Jimmy Carter tells Barack Obama not to pick Hillary Clinton as running mate (Guardian)

[psychopomp]

Barack Obama should not pick Hillary Clinton as his vice-presidential nominee, former president Jimmy Carter has told the Guardian.

"I think it would be the worst mistake that could be made," said Carter. "That would just accumulate the negative aspects of both candidates."

Carter, who formally endorsed the Illinois senator last night, cited opinion polls showing 50% of US voters with a negative view of Clinton.

In terms that might discomfort the Obama camp, he said: "If you take that 50% who just don't want to vote for Clinton and add it to whatever element there might be who don't think Obama is white enough or old enough or experienced enough or because he's got a middle name that sounds Arab, you could have the worst of both worlds."

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/04/uselections2008

[Waya]

1. I'm with Jimmy on this one........

[Dark]

2. Yeah, cause he's an expert on winning elections.

n/t

[psychopomp]

3. October Surprise

Ring a bell?

[unblock]

7. he's won more elections than i; and, i'll bet, more than you as well.

and he chose not to win in 1980. he damn well knew he could have gotten all shrubby on iran and won re-election in a landslide. that he chose not to jeopardize his country's world standing for the sake of re-election says quite a lot about the man.

[frylock]

9. you really make yourself look like a fucking idiot making statements like that..

are 12 years old or something? :eyes:

[aaaaaa5a]

10. A Democrat has only won the Presidency 3 times in my life.

And he has one of the wins. So that makes him an expert to me!

[polichick]

4. Carter once again proves himself to be the wise party elder...

This is interesting for another reason though ~ I've heard that the elegant way for Obama to let her down is to have other high level Dems speak out about that ticket not working. Pelosi has already done that. I hope Gore also speaks up about this.

[Xenocrates]

5. Always.. Always listen to your Party Elders.. (nt)

[Tinksrival]

6. President Carter is very wise.

This is a great line, "That would just accumulate the negative aspects of both candidates." :thumbsup:

[depakid]

8. "That would just accumulate the negative aspects of both candidates."

:thumbsup:

Been saying that for months....

[DangerousRhythm]

11. I love this guy.

Seriously, he's so wise and not too many people could tell him this with quite so much weight. Smart, smart man.