R.I.P., Jimmy Carter
The former US President was 100 .
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On Jimmy Carter and White Evangelicals
They weren't always conservative, and he wasn't always on the outs .
"Team Politics" Isn't Enough Any More.
There was a time when those left-of-center considered compartmentalization, incrementalism and pragmatic politics of the Democratic Party to be an acceptable alternative to the staunch conservatism of the Republican Party (who decided, with each election cycle, that appealing to voters who where either misogynistic, racist, Islamophobic or a combination was a necessary evil). [Before I delve to deep in the rabbit hole here, let me say that the Republican Party is not 100% full or bigots, racists and misogynists. If anything, the GOP is the Party of Old Money and Oil Money. But they learned long ago that playing into a person's biases can help generate a pretty good voter turnout. In the same vein, the Democratic Party is not a bastion for racial minorities, women, LGBTQ, non-Christians, etc. If anything, The Democratic Party is the Party of New Money and Tech Money. They are more cordial to the non-WASP voter because, why let those votes go to a third party? Also, both parties ar...
Past Presidents Help Obama Out
In an awesome Funny or Die rendition: Funny or Die's Presidential Reunion from Will Ferrell
It's a Start...
From the WashPost : JERUSALEM, April 21 -- The radical Islamist movement Hamas is prepared to accept Israel as a neighbor as long as the Palestinian people approve the terms for peace, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said Monday following a trip to the region that included seven hours of controversial negotiations with the group. Carter, the most prominent Westerner to publicly talk with Hamas, secured that agreement even as the group rejected his proposal for a unilateral, month-long cease-fire. Hamas, which has vowed to destroy Israel, also declined to meet with an Israeli deputy prime minister who has said he is interested in holding face-to-face talks on the fate of a kidnapped Israeli soldier. Like I said, just give it a chance . If Hamas ends up trying to trick/back stab a person like Carter, then yeah, it'll be awhile before any US political figure should take them seriously again.