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To: longnshort who wrote (20202)	10/1/2009 4:23:33 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 103300

Why quote Carter in the past or present. He has had no credibility since early after his election. He was another fraud just like Obama. He ego is just as big. He has little parades in the town he owns. He feels like a king, thinks he is a king and will die believing he is a king.

To: longnshort who wrote (20202)	10/2/2009 10:58:05 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 103300

Mitt Romney speaks sense on Obama, Olympics 11:57 am October 1, 2009 Commentary by Jay Bookman blogs.ajc.com Thank you, Mittster: SALT LAKE CITY – Former Massachusetts governor and head of the 2002 Olympic Organizing Committee Mitt Romney says President Obama is doing exactly what needs to be done by flying to Denmark to lobby for the Olympics to come to Chicago in 2016. Romney tells ABC News that having a sitting president make a personal pitch can make an enormous difference to the 106 members of the International Olympic Committee. “I think the people in the IOC want to understand the level of the commitment of the host country,” Romney said. “Does the host country really care? Is this going to be a high priority? And nothing says that like having the presence of the leader of that country and, particularly, the case of Barack Obama.” Really, the attempt by Fox and others to turn this into a controversy is downright laughable. House Minority Leader John Boehner complained about it, criticizing Obama for “going to go off to Copenhagen when we’ve got serious issues here at home that need to be debated.” Sean Hannity showed video of a fatal gang beating in Chicago — he showed it three times in all — then claimed that with Obama’s decision to go to Denmark, the beating story had somehow “turned political,” attempting to create a linkage that would give him an excuse to show that violent video over and over again. George Bush, lest we forget, spent all or part of 490 days in Crawford, TX., and all or part of another 487 days at Camp David.

To: longnshort who wrote (20202)	10/2/2009 11:03:55 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

First it was Mitt Romney, next it was Lindsey Graham 8:13 am October 2, 2009 Commentary by Jay Bookman blogs.ajc.com Republicans making sense: For the good of the country and the party, I hope the trend continues. <<<Video>>> Here’s part of what Graham, a close friend of John McCain and GOP senator from South Carolina, had to say at the “First Draft of History” conference sponsored by The Atlantic: “As for the fringe elements of the right (the birthers, for example) Graham said Republicans have to call them out — have to police their own ranks. “We have to say that’s crazy,” Graham said when The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg asked him about the conspiracy theories that have sprung up on the right. “So I’m here to tell you that those who think the president was born somewhere other than Hawaii are crazy. He’s not a Muslim. He’s a good man,” Graham said. When asked how he communicates that sentiment to the conspiracy theorists themselves, Graham was blunt: “When I go to town-hall meetings, say, ‘You’re crazy.’ In a respectful way” – a comment the audience seemed to enjoy…. Talk radio contributes to the right’s less constructive tones, Graham suggested, drawing a parallel between the conservative airwaves and the left’s MoveOn.org. When asked about Glenn Beck, the newest conservative-commentary phenom (though, as Graham noted, Beck isn’t necessarily a voice of the conservative clique, but rather his own beast), Graham said: “Only in America can you make that much money crying…I mean, you know, what [do] I think about Rush Limbaugh? Well, I think he makes hundreds of millions of dollars being able to talk on the radio.” But the real question, according to Graham, is: “how many people in my business are going to be controlled by what’s said on the radio or in a TV commercial … Glenn Beck is not aligned with any party as far as I can tell. He’s aligned with cynicism, and there’s always been a market for cynicism.” According to CBS, “Graham lauded Mr. Obama for energizing young people and also engaging Hispanic voters, which he said Republicans had turned off with rhetoric on immigration ‘coming out of certain quarters of our party.’”