From The American Spectator:
Carter Fades Away
by Philip Klein
8/26/2008 3:09:57 AM
DENVER — Poof. Just like that, he was gone.With all the focus on Ted Kennedy and Michelle Obama’s speeches before a roused audience last night, little attention was given to Jimmy Carter, who also appeared on the stage at the Pepsi Center on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention. This was by design.
In the four years since the former Democratic president took the stage in Boston in 2004, 14 members of his Carter Center resigned in protest after he published a book comparing Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians to the treatment of blacks in South Africa under apartheid, and he’s met with top leaders of the terrorist group Hamas.
With Barack Obama already under scrutiny for his limited foreign policy experience, his willingness to engage with the leaders of hostile regimes, and his associations with leading critics of Israel (including former Carter National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski), Obama could ill afford to give Carter free rein to express his controversial views. }} more…
Also check out The Jimmy Carter Un-Presidential Library.
