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PatrickforO

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5. Jimmy Carter. The great Jimmy Carter is the ONLY one who left office

Reply to AZ Progressive (Original post)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 10:25 PM

Nov 2015

with clean hands.

But one can make a compelling case for war crimes for everyone listed in your post. But, please let's NOT forget Rumsfeld, Rice, Cheney and the rest.

And don't forget Nixon's greatest crime - having his friends in State stall the peace talks with Hanoi so he could roundly defeat the Hube in 1968. If only Bobby hadn't been gunned down...

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Being the President is a dirty job. How many presidents left with clean hands? [View all] AZ Progressive Nov 2015 OP

So maybe we need to quit giving them a pass, and start sending them to jail when they commit crimes Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #1

Yep 840high Nov 2015 #15

Jimmy Carter Vincardog Nov 2015 #2

+10 nt 99th_Monkey Nov 2015 #3

Probably not. HuckleB Nov 2015 #6

Only President since FDR not to get us in a war FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #7

Sorry but even Carter is not exempt. NYC Liberal Nov 2015 #16

Jimmy Carter stands out as the anomaly in your list riderinthestorm Nov 2015 #4

Alas, he was no anomaly. HuckleB Nov 2015 #10

Jimmy Carter. The great Jimmy Carter is the ONLY one who left office PatrickforO Nov 2015 #5

I admire Jimmy Carter, but he was not clean. HuckleB Nov 2015 #8

Thomas Jefferson quote Quixote1818 Nov 2015 #9

+1,000,000 ... 000 HuckleB Nov 2015 #11

I've been saying this for a long time� MrScorpio Nov 2015 #12

We are all great "Monday morning Presidents after a Sunday afternoon debacle." HuckleB Nov 2015 #14

There's a difference between 'pissing people off' and 'committing crimes'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #17

William Henry Harrison? HuckleB Nov 2015 #13

We should stop trying to elect demigods deutsey Nov 2015 #18