Hat tip to Buckdog"I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history," Carter told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in a story that appeared in the newspaper's Saturday editions. "The overt reversal of America's basic values as expressed by previous administrations, including those of George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon and others, has been the most disturbing to me.
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"We now have endorsed the concept of pre-emptive war where we go to war with another nation militarily, even though our own security is not directly threatened, if we want to change the regime there or if we fear that some time in the future our security might be endangered," he said. "But that's been a radical departure from all previous administration policies."
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"The policy from the White House has been to allocate funds to religious institutions, even those that channel those funds exclusively to their own particular group of believers in a particular religion," Carter said. "As a traditional Baptist, I've always believed in separation of church and state and honored that premise when I was president, and so have all other presidents, I might say, except this one."
The response from Republican National Committee spokeswoman Amber Wilkerson, essentially boiled down to 'Oh no you
DINNINNNT!':
"Apparently, Sunday mornings in Plains for former President Carter includes hurling reckless accusations at your fellow man," she said.
Heh. I love lectures on the subject of 'recklessness' from Republicans. Cognitive
dissonance so pronounced it's a wonder her eyes didn't cross.
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