Jimmy Carter and Hamas

Bush's approval rating is lower than Carter's worst figure.

81 percent of Americans, a record, say the nation is on the wrong track.

Oh, and we're losing two wars.

Sounds like the definition is on the mark to me.

 

Possibly. But at least it had some resemblance to the truth.

"Freedom is on the march . . . stay the course . . . when they stand up, we'll stand down . . . we're turning the corner . . . fight 'em over there so we don't have to fight 'em over here."

Carter told the truth. He honestly tried to do the best thing for the country, not just a few of his buddies.

He will always have that over the current Idiot-In-Chief.

 

To be specific, Joe, this is what was in the article:

"We agree to a (Palestinian) state on pre-67 borders, with Jerusalem as its capital with genuine sovereignty without settlements but without recognizing Israel," Mashaal told reporters."

That's pre-67, with control of Jerusalem.

That is never, ever going to happen.

 

Coming in late to this one, but I'd like to add that despite the fact that much of the malaise of the Carter era had its origins in political and economic events, a great deal of the late-70s malaise was cultural. It was an era of hedonism, shallowness and cultural mediocrity. The cultural phenomena that followed, both from the right and the left, drew their strengths from a sound rejection of the late-70s ethos.

 

I deleted that part of my post because I just noticed it was ground covered earlier in the thread.

 

That's all you really have to hear to dismiss the rest of this word salad. A meaningless piece of rightist propaganda babble that has no historical, political, or cultural definition. It's tailormade for someone who knows nothing about Islam or Fascism.
Still waiting to hear what I got wrong about the hostages, by the way.

 

It sure was a lot of fun while it lasted, though!

 

We cultural mediocrities resemble that remark!

 

I was too young to get in on the hedonism. Or at least, too young to have been a likely candidate for getting in on the hedonism. If I had made the cut during that last round of auditions for The Bad News Bears, I might have sniffed coke from Tatum O'Neal's nubile pubis, or at least shared a joint with her. Sadly, I failed. Oh well, that other kid did a much better job at playing Tanner than I would have, so the casting directors made the right call.

 

I believe I know why you exiled yourself to the deserts of west Texas now.

 

I never quite got over the Fail, it's true. I was thisclose to having the Tanner role.