Cher: "because of (CARTER's) inexperience they cut him off at the knees"

[UTUSN]

It's on p. 3 of the link. I'm a sucker for believing Cher, like when she went on for 10 or 20 yrs telling us how controlling, devious, and dominating Sonny was and how liberated she was from him, but at his funeral she was a wreck about how much he meant to her. I swore then I wouldn't believe her again, but...


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http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/WinterConcert/story?id=4255476&page=1

.... Cher on Politics

Cher has kept abreast of the political situation and has even picked a candidate.

"For me it's a no-brainer. It's Hillary (Clinton)," said Cher.

It's a departure from many of her Hollywood counterparts, who have backed Barack Obama.

"I am sure he's a wonderful person," she said. "But I had dinner once with someone in the White House. The first time he was in the White House, the first night of his presidency, and this man was a saint, and all he talked about was what he wanted to do for this country … and because of his inexperience they cut him off at the knees," Cher said of former President Jimmy Carter. ....

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[Buzz Clik]

1. Yeah. Thanks for that, Cher. Now go play with your blocks.

[Unsane]

17. ROFLMAO

[roguevalley]

26. don't underestimate Cher. she's a shrewd cookie. If there are soldiers

out there getting better equipment and care, you can thank her. she used to privately visit the hospitals and when she saw what crap the equipment was, she took it public. She also worked to get the best helmets possible and get them to the troops. Cher is a smart lady who keeps up. I admire her a lot. Putting her down because she is a singer and has an opinion is absurd. Everyone of us has an opinion and last time I looked we were all entitled to it.

[Little Star]

36. Cher puts her time, money and mouth into what she thinks is

serious. She went before congress to fight for our troops to get the right kind of helmets! Any of you do something as important as that? She watches every move these politicians make and is well informed.

[Beacool]

41. Yep, people tend to underestimate Cher

but she's a good business woman and much brighter than what some people give her credit.

Thanks Cher for supporting Hillary!!!!!!

[mod mom]

2. Cher? You gotta be kidding me, you'd consider her opinion on Carter?

:eyes:

[waiting for hope]

3. Why not -

there seems to be a zillion experts here with opinions, on Obama, Clinton and everything else. Reason has been tossed out the window.

[bigscott]

5. well just consider

how much Cher has done for wounded Iraqi verterans over the past 5 years - look it up. She is more than just big hair and bad disco music. She has gone above and beyond what 99% of the celebrity endorsers have done. She has just done it under the radar and does not seek recognition for it.

Cher Soldiers On
By Barbara O'Dair
Cher donates her time and money for our troops.


In June, the singer and actress Cher flew to Washington to attend a hearing on helmet modifications for soldiers in Iraq. The 60-year-old entertainer has donated more than $130,000 to the group Operation Helmet, which pays about $100 to modify the inside of soldiers' helmets to make them better able to absorb shock from a bomb blast. In an interview on CBS last month, Cher said that she "was astounded at the price that could save someone's life." Furthermore, she says it makes her angry "when people say that if you're not for the war, you don't support the troops. And I'm not for the war. And I really support the troops."
Cher won a best-actress Oscar for her role in 1987's Moonstruck. As a singer she is best known for songs such as "Believe" and "If I Could Turn Back Time," throbbing disco-pop songs.

[Horse with no Name]

8. And her almost-nude dance on the aircraft carrier

I bet that raised more than the spirits of those sailors.:eyes:
To be fair, I adore Cher. She is a good person and thank you for sharing how she supports the troops.

[BOSSHOG]

11. Actually it was a battleship

"If I could turn back time." Awesome video. A rather religious experience for those onboard.

[Leo 9]

24. "If I could turn back time." should be the Clintons' theme song, rather than...

"Don't stop, thinking about tomorrow."

We can do better than to have a third term of their co-presidency.

[bdamomma]

12. she also testified in front of Congress regarding Operation Helmet

she supports this operation and is working behind the scenes.

[KoKo]

14. She's a "quiet advocate" ....something

Media Celebrity watchers don't understand, maybe.

[flordehinojos]

4. barack obama talks about change ..

and the more i hear him, or read his words on being the candidate for change, the more it sounds to me like he will give us more of the same tired old salad bar of rhetoric bush has been serving us for the last seven/eight years.

and the more i hear him accuse hillary of being more of the same, the more i see her as the one change agent who will restore america on a track of hope for the future of our children, a track of job creation where people can breathe easy about putting food back on their tables, paying the mortgages, affording an education for themselves and/or their children ...

the more barack obama accuses hillary clinton of stagnation back to the past, the more i hear the wheels of change inside her promise of moving america back to a stable america.

hillary, promises to change america back to a stable america; mr. obama wants to move america towards the same stagnation we have experience in the last seven or eight years.

[anamandujano]

21. Well said.

.

[blm]

37. Obama's change is OPEN GOVERNMENT. Hillary's status quo is MORE PROTECTION for closed government

The Clintons protect the Bushes. They always have and always will. And it was that protection of BushInc throughout the 90s that led DIRECTLY to the restoration of Bushinc in 2000. They all should have been in jail not planning their return to the WH.


http://consortiumnews.com/2006/111106.html
Couldn't have happened without a Dem president cooperating to keep those books closed for the secrecy and privilege of the Bushes and their cronies.

[John Q. Citizen]

6. Cater wasn't "inexperienced." They did cut him off at the knees, but it had nothing to do

with inexperience.

It has a lot more to do with george bush 1, Bill Clinton's partner in philanthropy, cutting a deal with the Iranians to keep the hostages under warps until Reagan was installed.

And it had a lot to do with the Saudis, george bush 1 and 2's good buddies, running up the price of oil.

I like Cher's acting, but i don't agree with her endorsement.

[Horse with no Name]

7. Well to be fair

Sonny was more like her father than her husband so of course she saw him (as any teenage girl does) as controlling, devious, and dominating.
Yes, she was a wreck at his funeral--I have no doubts that she loved Sonny, but not everyone we love is good for us. That is just life.

[Kokonoe]

9. We sure as hell do not want anybody that might get cut off at the knees

because they are so excited about helping America.

[Crabby Appleton]

10. Thanks, I've been eagerly awaiting Cher's guidance on these issues.

[KoKo]

13. She's correct about what happened to Carter. And folks don't remember

his 50 State Campaign where he promised to visit every state and he did. His incredible MOM, Miss Lillian came by train to all kinds of out of the way places to greet folks... She was a Peace Corps volunteer in her 80's.

We all had such incredible hope for Carter after the Nixon Nightmare. He was an outsider...Peanut Farmer and a good moral man. The Media started trashing him and the minute he took the oath they went after him like they did Bill Clinton (the man who ran on being the "Man from Hope.")

Obama doesn't know what he's in for. And, folks who say they don't want to live through another Clinton nightmare because the RW & MS Media are already sharpening their knives...need to realize that Obama isn't going to know what hit him because they will come after him with cleavers. It will take him a year to get up to speed with cabinet appointments and just to find out where everything is and how much damage Bush/Cheney have done.

It's a hard choice because whomever we Dems get into the White House they will be gone after tooth and claw. But, it's harder on those who come in with "Hope for Change" when they find out they are tied up like Gulliver from the beginning.

[Thrill]

15. He's a politician.....He knows what to expect

What do you think you know? But he doesn't? Come on. The good thing about this election is McCain. This guy has a ton of dirt and a long voting record.

[Neshanic]

38. So true. I compared Obama to a Carter presidency and there was the deer in headlights look.

[treestar]

51. Bill Clinton's experience was similar to Carter's

He had been governor of a small southern state. It wasn't the general background that did Carter in and caused Clinton to succeed. It was the times, or what was happening then, and a different set of evil bastards trying to set things up in their favor. Poppy is old now and the country is finally sick of Bushco, its cronies, and their shenanigans. If we haven't learned from that, and let it all happen again, that will be our downfall.

[ronnykmarshall]

16. Uh .... you wanna go there again with that shit about Cher?

Bring it.

[polichick]

18. Well, she got the "no-brainer" part right. nt

[BlackVelvet04]

45. Yeah, I'm sure you've accomplished so much more than she

has and are so much smarter.

[polichick]

54. You missed the joke...

Must've flown right over your head ~ I keep forgetting how smart I am!

[book_worm]

19. Is she still around? last I saw she was hawking some product on a shopping channel

with Suzanne Sommers.

[MonkeyFunk]

39. Yes she is

her last tour was the most successful ever by a female artist.

She's gearing up to take her show to Caesar's Palace for an extended stint.

She's working on her 26th album.

She's one of the most successful entertainers in the world. Her personal wealth is estimated at over well over $600 million.

[blm]

So Clintons were SMART for letting Poppy Bush dictate foreign policy and for convincing

them to let him and all his criminal operatives off the hook for IranContra, Iraqgate, BCCI and CIA drugrunning?

[HeraldSquare212]

20. Um, it was the Dem Congress that cut Carter off at the knees

because he was obnoxious in his first year. Their relationship never recovered. Obama already has relationships with Congress.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

22. no it was Ted Kennedy that caused us to lose the WH ....he gave Raygun the WH

[HeraldSquare212]

27. But his relations with Congress soured well before that

He tried to push his first budget through without working to get the Dems in Congress on board first, his people (Vernon Jordan, I think) were perceived to be very arrogant.

[blm]

35. Oh brother - you really DON'T know what was going on then do you?

Carter was very conservative back then, and people like Kennedy and other Dems had a hard time opening his eyes to progressive solutions. Carter shifted left DURING his presidency, unlike Bill Clinton who was very submissive to the RW agenda and a protector of BushInc on all its criminal matters.


http://consortiumnews.com/2006/111106.html

But, surely you are aware of that by now.

[Iceburg]

23. k'd

[whatchamacallit]

25. Closet repuke n/t

[Josiah1982]

28. Hey I like Cher nothing wrong with her this is good. eom

[TexasObserver]

29. Cher probably thinks Hillary can help her get medicare

do you believe in life after 14 plastic surgeries?

[KoKo]

31. Did you THINK about what you posted?

How old are you...like maybe 12? Is this the best you can keyboard out? Do you not see what you posted makes you seem...well...clueless? :shrug:

[TexasObserver]

32. say good bye

[Vinca]

30. Well, that endorsement changes my vote.

:rofl:

[Nedsdag]

33. Cher?

You mean Ross Perot supporter Cher?

:shrug:

[JackRiddler]

34. Surely this will go down as the turning point - I hear Hugo Chavez also endorsed Clinton. nt

[SKKY]

40. I think all that dye she put into Richie Sambora's hair killed a few brain cells...

...come on sweetie. Don't you have a record to make that absolutely no one will listen to?

[MonkeyFunk]

42. No one will listen to?

She's one of the most successful entertainers of all time.

[judaspriestess]

43. I love Cher

and I appreciate her comments and views. Does it sway my decision no but she has every right to speak out, as every other celebrity who has thrown their two cents in.

Sheesh

[loveangelc]

44. lol @ anyone caring about cher...

[BlackVelvet04]

47. judging from your avatar I would think you had a lot

in common with Cher....only she was the original

[krabigirl]

52. um, ok lol

[KennedyGuy]

46. always loved Cher....

[BlackVelvet04]

48. I've been to many, many concerts in my life, but

NOBODY does a concert like Cher.

[KennedyGuy]

50. Saw her 4 times...always a blast..and lots of cute guys in the audience too...

[Starbucks Anarchist]

49. I wish I could turn back time...

so I wouldn't have read this thread.

[rodeodance]

53. THANKS

[Cleita]

55. She supported Ross Perot too. Remember back when???n/t

[TexasObserver]

56. If I could turn back time, I'd take back the time I listened to her sing

[theboss]

57. People forget what really happened with Carter

1. His own party cut him off at the knees because he was impossible to work with. I don't see that happening with Obama.
2. His staff was a disaster. Again, I don't see that happening.
3. World affairs largely conspired against him. That could happen to anyone.

[sfam]

58. Cher??? We're taking advice from Cher now??? Cher??? n/t