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Jimmy Carter's parable ending with the advice, "You should be a Democrat," has got to be the most disingenuous statement I have ever heard from a president's mouth (Fishwrapper, April 5). And from the man who promised to be honest with the American people? He shines about as bright as a 5-watt bulb. Carter has spent his post-presidential efforts embracing every two-bit dictator and murderous thug on the planet, the latest being the leaders of Hamas. Carter's question to the inquisitive 16-year-old -- Are you for peace of for war? -- reminds me of the medicaid, medicare, education and the environment mantra that Clinton/Gore used in '96. Obviously, those evil, rascally conservatives want to throw Grandma in the street, keep junior ignorant and destroy the world. Come on! Have all liberals lost their minds? Conservatives are for war when the alternative is submission to tyranny. We are not for war for the sake of war. Are you looney? We don't advocate war as a political distraction (Clinton in the Sudan), nor for economic security (if we wanted Iraqi oil we could have bought it like the French, Germans and Russians were doing). War is necessary in our corrupt world. It is not desired, but it is necessary. Or would you and Jimmy rather submit to tyranny?
-- Carl Snodgrass, Galena, IL
Regarding Carter's coaching his Sunday school attendees to become Democrats (and that's what it was, as the questions were framed in an obvious attempt to lead the listener): If a Republican politician/Sunday school teacher advocated Republicanism in church, there'd be a suit from the ACLU or People for the American Way attempting to revoke the tax-exempt status of that church.
And on the point about government helping those in need, isn't that the church's job (Sermon on the Mount)? I don't think Jesus was talking to the politicians of the day. Carter does appear to live out that commitment personally -- I'd like to see him challenge the religious institutions to step up to the plate and off-load much of the social safety net from the government.
I do agree the deficit is a huge crisis, although I bet Carter and I would disagree on the solution.
-- Michael Evans, Dallas, TX
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