Obama programs and policies.
When are people like Carter going to finally figure out that people oppose you because you are out of touch, you forget you were elected to serve all the people, and maybe you aren't qualified to be in the position you sought.
Most people aren't ready to be president, but most somehow adjust to the demands of the job and the need to serve all the people. If not they get thrown out. Carter's election closed the door on a horrible time in America when an unpopular war had been fought, a president had been disgraced and tossed out, and people were fed up with politicians.
Along comes a new face to national politics and people give him a try. It took little time to realize he was not qualified. We face the same circumstance again. It is too early to determine if Obama can overcome his lack of experience and his eagerness to please Goldman Sachs, the labor unions and the left wing of the liberals, whose goals are in constant conflict. He still has time to repair the damage.
But opposition to his policies has nothing to do with racism. Oh there are still elements of racism in America and they will remain until all races stop hating. However, civilization has long ago learned to adapt to subtle prejudice. Just ask the Jewish race.
Left wing liberals in America expected to throw out the capitalist system and take a fast track to big government, socialized programs and suppression of individual rights. They attempt this foolish idea every few decades and each time reality has knocked them across the side of the head and they wake up and move to the center or get thrown out.
They easily confuse political victory with policy empowerment and suddenly a bare seven percent margin of victory like Obama received becomes a "political mandate" for change. Nonsense. It just means the last guy was not popular. So you throw a radical new agenda at the people believing they will do what you demand because you are the voice of change, and the people decide maybe you aren't the right person for the job and slap down your agenda.
If you are smart you move to the center and the people's agenda like Bill Clinton. By the way Clinton also won his first presidential election by seven percent. He put forward an aggressive liberal agenda including comprehensive health care reform, was stopped by the public, moved to the center and thereafter enjoyed a reasonably good presidency. It was a lesson Carter never understood.
Carter's era might still harbor racist views but the newer generations put racism behind them long ago. If racism was dominant in America Obama would never have been elected. He was given a chance to show us how he could reform the mess in Washington and so far he has misunderstood what reforming the political process means.
Fix the problems, throw out the crooks, prosecute the violators and protect the people. We need systematic fixes, not a philosophical overhaul. If we wanted flaming liberals or flaming conservatives running the country we would have voted for revolution, not reform. America is not about the lunatic fringes but about finding the center and serving all the people. Most important, America is about individual freedom, Christian principles and equal justice for all.
When your policies threaten to block any of those principles guiding most Americans you will fail and it won't be from racism but from intellectual constipation on your part. There is time for all politicians to wake up but that time is running out.
Give us the reforms you promised. Fix the financial system. Put the crooks in jail that stole from the American public. Lower the deficit. Get us out of wars we cannot win. Stop trying to drive God out of government because government needs God more than ever. Stop campaign corruption. And most of all stop telling us what we need, just give us what we want.
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