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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Carter is now an old man who doesnt want to fight anymore, so he backtracked, understandable. Oh and since when does having respect take a back seat to the truth.
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I would bet it's much more along the lines of he doesn't want to get dragged into a comparison of administrations....his was not exactly held up as one to emulate either.
Besides, like it or not, it is rather unusual for past Presidents to criticize sitting Presidents. Look at Bush Sr and Clinton, they have joined together to bring relief to the tsunami and NO victims. Thats more along the lines of what kind of public prescence former heads of state should be doing...not criticizing current administrations.
I guess Nixon should have clobbered Carter during his tenure over the whole Iran hostage fiasco....but he didnt. He showed the respect that only guys who have done the job could have for the office and the difficulty there-in.