Comments on: Funeral Controversy Reignites Carter-Bush Feud

By: Juliette

Juliette — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 09:31:33 +0000

Finally!

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 04:02:29 +0000

Carter didn't attend the funeral of Pope Paul VI--he sent his wife to head that delegation nor the funeral of Pope John Paul I--he sent his mother to head that delegation--both when he was the sitting President. So why should he have been invited to attend the funeral of JP II? He shouldn't have, and this should be the end of the discussion.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 20:02:49 +0000

JM: You're right. I had forgotten about that. Carter left the SBC in 2000 and took his church with him.

By: Just Me

Just Me — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 18:45:13 +0000

I don't think Jimmy Carter is a Southern Baptist anymore. I think he actually went with the CBF when they split from the SBC after the conservatives regained control of the SBC.

But Carter is definitely a Baptist of some sort, and is not Catholic.

This sounds like a group of people looking for one more reason to bash Bush, rather than anything truly controversial.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 18:02:24 +0000

By the way, I retract all the things I say about you in private and on porno message boards.

Aw, c'mon. Those comments have been my best advertising!

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 16:54:27 +0000

I mean to say ex-husband.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 16:54:06 +0000

Kevin,

Amy Carter is an acquaintance of mine - my partner works for her husband. Does that count as Carter supporter?

By the way, I retract all the things I say about you in private and on porno message boards.

By: WILLisms.com

WILLisms.com — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:48:32 +0000

Jimmy Carter's Tackiness. The Washington Post notes the bizarre story of Jimmy Carter's alleged snub by President Bush, "Carter's Absence From Group Reignites Tensions With Bush" (via Outside The Beltway): Both sides agree that the White House invited Carter and that he ult...

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:22:40 +0000

Ian: Carter is a Southern Baptist. Indeed, he's a deacon at the Maranatha Baptist Church of Plains.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:18:28 +0000

I'm not too sure - but isn't Carter "the" Catholic outta the bunch?

But anyways, maybe Carter will think twice when he goes around the world/nation and bashes President Bush.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 14:52:04 +0000

And I, in turn, retract any implications in my own comments about you, Michael, as a "Carter supporter." With apologies.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 14:46:51 +0000

Having argued this point in a previous post of yours, and given this new information, I retract what I said about Bush being childish. It seemed like it to me at the time, but is clearly not the case. If he did invite Carter, which appears so, then I would change "childish" to "gracious" One wonder why the ex-president would have let the "Bush didn't invite Carter" bashing go on for so long. Fortunately, one probably doesn't have to wonder for too long.

By: InTheBullpen.com

InTheBullpen.com — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

[...] people upset at President Jimmy Carter’s apparent snub, even though Carter admits to denying the invitation, the political theater that has evolved over President Carter not attending [...]