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
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.
“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.”
If you're going to get into a fist fight with a head of state, this is as good of a reason as I've ever seen.
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.
Isn't that the one where Clint dove in front of him and took the carrot?
“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.”
If you're going to get into a fist fight with a head of state, this is as good of a reason as I've ever seen.