Not respected? Freddy, I have news for you: Mr. Carter is hugely respected. I suppose he's a prophet without honour in his own land, though. I can tell you, he's not perceived as a weakling or a failure in most countries of the world. He's seen as a rational and humane man.feredir wrote:Few will follow Jimmy Carter because he is not respected. You need to find someone who is respected by the middle of the road Americans. Those who I noted above that have no stomach for politics but want to help make this issue a smaller one (it will never be erased). I have no idea who this person is but I still say it starts at the local level where there are fewer agendas.
freddy
Racism is ugly and the only thing that will serve to lessen it is to keep the discussion out in the sunlight. Stuff like that shrivels in the light of day and grows in the dark. I agree with Freddy that it should start from the ground up.
But I can also say I was extremely saddened and discouraged to hear from friends of mine that he's unfit to be president because he's a n!gger, probably a Muslim, soft on terror, etc. These aren't troglodytes living in some southern abyss, these are what I thought were ordinary decent Washingtonians and Oregonians.
And I won't even bring the guys from Utah into the discussion.