They were probably being paid peanuts....

BUT seriously it appears the people were wise enough to determine just what side Dhimmi was on...

"You have clearly abandoned your historic role of broker in favor of becoming an advocate for one side," the departing members of the Center's Board of Councilors told Carter in their letter of resignation."

We need more people to identify the threat and take action rather that sitting on their thumbs...

Posted by: exsgtbrown at January 11, 2007 4:22 PM

What kind of crummy article doesn't name the people who resigned? Sheesh.

Posted by: billposer at January 11, 2007 4:23 PM

You have clearly abandoned your historic role of broker in favor of becoming an advocate for one side

I believe it is clear, and will be even more unambiguous to future historians, who the aggressor is in the Israeli-"Palestinian" conflict (actually, just one jihad of many currently underway around the world). If someone wants to be "high-minded" and "impartial" in negotiating the conflict, I think that is stretching morality to the limit. But Carter has gone far beyond even that, to openly fighting against the side of peace and compromise. He is loathesome, and has destroyed whatever legacy he may have left behind.

Posted by: special_guest at January 11, 2007 4:35 PM

Any CAIR members queuing up to fill these vacancies?

Posted by: Hermit at January 11, 2007 5:02 PM

What kind of crummy article doesn't name the people who resigned? Sheesh.

Posted by: billposer

The letters were signed by Alan Abrams, Steve Berman, Michael Coles, Jon Golden, Doug Hertz, Barbara Babbit Kaufman, Liane Levetan, Jeff Levy, Leon Novak, Ambassador William B. Schwartz Jr., William B. Schwartz III, Steve Selig, Cathey Steinberg, and Gail Solomon.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/11/carter.resignations/index.html

Posted by: Patriot8 at January 11, 2007 5:20 PM

From the AP story: "Carter defended the book, especially as he implied that Americans might be afraid to discuss the conflict in fear of a powerful Jewish lobby."

This is an apalling statement. Spoken like a true Jew hater. I have heard this same kind of statement many times from neo-Nazis and Mohammedans, the same old Zionist conspiracy crap that came from Hitler and Gobbels.

If all that bovine scatology were true, there would be no Islamic jihad threat.

Posted by: Pelayo at January 11, 2007 5:32 PM

Was Cater always like this or has he gone senile in his old age?

Posted by: Hermit at January 11, 2007 5:45 PM

What took them so long? Carter's attitudes have been on display for nearly thirty years. His palpable distaste for Begin, his utter lack of sympathy for the Israelis and his constant manipulation of things to present them in a bad light, his remark about "I am sick and tired of hearing about the Holocaust" (a remark that has not been handed down literatim, but that is the essence of it) to or about Begin, his pushing Sadat to be even more demanding, and then after the Camp David Accords, not satisfied with having forced that disastrous agreement down Israel's throat, Carter offered some P.R. advice to a man he so much wanted to succeed, Yassir Arafat, and told him just how he, Carter, thought the "Palestinian" cause could best be presented to the American public (in the first place, by stressing that bit about the "Palestinian people" and downplaying the pan-Arab or pan-Islamic opposition, and always telling the Americans things quite different from what Arafat would tell an Arab audience. This part of Carter's career is mentioned in Douglas Brinkley's biography.

All those who continued, after all this, for decades to continue to work at some place named, with characteristic humility, "The Carter Center," and who now find themselves suddenly shocked by Carter's latest book and his latest cruel and sinister behavior, are not very good apparently at picking up on the classic signs of the antisemite. And that includes not only all the things listed above, but a great deal else.

Glad that those who resigned resigned, though they ought never to have allowed themselves to be fooled in the first place.

As for all those who didn't resign, well...

The next time they come calling for support of any kind, or for their own special projects, give them the cold shoulder. Those who think Carter is still respectable company have, or should have, another think coming. He has made himself beyond the pale. But for those who looked closely, he made himself that way long ago, while he was President.

Posted by: Hugh at January 11, 2007 5:49 PM

Finally, some gumption.

Posted by: Daisytoo at January 11, 2007 6:23 PM

Mr Carter may very well qualify to be the worst President we've ever had. Ever. During his Presidency, Iran attacked our sovereign soil and held our diplomats hostage for over four hundred days. He let that cancer metastasize until it may require radical surgery, and it may kill that patient. All this blood will be on his sanctimonious head. He created a power vacuum in Central America that brought the Marxist Sandinistas to power and by doing so, Nicaragua and El Salvador, were embroiled in long and devastating wars. All the blood spilt in Central America is his responsibility and no one else.

Posted by: kiko at January 11, 2007 7:33 PM

Maybe he had his ass kicked by a Jew when he was younger, thats all i can think of!!!

Posted by: OLD SARGE at January 11, 2007 8:37 PM

Hugh said

As for all those who didn't resign, well...

Good point. After reading what is in the book, and seeing the world's reaction to it, what does it say about the ones who chose to continue standing with Carter? I would hope that everyone, up to the one who sweeps the floor at night, would walk out.

Posted by: special_guest at January 11, 2007 10:48 PM

It's about time these people have seen the light and see what a fraud old peanut brain is. Better late than never I guess.

Posted by: ISLAMSFORLOSERS at January 11, 2007 10:57 PM

Maybe ex-pres. Carter can fill the gap with ex.Sec of State James Baker. They seem to think alike on many middle eastern issues. Maybe Nasrallah would like to take a Sabbatical... oh wait; that sounds like Shabbot... may the curse of Allah be upon me...

Posted by: A_Plague_on_Both_Houses at January 12, 2007 10:36 AM

It was the Jewish Legumes Conspiracy that sent Jimma over the top.

Posted by: TheOmegaMan at January 12, 2007 12:09 PM

Interesting how many resigning advisors are Jews: JC must be jumpin' for joy.

He's a bitter, vain old man who wants to be on the the front page (that's why he identified with Yasser "Norma Desmond" Arafat).

I wonder sometimes if he blames Israel and "The Jews" for his election defeat, blaming them for the embassy takeover.

Posted by: AbuNudnik at January 12, 2007 2:06 PM

Personally, I wish that Nazi/Muslim/Leftie propaganda was accurate and that there really WAS a powerful Jewish lobby running much of the world.

It would quite probably be a better place as a result.

Posted by: enemyofislam at January 12, 2007 11:40 PM

Difficult to differentiate between Carter's inherent antisemetism and his reliance on Saudi and areb money to finance his enterprises. Is this Book somewhat of a payback for his islamic backers?
i understand form various articles, that this backing runs into tens of millions of dollars.

Posted by: chevalier de st george at January 13, 2007 3:49 AM

The violent reactions to Carter's book remind me that "where there's smoke there's fire." No doubt his views irritate his critics' raw nerves that prevent them from engaging in a civil dialog. It seems to me that all of us could profit from a public discussion of the issues Carter raises. but I suspect it's unlikely to happen.

Posted by: jedesto at January 13, 2007 11:07 AM

I doubt that Carter mentioned in his "book" one of the most blatant cases of apartheid practiced in the Land of Israel since the end of Ottoman rule in 1917. When the various EU member states celebrate their national holidays [such as 14 July (Bastille Day), or the Queen's Birthday, etc.], their consulates in Jerusalem hold separate receptions for Jews and Arabs. When Teddy Kollek was mayor he used to make it a point to protest the policy. But that did not deter the Euros. Anyhow, this is the kind of apartheid that the EU approves of. They want to divide the city in the name of "peace." They want to separate it into two ethnic parts. In fact, some Western powers maintain two consulates in Jerusalem: these states are UK, France, Italy, and the USA. If I am wrong about Carter not mentioning this form of apartheid in Jerusalem, then please let me know.

Posted by: Eliyahu at January 14, 2007 7:43 AM