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December 23, 2009

Jimmy Carter Apologizes to J-o-o-s... Wanna know why?

Posted by Gregory of Yardale at December 23, 2009 5:40 PM

Jimmy Carter, the worst president and ex-president of the 20th Century, has made a post-presidential career of bashing Israel and sucking up to the Palestinians (and other brutal dictators like Kim Jong-Il, Baby Assad, Robert Mugabe {whom he helped gain power} Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro) has suddenly found it necessary to apologize to any Jews he may have offended by blaming every problem in the world on the existence of Israel.

"We must not permit criticisms for improvement to stigmatize Israel," Carter said in the letter, which was first sent to JTA, a wire service for Jewish newspapers, and provided Wednesday to The Associated Press. "As I would have noted at Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, but which is appropriate at any time of the year, I offer an Al Het for any words or deeds of mine that may have done so."

Why the change of heart? Let's just say, he has some reasons.

The letter comes weeks after his grandson, Jason Carter, said he would run for a Georgia state Senate seat being vacated by President Barack Obama's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Singapore. Jason Carter, who is running in a district with a vocal Jewish population, said in a statement that his grandfather's letter was unrelated to his campaign and hailed the apology as a "great step towards reconciliation."

Jimmy Carter is every bit the opportunistic piece of sh-t we always thought he was.