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Former US President Jimmy Carter has applauded the whistle-blowing of Edward Snowden and says the current surveillance state means the US is in dire political straits. "America has no functioning democracy," Carter told a meeting of The Atlantic Bridge in Atlanta on Tuesday, Der Speigel reports. Carter said that Snowden's …

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      1. Rampant Spaniel
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        Re: Irony?

        Ah yes, in the same way the Japanese conduct 'scientific whaling' ? :-)

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  2. Stevie

    Bah!

    Like G.W. Bush would know what damaging the country entailed.

    I've heard it said by political critics who have skin in the game that Carter is, perhaps, the only moral man we've had in the oval office in decades. He's certainly the only one putting his money and person where his mouth is when it comes to using his political name to good purpose.

    And you have to respect anyone who willingly and voluntarily lets go of their Secret Service escort so they can get on with useful work. I'll start to respect Team Bush/Cheney (another loudmouth who won't fade into the scenery like a good boy) a little when they do the same.

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    1. Don Jefe
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      I attended a dinner at the Carter Center in 2005 and the Secret Service was most definitely there.

      But yes, he is likely the finest man that has ever been U.S. President. Certainly too 'good' and intelligent for the job.

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  3. Brian Allan

    Democracy is close to dead in the USA... Maybe not, but the ongoing Republican/Democrat war is making government by the people look awful bad!!

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    1. Don Jefe
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      "We The People" are steadily being pushed further over the horizon as the asshats in Congress focus more and more on the issues that keep the contributions rolling in, instead of doing their jobs, both parties are guilty. A pox on the lot of them.

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  4. JaitcH
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    President Carter is smart ... the American public dumb

    President Carter stands out amongst presidents as he didn't go around starting wars, he pursued a very 'quiet' US policy. Carter fought the economic woes of inflation and unemployment. By the end of his administration, he could claim an increase of almost 8,000,000 jobs and a decrease in the budget deficit, measured in percentage of the GNP.

    He reformed the civil service, he expanded the national park system including 103 million acres of Alaska territory. He created the Department of Education, strengthened the pension system, and imported record numbers of women, blacks, and Hispanics into Government. He also deregulated the trucking and airline industries.

    BUT he made no wars.

    He has used his retirement for the betterment of others - no subsequent president can claim THAT!

    And what he said about Snowden is so right.

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