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winetourdriver01

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Sun Mar 5, 2023, 02:06 PM Mar 2023

The Time Jimmy Carter Played White Supremacists for Fools

Jonathan Alter, author of “His Very Best Jimmy Carter, a Life,” joins The New Abnormal to discuss this tale, and more of Jimmy Carter’s most under-appreciated accomplishments.
Jimmy Carter did many great things as president, most of which were not appreciated at the time at all.

“The general perception is bad president, great former president and I think that’s horribly oversimplified and in some ways is just wrong,” says Jonathan Alter, author of His Very Best Jimmy Carter, a Life, on this bonus episode of The New Abnormal politics podcast.

Alter details all that he accomplished, including “deregulating the beer industry so that we can have craft breweries…preventing conflict in 1994 in North Korea…deregulating airlines, which basically allowed for the establishment of the just-in-time delivery service, which is at the root of FedEx.”

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-time-jimmy-carter-played-white-supremacists-for-fools?ref=wrap

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The Time Jimmy Carter Played White Supremacists for Fools (Original Post) winetourdriver01 Mar 2023 OP
"...preventing conflict in 1994 in North Korea..?". brush Mar 2023 #1

brush

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1. "...preventing conflict in 1994 in North Korea..?".
Sun Mar 5, 2023, 02:21 PM
Mar 2023

Carter wasn't president in 1994. If that's chalked up as party of his post-presidency, OK, but Clinton was president in 1994.

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