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hollowdweller

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25. Yeah that sort of stuff has always sort of confused me.

Sat Mar 29, 2014, 01:59 PM

Mar 2014

Oliver North was never a journalist or a politician. He was famous for breaking the law.

Then other people like Kristol who was a big cheerleader for Iraq.

These people have no credibility. Why are they considered worthy of quoting?

Erin Burnette is a journalist. Why not at least quote a journalist or a historian rather than an opportunist?

I mean when Bush was in power was the media quoting Bill Ayers and Angela Davis as an authoritative source?

Why are criminals and people who have been persistently wrong quoted or used in news shows? Would anybody in the mainstream news quote Marion Berry?

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Jimmy Carter: "I don't pay any attention to criminal Oliver North" [View all] Tanuki Mar 2014 OP

Good for him...criminal indeed. K&R for Carter. Jefferson23 Mar 2014 #1

Yep, O. North is a slimeball, and always has been quinnox Mar 2014 #2

make that "criminal traitorous slimeball," and I'm with ya. lastlib Mar 2014 #46

Maybe we need you back in the White House President Carter Autumn Mar 2014 #3

Maybe his grandson. Let's hope his grandson wins the Governor's race in Georgia. It would be okaawhatever Mar 2014 #8

You and me both n2doc Mar 2014 #57

Amen, so tired of Guv Let's Make a Deal. japple Mar 2014 #59

I am too. gademocrat7 Mar 2014 #77

You can count on it. Pres. Carter is healthy enough to still function at a high intellectual level. ladjf Mar 2014 #12

I love that man, voting for him is the best vote I ever cast. Autumn Mar 2014 #16

Me, too. I proudly voted for him for governor of Georgia Glorfindel Mar 2014 #31

A "tragedy" indeed. n/t jaysunb Mar 2014 #71

A great brain, and a great moral compass... elzenmahn Mar 2014 #64

Wish he would oversee our elections right here at home, as well as abroad! TheNutcracker Mar 2014 #19

K&R Solly Mack Mar 2014 #4

It sounds like Jimmy is running for office recently PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #5

Easy (and the most truthful) answer I can give... Cooley Hurd Mar 2014 #15

The road to empire is paved with The Wizard Mar 2014 #36

kick otherone Mar 2014 #37

He's fundraising for his grandson. nt MADem Mar 2014 #74

Awesome underpants Mar 2014 #6

R#14 & K - JimMAY getting his Harry TRUMAN *on*!1 Love it!1 n/t UTUSN Mar 2014 #7

As a former Marine... Wounded Bear Mar 2014 #9

So true... Grins Mar 2014 #21

I remember seeing him at our dining hall at Ali Al Salem Kuwait sammytko Mar 2014 #39

you mean back in '87 .. :D 2banon Mar 2014 #72

"....kind of sorry to hear you quote him..." Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2014 #10

That was my favorite part arcane1 Mar 2014 #27

That's a phrase Democrats ought to adopt repetitively. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Kristol, etc, all adirondacker Mar 2014 #28

Me too--very deft way of handling it spooky3 Mar 2014 #78

This is a guy you can't bullshit - love it! polichick Mar 2014 #11

North is a pimple. President Carter is a Mountain! Cooley Hurd Mar 2014 #13

+1 an entire shit load! Enthusiast Mar 2014 #42

Now, that's leadership. Baitball Blogger Mar 2014 #14

The facts make the Rethugs get Wellstone ruled Mar 2014 #17

Good for him! ljm2002 Mar 2014 #18

WTG Mister Carter lpbk2713 Mar 2014 #20

there is no reason for Democratic Party members to further right wing criminal's rhetoric reddread Mar 2014 #22

erin burnett insults President Carter and he body slams her. thank you Mr. President. spanone Mar 2014 #23

+1 an entire shit load! Enthusiast Mar 2014 #41

… but she photographs well. calimary Mar 2014 #65

"I’m kind of sorry to hear you quote him." progressoid Mar 2014 #24

We are, but it's the kind of garbage expected of a RW newsreader like Burnett. closeupready Mar 2014 #82

Yeah that sort of stuff has always sort of confused me. hollowdweller Mar 2014 #25

North couldn't get elected Senator form VA when it was still deep red Zambero Mar 2014 #26

He came pretty close though...which is both sad and scary (eom) StevieM Mar 2014 #29

Yes, true Zambero Mar 2014 #68

Wow, we need Mr. Carter posting here! Rex Mar 2014 #30

"When you make a promise you have got to keep it.".....Jimmy Carter red dog 1 Mar 2014 #32

Not jail The Wizard Mar 2014 #38

+ 1 red dog 1 Mar 2014 #43

I refer to him as "Oliver Treasonous Bastard North". lastlib Mar 2014 #47

K&R! TeamPooka Mar 2014 #33

K&R...Thanks for posting red dog 1 Mar 2014 #34

thanks for the OP otherone Mar 2014 #35

ERIN BURNETT Enthusiast Mar 2014 #40

K & R for Jimmy Carter. mountain grammy Mar 2014 #44

What Ollie North's supporters never mention... Octafish Mar 2014 #45

Awesome!....Great post! red dog 1 Mar 2014 #56

A Real Sociopath fascisthunter Mar 2014 #58

KILL the Messenger Film Release date OCT 10, 2014---NORTH and Co drug ops exposed 777man Apr 2014 #87

Thanks for the heads-up, 777man. Never forget Gary Webb. Octafish Apr 2014 #88

Good for President Carter Gothmog Mar 2014 #48

If you support Oliver North you support treason against America. Initech Mar 2014 #49

Let us look at their heroes sailfla Mar 2014 #50

Ronald Reagan: Treasonous bastard. red dog 1 Mar 2014 #51

'famous now because he is a constant critic of the democratic party and the democrats' is common. freshwest Mar 2014 #52

THANK YOU! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! Skittles Mar 2014 #53

Boom! Kingofalldems Mar 2014 #54

THANK you President Carter!! johnnyreb Mar 2014 #55

Yes Yes Wash. state Desk Jet Mar 2014 #60

A Conservative Woman I knew Wolf Frankula Mar 2014 #61

Never forget to remind RWers that Ollie "got off on a technicality"... JHB Mar 2014 #62

That goddamn reptile dishonored sulphurdunn Mar 2014 #63

"Zombie vote" KansDem Mar 2014 #76

That "Jap", sulphurdunn Mar 2014 #86

Oliver thinks Obama should give Putin a chocolate cake IkeRepublican Mar 2014 #66

K&R for anything Carter. blackspade Mar 2014 #67

"I’m kind of sorry to hear you quote him." More folks interviewed by the nitwit media need to push LuckyLib Mar 2014 #69

Hurrah for Jimmy Carter! Tells it like it is. JDPriestly Mar 2014 #70

, blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #73

Why would anyone pay attention to anything he says Packerowner740 Mar 2014 #75

K & R ...luv some Jimmy in the morning. L0oniX Mar 2014 #79

Thank you, Mister President DiverDave Mar 2014 #80

No American with honor or integrity pays attention to Republicon traitors Berlum Mar 2014 #81

President Carter got a bum deal back then Rider3 Mar 2014 #83

Erin 90-percent Mar 2014 #84

I like how President Carter also mentions why North is famous today.... BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2014 #85