Jimmy Carter Gives Obama Advice on How to Win Reelection: Don’t Alienate Voters in First Term
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ATLANTA (The Blaze/AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter has some advice for Barack Obama as he gears up for the 2012 election: Don’t alienate voters with controversial positions.
The Georgia Democrat told The Associated Press on Tuesday that just about everything he did alienated voters, from sealing a treaty to hand over the Panama Canal to establishing diplomatic ties with China.
Carter said: “If your main goal is to get re-elected, avoid a controversial subject as much as you can in the first term.”
Carter also faced Democratic opposition from Sen. Ted Kennedy during his 1980 re-election bid, which he said was a big handicap that Obama won’t have.
The remarks came as Iowa residents cast the first votes of the 2012 presidential race to help determine Obama’s Republican opponent.
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Comments (189)
cyclops
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:29pmWell…..the best of luck in not “trillionslienating” the voters………..LOL!!!!!!
Report Post »zoro51
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:27pmthe UNPOPULAR N DAFT leading the SOCIALIST on HOW to win re election carter FAILED period. so shall EVITA OBAMA TAX N SPEECH dont go crying for him argentina america IS not a SOCIALIST nation period pay NO attention to the 2 LOSERS…. focus on america being free form MUSLUM oil!!
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:53pmArghhh!!…..Someone stop Carter from giving Obama advice, because back when Carter was suffering a lack of popularity, he sent troops to their deaths on a mission to Iran, and I don’t think we want to give Obama any ideas!
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 10:22pmI thought a few of you out there might find this amusing:
Obama is the shepherd I did not want, He leadeth me beside the still factories, He restoreth my faith in the Republican party, He guideth me in the path of unemployment for his party’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the bread line, I shall fear no hunger, for his bailouts are with me. He has anointed my income with taxes, My expenses runneth over. Surely, poverty and hard living will follow me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in a mortgaged home forever.
Report Post »Delta D-5-3
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 10:28pmLike the 2nd worst president of the 20th century (behind the current loser) should be giving advise. Carter, just go away please. Or perhaps you can MOVE to North Korea, Iran, or Cuba. Take your pick…………
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 10:41pm@TXPILOT
Report Post »Obama has done much worse than kill soldiers.
1. He has killed our sovereignty by selling our economy overseas.
2. enslaved our children and grandchildren. Spent all of their allowance for the next 100 years.
3. Sold out our friends and allies, killed our ability to create and sustain energy, and has begun to gut our military.
4. The worst thing he has done, make us wish Bubba was back in office, at least the worst thing he did was get a hummer.
TXPilot
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:16pm@DARNMOK…..you are preaching to the choir. Obama’s first term can be summed up in one word….treason….I personally think, that if this country survives, in the future, history books will remember Obama as the greatest traitor to the Republic there has ever been.
Report Post »AMERICA4EVER
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:34pmCarter should have told him don’t ruin the economy stupid like I did.
Report Post »MEANS2RESIST
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:45pmObama admin passing through immigrant apps just as fast as they can get em in…..
http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/01/03/010312-news-immigration-strife-1-3/
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 2:32amVery timely, J.C. Still a total buffoon.
Report Post »little big man
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:51amHey Jimmy, you are 3 years to late. come Nov. obama is toast. unless dumb a_s Paulbot runs as a third party idiot.
Report Post »Then we can all thank Ron Paul for Obama’s second term.
tmplarnite
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 1:16pmCarter/Obuma…the ARROGANT TWINS!
Report Post »jkjk
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:40pmNumber 1 failure of a president, giving advice and happily passing the torch to the newest first place worthless in chief. Carter is finally wiping his good for nothing forehead with relief.
Report Post »Bill from NJ
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:25pmcarter & obammy
Two peas in a communist pod.
Both Pinko communist ****… One POS advising another POS.
What has happened to my America?
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:40pmBuck up BILL, maybe obama will listen to carter and lose the election
Report Post »bioya1
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:41pmWe have way too many liberal parasites in our society. That is what happened.
Report Post »David11
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:23pmWhat an egregiously undeserved reputation. Carter wasn’t just a “good man who got in over his head,” as critics say. He was in fact quite a good president.
He kept us out of endless wars. He protected the Alaskan wilderness (Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D) of Wisconsin once told me that “Carter was the greatest environmental president the country ever had.”) He promoted a visionary energy policy. He countered the Soviet military threat. And since he left office, he has persistently promoted the cause of peace around the world. The landmark Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty he fashioned remains in force today.
Report Post »studentofeib
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:31pmROFLMAO,,, just saying!!!
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:32pmTell that to the people in Saigon.
Tell that to the people who were held hostage in Iran for years.
Tell that to the people who waited in gas lines for hours.
Tell that to the people who were destitute under his economic policies.
And really, you’re barking up the wrong tree here. You sound umm, not so smart.
Report Post »bioya1
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:42pmBehind closed doors he used to gum Brezhnev’s gizmo.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:43pmWhat planet were you on when carter was president,Dave?
Report Post »Nick Gherz
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 10:01pmPollyanna called – she wants he opinion back.
crackerone
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 11:57am@david
These people wouldn’t know sarcasm if it hit them in the face! I get it! hehehe
Go Ron Paul 2012/2016
Report Post »InfiZell
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:21pmToo late Jimmy!
Report Post »David11
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:21pmCarter was truly the prophet without honor in his own land on energy policy. Thirty years ago, he preached conservation and alternative energy. A profligate nation – not to mention Congress and the vested interests – ridiculed him. Today, his ideas are mainstream.
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:34pmYeah. Mainstream with far left ecofascist lunatics!
Report Post »MEANS2RESIST
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 10:22pmThe best thing Carter ever did was ……..LEAVE OFFICE!
Report Post »brknhrt
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:07amCarter’s plan was to have all of the nuclear waste from all over the world shipped to IL for storage. I know this for a fact because I lived 5 miles from that storage facility. Fortunately, citizen activists were able to stop his insane plan.
Report Post »KingCanon
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:19pmI am amazed when BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS support ungodliness just to prop up a party. Sadly this reduces Christianity to nothing more than politics. May God have mercy on us!
Report Post »ohiowordguy
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:18pmBwahahahaha! Thanks for the laugh, Jimmy.
I would laugh even harder if you weren’t DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE for modern islamo-fascism, and the thousands of lives it has cost. Every time Iran executes an innocent person, their blood is on Carter’s hands.
Report Post »Tronix
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:18pmDumb and dumber…..Carter advising Black Carter……
Report Post »Macman1138
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:28pmI wouldn’t ask either one of them where is the best place to buy s good claw hammer is.
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 10:01pm“If your main goal is to get re-elected, avoid a controversial subject as much as you can in the first term.”
Don’t you love it when they make the mistake of telling us the real end game?
Report Post »GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:05pmCan you believe these guys? Lol ……And Carter doesn’t even learn the lesson….lol…..he should to STFU and to stay quiet if he wants to lose his “glorious” place in the history. I thought Carter was infinitely thankful for Obama’s presidency……well, he should!
Report Post »ron2win
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:15am@ Welcome
Report Post »He doesn’t advise him to do the best he can for Americans,America.No his advise is how to get a second term. Just shows you where their loyalty lie.I thought politics was all about serving the people,not how to advance your political career
Quagaar Warrior
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:18pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I’ve heard of the blind leading the blind but this is ridiculous!
It’s more like, the brain-dead leading the brain-dead.
I hope Obama takes his advise on Iran too.
What a hoot!
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quicker
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:22pmDon`t you have to have a brain to be braindead?
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:17pmTooo late Obama Only has 30% left……….he will Not be re-elected, period. You know Jimmy….creeps like yourself never get a second chance to destroy America.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:13pmFeb 2 2012 is Groundhog day and also the State of the Union Address.This is a couple of events that are some what meaningless as one involves an insiginificant creature intelligence looking to the future.And the other involvesa groundhog.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:18pmOf questionable intelligence.sorry small keyboard.
Report Post »tnman49
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:07pmBoth have brains about the size of a walnut. Jimmie just go away! Actually just keep giving obama advice :)
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 10:04pmJimmy’s is the size of a peanut, Obama’s head is shaped like a peanut, and Jeff Dunham’s Peanut is smarter than both of them. Zooooom. Ha.
“Peanut: Come here puppet boy… make your daddy talk!”
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:06pmSo Jimah Cawtah I is coaching Jimah Cawtah II. Hmmm, both losers kibitzing and still coming up losers.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:03pmObama doing what I said 6 months ago. Divorcing himself from being part of the Government…it’s in his plan and for the poor and folks who know not what Obama is up too will go for it…
Hold Obama’s feet to the fire. His one and only high priority was to have send congress a balanced budget and he has not done a dam thing other than issue massive EOs, side step the Constitution and issue unfunded regulations that do not meet the intent of existing laws.
The government agencies should not accept it cause they will not get reimbursed for those illegal efforts.
Report Post »possom
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:03pmTwin’s!
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:02pmWhat a p*sser!
Report Post »Advice from jimmy c to the only president worse than he was….
afishfarted
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:09pmyeah, this is just too funny. A friggin loser giving advice to a marxist. It’s just too rich
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:16pmThat’s why Jimmah likes BO……cuz the Marxist in Chief is the only President to make him look a little better!
Report Post »Chappy123
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 10:26pmNahhhhh.
Jimmy is ticked cuz he lost the title.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:58pmA little to late for that. ROTFLMAO.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:35pmCarter owes Obama a lot .. after all … now he is only the SECOND worst President in history .. Obama IS # 1 … the WORSE!
Report Post »Harvickfan29
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:58pmWell that‘s it it’s settled Obama’s out. He’s resorting to getting advice from Carter.
Report Post »bringiton
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:56pmWhat the he!! is that, the comedy duo of A$$ and clown?
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:56pmThere is a reason why there hasn’t been a Navy vessel named the “USS Jimmy Carter”
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:16pmThe navy named a turd after him, but it wasn’t a floater. They had to flush it.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:55pmToo late buddy
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:52pmCarter should have given Obama simpler advice – do not run again.
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:56pmadvice from Carter…. priceless
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:10pmJimmy Carter: Barrack, this is Jimmy, hey if you want to get reelected, two words….Sweater Vest.
Barrack Obama: Uh, Jimmy, good to hear from you, but that didn’t work for you. You lost to an actor.
Carter: Come on Barry, I just wasn’t wearing hip sweaters. You got to go to Old Navy, the kids think those are cool, something called a Tech Vest. And remember back to the Future, McFly was really cool in his puffy vest.
Obama: Yeah, Jimmy, I think I hear Joe calling; he probably got his head stuck in the stairway rail again. I got to go.
Carter: Wait, before you go, just remember to really blame the average white American for the entire countries problems, I sort of blamed them and lost, that is where I think I went wrong. Plus you’re a colored fellow, you can get away with it.
Obama: Yah, OK Jimmy, tell me if this sounds like a phone hanging up. CLICK.
Carter: Yah that did sound like a phone hanging up. Barry? Hello.
Report Post »IndianaJan
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:47am“Do not run again”. Priceless! But Obama the Arrogant will never, ever consider this.
Report Post »I am not going to watch the news all year, because this fight will be breathtakingly ugly.
But I will vote. For anyone but Obama. Anyone.
democritusoilder267
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:50pmIn the 2008 Presidential election I voted for President Obama. Yes, I know, I was young a Black male interested in seeing America’s first Black President. Barack Obama is not an evil person. He is a Christian and good guy. But he is just like all politicians out there. They can say they’re for this or that; but when they get in office it is the other way around.
Report Post »bringiton
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:55pmNo. He’s evil.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:55pmYou got proof he is Christian? Somehow I doubt it.
Report Post »democritusoilder267
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:01pmThe both of you are entitled to your own opinions. I do not believe in good and evil just human nature. Yes there is tons of evidence President Obama is Christian. Just look at Wikipedia and all the times he went to church.
Report Post »Rollo2
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:10pmI was young and stupid in 1976, I voted for Carter. By 1980, I had smartened up enough to know that the last thing this country needs is 4 more yrs of Carter.
Take a hint!
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:21pmDemocrit, if we were in the same room, I’d throw cold water on you! Wake up man! Get over the skin color! Repeat after me: Content of character Content of character Content of character
Report Post »ohiowordguy
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:21pmOK…did you just cite Wikipedia as a credible source of information? That speaks volumes.
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:23pmAnd by the way, Wikipedia is not what anyone of any intelligence actually considers a reliable source.
Please wake up!!!
Report Post »Tronix
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:29pmIsn’t it cute pure and crystal ignorance?
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:53pmNo, he is not typical. He’s the worst president in the history of the country. Carter is now happy he is no longer at the bottom of the list.
Report Post »FlowerBell
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:21pmHe is NOT a good guy. He is petty, vindictive, a liar, a sneak and a persona fabricated for public consumption. His very existence is a tissue of lies. That’s evil.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:45amYour handle appears that you may have been in the US military. If that is correct, thank you for your service. You will find many veterans on this site. Remember your Oath. Please take a moment and look at what POTUS has done in 3 short years.
Report Post »fightinggranny
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:26amI will pray for your awakening. Socialism was tried in the US with the Pilgrims; it didn’t work then and it will not work now. Taking money and property from the workers, and giving it to the non-prosperous, never works.
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 11:59amThank you for your sincere post. Many did think Obama did mean what he said but it seems he had something-else-in-mind with his wording. No matter what color-of-skin(doesn’t mean anything to me) deception is deception and he put this nation at risk for many many years to come. My heart goes out to future generations.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:49pmOh, so MR one term Carter claims he knows what he’s talking about? ROTFLMAO!!
Report Post »Yea, right.
Shasta
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:01pmGood advice you POS. If you get elected president, and your goal is to destroy the country as we know it, then save the real destructive and divisive decisions until the second term, when it will be too late for any of us to stop it. But Carter did admit to one thing. Both his and Obummer’s main goal was re-election, not what was and is good for the country.
Report Post »teapartyconservatism
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 2:47amCarter’s home state of GA, is going to require Obama to meet constitutional qualifications for eligibility before being allowed on the 2012 ballot!
Even assuming Obama’s was born in HI despite allegations by numerous experts that his birth certificate and social security number are fraudulent, his Kenyan father precludes Obama’s eligibility as a natural born citizen in violation of Article 2, Section 1.
This is confirmed by a logical reading of the Constitution; the 3rd Congress, “An act to establish an uniform rule of Naturalization; and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject,” 1/29/1795; 14th Amendment framer Rep. John Bingham; Supreme Court rulings; Senate Res. 511, 4/3/08; expert opinion of constitutional scholar and 30 year professor of constitutional law, Harvard graduate Dr. Herbert W. Titus; field grade military officers such as Major General Paul Vallely, U.S. Army, Ret., Col. Lawrence Sellin Ph.D., U.S. Army, Ret., former U.S. Army Lt. Col. Terry Lakin, MD.; Dr. Alan Keyes, US Ambassador, Ret.; and a host of concerned attorney’s such as Leo Donofrio, JD., Esq., Mario Apuzzo, JD., Esq., Dr. Orly Taitz, DDS., JD., Esq., and Van R Irion, JD., Founder Liberty Legal Foundation.
Glenn Beck needs to wake up! Since he thinks ignoring the Constitution is so damn funny, I decided canceling my subscription was funny too! How about you?
See http://www.obamabirthcertificate.net for additional details.
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