Let's give it up for Jimmy Carter's speaking voice...

but yeah, all hail Jimmy Carter. I'm still about 30 slots down on the list for his book from the local library.

surely carter's most impressive achievement is the cotton-hank xmas peace accords!

Which one looks like he knows what he's doing?

Unfortunately, Jr doesn't talk to pappy much(reportedly)...

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/images/20051011-1_f1g3496jpg-515h.jpg

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/images/20051011-1_f1g3547jpg-515h.jpg

https://www.habitat.org/images/home/OHD_KillerStripMod_bush.jpg

And here's one from June 2001

I can't find the Laura Bush "Mom Jeans" photo, tho. Only expired Yahoo/AP photoserver links.

Her nickname is Jethrine because she likes to jump out of airplanes, had a trailer installed on the Governor's Mansion grounds while the main house was being renovated, is frequently seen in the boxing ring holding up belts, and scared cancer out of her body twenty years ago.

She's also a good half-foot taller than her husband, Governor Mike Huckabee, who is on many a short-list for the 2008 Republican presidential primaries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlyle_Group
George H. W. Bush, former U.S. President, Senior Advisor to the Carlyle Asia Advisory Board from April 1998 to October 2003.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateral_Commission
(OH NO CARTNER IS HERE TOO!)

xpost Oh, look predictable right wing clowns!

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:Tf1voqrwd5n8NM:eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/xp/ap_photo/20051011/all/l1595594.jpg

I met him at the Carter family reunion back in 1997 (I'm a descendent of Jesse Taliaferro Carter).

We were taking a big family photo and these d00dz grabbed me by the wrist and pulled me away from my parents to take me up front because I was 9 and too short to be seen way in the back of the photo. As I was standing there all of a sudden there was this hand on my shoulder; I looked up and there was the ex-president posing next to me. So if you look closely in the photo, amidst a crowd of 500+ people, I'm standing in the front and directly to the right (I think) of Jimmy Carter.

no, carter wasn't a very effective leader (largely due to his own party's willingness to fuck him over: see walter karp's "liberty under siege" for the sordid details). but sheesh. "feeble" compared to who? nixon? reagan, who plunged the nation into debt and sold arms to terrorists? clinton, who gutted the new deal, bombed the middle east and executed a mentally ill man just to win himself some good press? i'll take carter over that any day.

NOw, now. To be fair, Clinton did that before he became president.

Jimmy Carter's speaking voice would not have been heard in June 1975 if there had been TV debates with stringent qualifications, as he was polling at 1% or less.

Promo email I got today for a film that's making the rounds of film fest now--but why do they have Bono in it...

CNN Films announced today that it has acquired North American broadcast rights to JIMMY CARTER ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT. The documentary was created by the award-winning director Mary Wharton, producer Chris Farrell, and writer Bill Flanagan. Originally set to open the 19th annual Tribeca Film Festival in April, the feature will now be the closing film for AFI DOCS film festival on June 21st.

JIMMY CARTER ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT chronicles the role of popular music in propelling a relatively unknown candidate from Georgia to the White House, and the significant role that music has played in President Carter’s life and work. The film shows how Carter's life-long passion for music gave him an unexpected edge as a presidential candidate, as he tapped into a force that transcended racial and generational divides, and often party lines. Carter’s appreciation for all genres of music and friendships with the likes of Bob Dylan, Gregg Allman, Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, and Willie Nelson, helped to define his administration.

JIMMY CARTER ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT combines intimate interviews with Carter and an eclectic cast of contributors including Willie Nelson, Bono, Bob Dylan, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Jimmy Buffett, Roseanne Cash, Chuck Leavell, Paul Simon, Andrew Young, and Madeleine Albright. Featuring rare, archival era-defining live performances from Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett, Paul Simon, and Bob Dylan, among others, director Mary Wharton traces how Carter’s genuine approachability, combined with the unifying power of music, became key to his political appeal, and allowed him to connect with voters who may only have known him as a small-town peanut farmer.

President Jimmy Carter said, “When Chris and Mary came to Plains to show the film to me and my family, it was entertaining and emotional for all of us. The film exceeded my expectations in every way. I’m thrilled that “Rock & Roll President” will reach a broad audience on CNN. Despite the difficult times we are in, the film highlights my personal belief that we should remain hopeful and that music is a powerful source of hope in trying times.”