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Jimmy Carter's message to Ted Cruz and his Tea Party allies: (Original Post) Playinghardball Mar 2015 OP
hammer meet nail onethatcares Mar 2015 #1
Nail Zimmerman billhicks76 Mar 2015 #25
Truly a good man. kacekwl Mar 2015 #2
His message pretty much says it all Jon82 Mar 2015 #3
Absolutely! brer cat Mar 2015 #4
He's right. They're just HYPOCRITES !! They care more about hoarding money than helping the poor. YOHABLO Mar 2015 #5
Amen! AngryOldDem Mar 2015 #6
K&R! marym625 Mar 2015 #7
Drop the mic Mr. President! SCVDem Mar 2015 #8
That should leave a nasty mark. hifiguy Mar 2015 #9
Best President of my lifetime. blackspade Mar 2015 #10
Give 'em HELL, Mr. President!!! calimary Mar 2015 #11
Jimmy bein 100, love it. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2015 #12
^^truth^^ irisblue Mar 2015 #22
Ben Franklin, referring to private hospital funding, said Android3.14 Mar 2015 #13
It was a little different. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #18
Good catch. Corrected. Android3.14 Mar 2015 #23
k n r cui bono Mar 2015 #14
John Fugelsang, not Jimmy Carter, said that. Snopes link. jobycom Mar 2015 #15
Has been said for centuries by various folks, humans keep on fighting the same old battles.... Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #17
kr ND-Dem Mar 2015 #16
Genuine Jimmy WillTwain Mar 2015 #19
Beautiful=truth. Bless you College educated man with much science. midnight Mar 2015 #20
More The Jungle 1 Mar 2015 #21
,,, Cryptoad Mar 2015 #24
Great message, not a real carter quote. alp227 Mar 2015 #26
I am amazed that more Christians do not call these folks out. I find it ironic that the same still_one Mar 2015 #27
oh President Carter how wonderful it is that you are still with us.... tartan2 Mar 2015 #28
K & R Thespian2 Mar 2015 #29
Article about Jimmy Carter in Popular Science this month Midnight Writer Mar 2015 #41
President Carter is absolutely right. jwirr Mar 2015 #30
When Jimmy Carter passes I will grieve for a week with a poster of him in my front window in this ALBliberal Mar 2015 #31
I knew America was done when we picked raygun over this fine man SoLeftIAmRight Mar 2015 #32
Mic Drop lobodons Mar 2015 #33
Damned right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2015 #34
A great quote from a great human being. PatrickforO Mar 2015 #35
Love Jimmy Carter!!!!! burrowowl Mar 2015 #36
Exactly! Kick N/T nirvana555 Mar 2015 #37
Wow, that is powerful!! Major Hogwash Mar 2015 #38
God bless Jimmy Carter spanone Mar 2015 #39
If there's one thing R's are masters at, it's Jamaal510 Mar 2015 #40
Which Jesus is the REAL one? nikto Mar 2015 #42
Where's George Carlin when you need him? mimi85 Mar 2015 #47
Brilliant.. thank you, Jimmy Carter! mahalo Play.. Right to the heart of the matter.. Cha Mar 2015 #43
The Jesus they worship wears, and is, a brown shirt. n/t jtuck004 Mar 2015 #44
They also think he's a Caucasian with blue eyes. LW1977 Mar 2015 #55
Jimmy Carter is one of the best men to hold the office of President Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #45
Did anyone read the thread? mimi85 Mar 2015 #46
K&R! This post has hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Mar 2015 #48
This is a true statement. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #49
I Love This Man kpete Mar 2015 #50
K&R! eom BlueCaliDem Mar 2015 #51
This applies to many Republicans in Congress riversedge Mar 2015 #52
Winner winner chicken dinner!!!! Initech Mar 2015 #53
K&R LW1977 Mar 2015 #54
Perfect dpatbrown Mar 2015 #56
I'm so glad he outlived Raygun..... wolfie001 Mar 2015 #57
K&R Michigan-Arizona Mar 2015 #58
Amen, Jimmy, Amen. treestar Mar 2015 #59
 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
25. Nail Zimmerman
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 09:12 PM
Mar 2015

Even Zimmerman is hiding behind and desecrating religion by claiming he represents God now. I guess these assholes down to the lowest on the totem realize how gullible the American Public is now. Any murderous, wife beating thug can claim God is on his side as long as he is White. I wonder when someone is going to make an example out of a guy like Zimmerman.

Jon82

(92 posts)
3. His message pretty much says it all
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:04 PM
Mar 2015

Many of them are liars, will say anything for a vote, and really only care about those donating obscene amounts to them. Not very Christian like.

 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
5. He's right. They're just HYPOCRITES !! They care more about hoarding money than helping the poor.
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:10 PM
Mar 2015

Ted Cruz is nothing but a charlatan. Just like all the other holy rollers.

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
8. Drop the mic Mr. President!
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:38 PM
Mar 2015

That's a walk off for sure.

Anyone think Ted will debate religion with Brother James?

Let the smiting begin.

calimary

(80,700 posts)
11. Give 'em HELL, Mr. President!!!
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:42 PM
Mar 2015

Never did understand why he's so reviled. He's got more godliness in a single strand of his hair than there are in all the combined congregations following that crackpot ted cruz's crackpot "preacher" dad.

 

Android3.14

(5,402 posts)
13. Ben Franklin, referring to private hospital funding, said
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:46 PM
Mar 2015

"That won't work, it will never be enough, good health care costs a lot of money, remembering 'the distant parts of this province' in which 'assistance cannot be procured, but at an expense that neither [the sick-poor] nor their townships can afford.' … '[This] seems essential to the true spirit of Christianity, and should be extended to all in general, whether deserving or undeserving, as far as our power reaches.'"
- Ben Franklin (One of my heroes)

These bastards, squawking against public healthcare and for Christian values and how they are just following the intent of the Founding Fathers are so full of shit.

 

ND-Dem

(4,571 posts)
18. It was a little different.
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 08:07 PM
Mar 2015

From "Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital, from its First Rise..."

"The increase of poor diseased foreigners and others, settled in the distant parts of this province, where regular advice and assistance cannot be procured, but at an expense that neither they nor their township can afford, has wakened the attention of sundry humane and well disposed minds, to procure some more certain, effectual and easy methods for their relief....a law was passed without one dissenting voice, giving two thousand pounds for building and furnishing a provincial hospital, on condition that two thousand pounds more should be raised by private donations, to be put out at interest as part of a perpetual fund for supporting it; and the contributors were made a body corporate...."

https://books.google.com/books?id=YYo8AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=%27the+distant+parts+of+this+province%27+in+which+%27assistance+cannot+be+procured,+but+at+an+expense+that+neither+nor+their+townships+can+afford.%27&source=bl&ots=MgnZEh-fPF&sig=7GTi6jjVwPFKpHyl3P1_GXhxnxw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lUsTVaKTIMXvoATv9YGICQ&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q='the%20distant%20parts%20of%20this%20province'%20in%20which%20'assistance%20cannot%20be%20procured%2C%20but%20at%20an%20expense%20that%20neither%20nor%20their%20townships%20can%20afford.'&f=false

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
17. Has been said for centuries by various folks, humans keep on fighting the same old battles....
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 08:04 PM
Mar 2015

until The Gods have had enough, I suppose, of the witnessing the same old theater.

Bears repeating in any word iteration and by as many voices as possible, because it is irrefutable.

 

WillTwain

(1,489 posts)
19. Genuine Jimmy
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 08:12 PM
Mar 2015

Carter makes many of the worst president lists and Reagan makes many of the best lists. That is all you need to know about the mess that is modern America.

midnight

(26,624 posts)
20. Beautiful=truth. Bless you College educated man with much science.
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 08:33 PM
Mar 2015

Now this is what an educated response looks like...

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
21. More
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 08:44 PM
Mar 2015

Someone with some power is finally saying it out loud!

We all need to say it out loud.

Christ did not ask us to help the poor.
He demanded we help the poor.
Also he said nothing about judging the poor first.
He did teach us who would do the judging, and it ain't us.

still_one

(91,965 posts)
27. I am amazed that more Christians do not call these folks out. I find it ironic that the same
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 09:21 PM
Mar 2015

supporters of these tea party buffoons, are quick to criticize Muslims for not speaking out vocally when violent acts are committed in the name of Islam, however, the silence is deafening when republicans who characterize themselves as "christian", push legislation which harms the poor and less fortunate

You can't have it both ways

tartan2

(314 posts)
28. oh President Carter how wonderful it is that you are still with us....
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 09:53 PM
Mar 2015

I always enjoy your thoughts that are rich with grace and wisdom. Thank you for sharing them with us.

Midnight Writer

(21,548 posts)
41. Article about Jimmy Carter in Popular Science this month
Thu Mar 26, 2015, 02:45 AM
Mar 2015

His Carter Center has nearly eliminated the guinea worm, a truly nasty parasite that enters the body as a fluke in the drinking water and emerges (either through a bodily orifice or by digging its own tunnel) as a 3 foot long worm. When he started, there were 3.5 million known cases. Today it is less than 200. It will be the second human disease in history to be expunged (following smallpox).

He is now working on river blindness, which has 25 million victims. He has already removed it from Central and South America and is now working in Africa.

Along with Habitat for Humanity and other charities, he is using his name and status to HELP PEOPLE. Name one Christian Republican with Carter's record of accomplishment.

Please. I truly hope you can.

ALBliberal

(2,304 posts)
31. When Jimmy Carter passes I will grieve for a week with a poster of him in my front window in this
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 11:10 PM
Mar 2015

Upscale republican Albuquerque neighborhood. Like I did when George Harrison passed. It's how I will mark time for grieving and impart the importance to my kids of the amazing patriot, statesman, intelligent and loving, christian person that is President James Earl Carter, Jr... 39th President of the United States of America ...is. He astounds me more each day.

PatrickforO

(14,516 posts)
35. A great quote from a great human being.
Thu Mar 26, 2015, 12:06 AM
Mar 2015

Jimmy Carter is a pretty awesome guy. The kind of person who is a GENUINE hero.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
38. Wow, that is powerful!!
Thu Mar 26, 2015, 01:22 AM
Mar 2015

But Cruz will dismiss it, as being something a liberal would say.
Ignoring the fact that Jesus wasn't a conservative.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
40. If there's one thing R's are masters at, it's
Thu Mar 26, 2015, 01:50 AM
Mar 2015

misinterpreting Christianity and using it as a tool to push their backwards agenda. They give Christianity a bad name.

mimi85

(1,805 posts)
46. Did anyone read the thread?
Thu Mar 26, 2015, 05:27 AM
Mar 2015

Jimmy Carter never said this. Although it sounds like something he would say. The thread reads like it should be in one of the religious groups anyway.

wolfie001

(2,131 posts)
57. I'm so glad he outlived Raygun.....
Thu Mar 26, 2015, 06:19 PM
Mar 2015

.....not only was he the better President, he's also a better human being!

Michigan-Arizona

(762 posts)
58. K&R
Fri Mar 27, 2015, 08:08 PM
Mar 2015

He may not have been the one to say it first but he sure does believe in the meaning of it.... Thank you President Carter.........

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