Ever since the publication of Jimmy Carter's new book Palestine Peace Not Apartheid the right-wing hatemongering machine has been working overtime to smear this great liberal humanitarian. Unfortunately, some of the Democratic Party leadership and even some persons here at DKos have added their voices to this chorus of hate.
But when they do, they will find themselves in the company of the worst of the right-wing reactionaries and wingnuts, the most odious and loathesome creatures of the blogosphere, and the lowest layer of scum at the bottom of the barrel of neocon punditry.
We can begin with Michael Savage – you know, the same Michael Savage who has proclaimed that liberalism is a mental disorder. He attacked Carter and his book.
Savage's comments on Media Matters followed his criticism of Carter's appearance on the November 27 edition of ABC's Good Morning America in which Carter promoted his recently published book, Palestine Peace Not Apartheid (Simon & Schuster, November 2006). On Good Morning America, Carter said that "what is being done to the Palestinians under Israeli domination is really atrocious. It's a terrible affliction on these people." Savage said that Carter has been "fomenting anti-Semitism" with his recent remarks and that "the entire world will be turned against the Jews, because Jimmy Carter is a lying, anti-Semitic pig." Savage then added that Media Matters should "write that down. Make sure that Media Matters gets that correctly. That group of swine at Media Matters, who take me out of context. Make sure you don't take this one out of context: Jimmy Carter is an anti-American, anti-Semitic swine."
From the November 29 edition of Talk Radio Network's The Savage Nation:
SAVAGE: By what Jimmy Carter has been doing, he has basically [been] fomenting anti-Semitism. He is gonna turn the world against the Jews. The entire world will be turned against the Jews, because Jimmy Carter is a lying, anti-Semitic pig. Now, write that down. Make sure that Media Matters gets that correctly. That group of swine at Media Matters, who take me out of context. Make sure you don't take this one out of context: Jimmy Carter is an anti-American, anti-Semitic swine.
Radio talk-show pundit Lowell Ponte at the rightwing Front Page mag twists history to cast all the blame for every problem in the MidEast on Carter:
It is worth remembering, given Carter’s senescent leftism and the unremitting onslaught of criticism of Israel verging on anti-Semitism, that this man personally destroyed the structure of international security and peace that earlier Presidents of both parties had carefully built.
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Jimmy Carter, in other words, is responsible for the end of a modernizing pro-American government in Iran. In fact, as Michael Ledeen has noted, a pledge Carter made to the Ayatollah Khomeini not to intervene in Iran’s internal affairs continues to hamstring U.S. policy towards Iran today.
Because Iran’s fanatical rulers spawned, armed and funded the terrorist group Hezbollah, Jimmy Carter is responsible for the fighting and deaths today in Lebanon. Because Iran has funded and armed Hamas, Carter is largely responsible for the situation today in Gaza.
Jimmy Carter, more than any other single politician alive today, is therefore responsible for global Islamo-fascist terrorism. No wonder he is frantic to take attention away from his own culpability for all this bloodshed and horror by pointing fingers of blame, instead, at others such as Israel. .
He denigrates Carter's Nobel Prize, as well:
So the prize was intended not to honor Jimmy Carter so much as to insult and slap in the face the current American President George W. Bush for not following Carter’s policies of weakness, vacillation, and appeasement towards anti-American forces in the world.
Concerning the Carter Peace Prize and word that it was given to denigrate President George W. Bush’s pro-Israel, anti-Iraq policies, editorialized the otherwise-liberal New York Daily News, "Excuse us if we detect a whiff of anti-Semitism wafting from Oslo. It wouldn’t be the first time, Norwegian Nazis having happily collaborated with Hitler."
And then there are our friends the freepers – they have a great deal to say about Carter's work – none of it good. A few selected examples:
Jimmy Carter is a Fool
Real Clear Politics ^ | November 22, 2006 | daveinboca
Posted on 11/22/2006 4:38:33 PM PST by daveinboca
Carter hates Israel and American Jews for helping to organize his defeat in 1980, when John Anderson in the middle and Teddy Kennedy on the far left effectively pincered his candidacy enough to allow a Reagan win. Carter's diplomatic lurchings scared the friends of Israel enough to engineer this hapless feckless smiley-face into political oblivion.
To: daveinboca
Carter was a fool when he was in the White House and remains a fool today.
And that old fool just won't go away.
To: SIDENET
Carter is worse than a fool - he's evil.
To: Argus
even more damning-- he's a Democrat
To: daveinboca
Carte is a hard core anti- semite.
something that "Herbies" should remember.
This one manages to insult both Carter and Jews in the same post.
And here are our friends from Little Green Footballs – they don't like Carter's book, either.
zombie 11/23/2006 06:28PM PST
#2 Cognito anybody who is hated by the Left as much as he is certainly counts as someone I like.
#9 thedopefishlives 11/23/2006 06:31PM PST
I don’t know why Jimmy Carter, who is generally a careful man, allowed so many errors and omissions to blemish his book.
Uh, maybe because Dhimmi Carter is an Islamist shill?
#13 AG in Houston 11/23/2006 06:37PM PST
Exactly. Jimmy Carter doesn't like Jews, Alan Dershowitz.
Pat Buchanan is a turd awaiting a royal flush.
#14 easy 11/23/2006 06:41PM PST
The first comment pretty much sums up the thoughts feelings of the left,...
#15 TimK 11/23/2006 06:42PM PST
Jimmy made those errors because he is a moron.
Further his frame of reference is so different from normal people that his solutions resemble little that most of us could relate to.
He lost the 1980 election mostly because he did not have the balls to deal with the Iranians kidnapping our diplomats. He had over a year to deal with it any could not come up with a solution. Yet all Reagan had to do was threaton Iran with destruction and they gave up our people.
Jimmy is a fool that should not be listened to.
#18 Stop Hillary 11/23/2006 06:44PM PST
"I don’t know why Jimmy Carter, who is generally a careful man, allowed so many errors and omissions to blemish his book. "
Cut the crap Alan. You know why. Jimmy Carter is a self-absorbed evil man. He is bitter and spiteful for having been turned out of office after a pathetic and weak administration where he blamed every single citizen for his woes but himself. He hates Jews. He hates Americans and most of all, he hates individual liberties and freedom. That is why.
#23 .45ACP 11/23/2006 06:50PM PST
Carter is an ego-driven naif who somehow gets a lifetime pass while he independently travels the globe promoting the Carter Doctrine and crossing US policy.
When I see this clown, the mental image I get is an Iranian Imam holding up the charred foot of one of our military.
Waiting for this guy to die is excruciating- wonder if he'll get the crowd Reagan did...
#24 savage_nation 11/23/2006 06:50PM PST
#19 Macker
You know, the first thing I was thinking when I read the Dershowitz article was 'does this man have some type of radiation sickness when he was working on boomers?' Thanks for filling me in on that.
I've wondered that about Carter for a very long time...
And some additional commentary -- different source same hatemongering voice -- discussing the possibility of Carter being appointed to survey the damage in Gaza:
- Perfect Jew/Israel hater for the job Excellent choice.... ...None other than the man who presided over the election of Hamas and still believes in Arafat. The man Bill Clinton tried to outdo with Olso. Go Jimmy ...or I should say ...Why bother going , just write it up and save yourself the time. You're not getting younger. Result of Carter Report on War Crimes of the Jewish State: Israel was engaged in deliberate targeting of civilians. They are guilty of war crimes. End of report. malcolm (11.17.06)
- Carter Well, looks like we will be castrated again. Carter hates Israel as much as most European states do. Oh well, what can you do except ignore the dumb ass. jeremy , Upper Galilee (11.17.06)
- Carter Oh boy here it comes now, our usual international castration. Carter will be as objective as Jim Baker is when dealing with Israel. Carter's book says it all. No wonder the Arabs choose him. jeremy , Upper Galilee (11.17.06)
- Jimmy Carter LOL Here we go again, the Useless Nations appoints Jimmy Carter, a useless jerk to head a useless comission. We all know what Carter will say before he even starts. Jimmy Carter & the U.N. should be persona non grata in Israel. Avraham , Netivot (11.17.06)
- talk about having a pre-determined outcome... all his invvestigation will do is catch him up on the latest libelous propoganda circulating in gaza. i'll bet carter already has the report 95% ready. he just needs to go there and insert the allegations he's looking for and it will be complete. mike , israel (formerly usa (11.17.06)
- I have a a better idea Carter should recruit Ahmedinejad to investigate with him as sort of an East-West joint venture to promote relations between Iran and America. Talk about harmonious convergence, these two together could report, judge, and condemn Israel in a matter of hours. (11.17.06)
- CARTER Carter is nothing more than a Jew hating, failed president. Israel must ignore both Carter's finding and any U.N. sanctions, DSM , USA (11.17.06)
- Jimmy Carter himself is the main cause. Jimmy Carter has to appologize the free world for overthrowing Shah and bringing Khomeini and Islamic Revoloution in power in Tehran in 1979 . Afterwards he never opened his mouth to condem the many humanity crimes commited by that regim. He has a much bigger task than Gaza. First he has to answer to the world what happened to "Human Rights"in Iran after he put Khomeini into power? If it was not for Carter today the world was much a different place. Jacob Israel , NewYork, USA (11.17.06)
- Jimmy Carter hates Israel. I think Israel should ban him from entering the country. Elana , LA, USA (11.17.06)
- What about the missiles landing in Israel UN? Call the UN to defend the Palestinian popullation? While muslims indescriminately kill hundreds of infidels everyday, the UN wants to probe 18 deaths in Gazza. Are they serious? Isnt it Israel that is being attacked with missiles on a daily basis yet not a mention by the UN. Jimmy Carter is an anti - semite and should go rot in hell. Stuff the UN and its bogus representations. Jay , Israel (11.17.06)
- What an unbiased choice ..... Carter was one of America's worst presidents & has steadily drifted to the radical left since. Todays problem with Iran dates from his mistakes & cowardice during the Islamic revolution. He has been a constant critic of Israel. It's what we can expect from the UN - Terry , Eilat, Israel (11.17.06)
- Victims & killers known, UN must demand justice. Probe what? (11.17.06)
- Carter is a lifelong member of the evangelical church I thought the evangelicals want to convert all of the Jews and deceive them with messianic congregations? How can Carter be a member of the largest evangelical denomination in the USA that actively supports Israel but not himself be a Christian Zionist? According to past talkbacks, this doesn't fit with the conspiracy of the Christians. (11.17.06)
- What's this?! Whoring to the US hating UN Jimmy? The UN will do anything to create the IMAGE of US subjecting itself and cooperating with oil bribed and blinded UN. Carter's too senile for this! He's like 95 years old! USA (11.17.06)
- For ONCE, Israel, stop being such a sissy state ... and simply DECLINE any investigation of which Carter is a part. You can do it! JUST SAY NO. sk , USA (11.17.06)
- Jimmy Carter Worst ex-president EVER Jimmy Carter Worst President Ever, Worst Ex-President Ever and Heretical "christian" Dated but still Acurate - http://www.nationalreview.com/... Jimmy Carter, Pathetic, Vile & Venal Econ-Scott , Oakland, California (11.17.06)
- The UN doesn't need to collect evidence Carter and "fact-finding" don't go together. UN and evidence is an equally ludicrous pairing. Ilan , Ariel (11.17.06)
- Will Jimmy Head the Qassam Probe Too the thousands of rockets that killed and maimed? H , Jerusalem (11.17.06)
- How punny! Carter given carte blanche? Carter should be carted off !! Raoul , Netanya, Israel (11.17.06)
- The tallest chicken coop of the world is in NY. Ishak Haskiya , Roskilde-Denmark (11.17.06)
- Carter has already reached a conclusion Appointing Carter to head this commission is a joke...as is the commission itself. Why not just let him print the findings now since he already knows the outcome of his "investigation". SAD SAD SAD Bob , kiryat ata, Israel (11.17.06)
- Has-been, pathetic Carter bashes Israel to stay relevant. JW , NY (11.17.06)
Democrats are going to have to make a choice when it comes to US foreign policy concerning the MidEast: either they support the liberal values of peace, justice and human rights along with Jimmy Carter, or they can join their voices to the odious chorus of the right-wing noise machine in denouncing him. This is the company they will be keeping.