Jimmy Carter blogs on the daily kos:

[Douglas Carpenter]

link:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/6/26/113026/412

In part he is campaigning for his son Jack who is running for the U.S. Senate in Nevada. But also he is discussing other matters and according to his grand daughter, "Like last time, my grandpa will pick out some questions and answer them in a later post."

This was my favorite part of his comments:

first this.

"(Ford, Reagan and I just referred to each other as "my distinguished opponent), and a need to overcome extreme partisan divisions (I relied heavily on moderate Republicans in the Congress)."

Then this:

"I received and answered a number of questions after my previous blog post, and especially relished the responses from young people. In one of my responses, I told the story of a young girl who came to Plains with a group, and asked whether she should be a Democrat or a Republican. I asked her a series of questions, and her answers let everyone there know that she was already a Democrat.

"Do you favor using America's great strength to preserve global peace or for launching pre-emptive wars?"

"Do you believe we should protect the environment or let it be destroyed for immediate commercial advantage?"

"Do you think that major tax reductions should be designed to favor the richest families or those who have to work for a living?"

"Do you agree that the accumulation of enormous and unprecedented government deficits is a fair burden to be placed on our children and grandchildren?"

"Do you approve of our government incarcerating prisoners without charges against them, legal counsel, or family visits -- and even excusing or condoning their torture?"

"Do you believe we should ignore the advice of Jesus (`Render under Caesar...') and Thomas Jefferson (`Build a wall...') in keeping separate the church and state?"

"Do you believe our government should reject or ignore all the nuclear arms control agreements since the time of Dwight Eisenhower?"

"Do you consider it appropriate for our government agencies to spy on American citizens without first obtaining the legally required judicial approval?"

"Do you believe that political leaders should deliberately strive to divide Americans from each other?"

full post of President Carter:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/6/26/113026/412

kos diary for President Carter:

http://jimmy-carter.dailykos.com/

[mike_c]

1. Jimmy Carter is one of the greatest living Americans....

I admire him immensely.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. I so agree

I voted for him in my first election. I was in 2nd grade. :)

He lost to Raygun. :(

[pansypoo53219]

4. so did i!

kids are way smarter.

[Terran1212]

3. It should be noted that she may be a real Democrat

Not the masquerading ones.

[Douglas Carpenter]

5. you know some people ask about litmus test of what is acceptable

for a Democratic office holder or candidate and what is not. I don't want to go overboard. But, I think President Carter provided an excellent minimum standard we should hold all Democratic office holders and candidates to.

Especially # 1 "Do you favor using America's great strength to preserve global peace or for launching pre-emptive wars?" Jimmy Carter

link: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/6/26/113026/412

[Douglas Carpenter]

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[Douglas Carpenter]

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[semillama]

8. I'm going to the Carter Center next week with the family.

Should be a great time. My fiance has met Rosalyn Carter a couple times, truly classy lady. She needs to frame that photo of Mrs. Carter and herself, I think...

[wyldwolf]

9. Carter is absolutely correct

there is a need to overcome extreme partisan divisions and, for a president to be at all effective, he/she has to work with the moderates of the opposition party.

[Douglas Carpenter]

10. I absolutely agree

unfortunately though -- there are so few moderate Republicans these days that the phrase itself almost sounds like a non-sequentor

[wyldwolf]

11. and unfortunately for Carter

The Democrats in Congress during his term weren't his biggest allies.

[Douglas Carpenter]

12. that's true

[NativeTexan]

14. NOPE....he won on being a Washington outsider and.........

.......they literally punished him for having to talk down DC politics in general. Dems, in the 70's helped give us the "Reagan Revolution" as the pugs like to call it. I call it "just another corrupt Republican adminstration"!!

[Douglas Carpenter]

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