Jimmy Carter on Dictators
April 15th, 2008 at 11:15pm Matt DiBari
Wall Street Journal has an editorial on President Jimmy Carter’s trip, including this quote he gave over the weekend.
In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels,” he said over the weekend, responding to a question from an Israeli journalist who noted that Mr. Carter had been snubbed by most of Israel’s top leadership and reprimanded by its president, Shimon Peres. “When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people
Oh good.
At least we finally know why Senator Obama is so gosh darn eager to have tea with Raul Castro. He’s the voice of the people, at least in the eyes of the extreme left wing of the Democratic Party in America, of which Carter and Obama are both card carrying members.
If I was an undecided voter, this issue alone would cause me to vote for John McCain. McCain lives in the real world. Carter, Obama, and the Democratic elite live in the world where its okay to chit chat with every mad man on earth because they represent the will of the people.
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1. John Mccain » Jimmy&hellip | April 16th, 2008 at 1:57 am
[…] Matt DiBari wrote an interesting post today on Jimmy Carter on DictatorsHere’s a quick excerptIf I was an undecided voter, this issue alone would cause me to vote for John McCain. McCain lives in the real world. Carter, Obama, and the Democratic elite live in the world where its okay to chit chat with every mad man on earth … […]
2. KMorrison | April 16th, 2008 at 9:05 am
This is the type of issue that worries me most about an Obama presidency. It’s a nice idea that we hold hands a get along, but that’s fairytale thinking. President Carter is being used by Hamas, and if Obama met with Iran they would use him up too.
3. jeff | April 20th, 2008 at 10:52 am
sorry.
but a dictator speak only of his dictatorship.
not for the people of that country that live in fear of it’s dicatorship.
who would love to enjoy true freedom.
or they would not be running here to escape it.
have a beautiful day.