Lord knows I love me some Bernie Sanders supporting, Jimmy Carter. But even the best among us are walking around with heads full of DC-based spin and nonsense.
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter sees little hope for the U.S. to change its human rights and environmental policies as long as Donald Trump is in the White House, but he has a warning for his fellow Democrats looking to oust the current administration: Don’t go too far to the left.
“Independents need to know they can invest their vote in the Democratic Party,” Carter said Tuesday during his annual report at his post-presidential center and library in Atlanta, where he offered caution about the political consequences should Democrats “move to a very liberal program, like universal health care.”
That’s delicate — and, Carter acknowledged, even contradictory — advice coming from the 93-year-old former president, and it underscores the complicated political calculations for Democrats as they prepare for the November midterms and look ahead to the 2020 presidential election.
“Rosie and I voted for Bernie Sanders in the past,” Carter noted.
I can forgive a 94 year old for not realizing that there are no real “Independents” but I can’t forgive any you bastards reading this right now for not realizing it.
That goes for you to Senator Carper. I know you are reading this. Don’t lie.