South African President's Failures On AIDS Nearly Drove Jimmy Carter To Manly Dudgeon, Fisticuffs
Hey, what's up with former President Jimmy Carter today? Pretty much the usual -- talking about punching out foreign leaders and crediting Harry S Truman for curing him of racism.
On the foreign-leader-smackdown front, Carter told the Johnannesburg Sunday Times that he was so angry with former South African president Thabo Mbeki's denial of the link between HIV and AIDS that
“The first time I came here to Cape Town I almost got in a fight with the president of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, because he was refusing to let AIDS be treated ... That’s the closest I’ve come to getting into a fist fight with a head of state.”
I spent a week hanging out with Jimmeh and Rosalynn a few years back- wonderful people. He had his issues as POTUS (though he was far better than the wingnuts will ever admit), but as an ex-POTUS he's been first class. Between his Habitat work and his Carter Center work he's raised millions and given countless hours for people in desperate need. No wonder the RWNJs hate him, he actually practices the Christianity they all hide behind.
I've seen some of his handiwork up close- he's pretty good at it.