President Carter is a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
He's done a great deal for poor people through his Habitat for Humanity program.
But he's a Democrat so you bad mouth him.
Let's see what GW does after his presidency.
He isn't fit to tie Jimmy's shoe laces.
Every can choose their surgeon using their own criteria.
That is of course if you have insurance but then the insurance company will restrict your choice. I had an aortic aneurysm repaired which was right next to my heart.
I myself did not ask my surgeon what his religion was.
I did check his background and reputation and talked to two people in my church who knew him.
One had been operated on by him and the other had worked with him as an anesthesiologist.
All spoke very highly of him and I was very pleased with the outcome.
My twin brother had the same condition but didn't actually have much choice because he didn't have health insurance due to pastoring a very poor church for 7 years for almost no money and no benefits.
Let me rephrase that.
He got a LOT of benefits but no insurance.
His heart surgeon was a good Christian man and performed the surgery free because of his support for my brother’s ministry.
My brother also had an excellent outcome.
We're talking about politics here.
I think the same general principle applies. My first choice in each case would be the best person for the job and also a confessing Christian.
My second choice would be the best person for the job.
Since I really didn't see any real difference in the faith of the two candidates in the last election, I voted for the best man.
What I have difficulty accepting is people who say they want Christian leaders but what they really mean is they want Republican leaders who also appear to be Christian.
In Jimmy Carter's case, I voted for the highly skilled Christian.
Jimmy Carter has shown through his actions after leaving the White House that he really cares about people in need.
Has any other post WW2 president done as much after leaving the White House?
Not that I can see.
Jimmy Carter was the first president to confess that he is a born again Christian.
He taught Sunday School classes before, during, and after his presidency.
What do you think the odds are that George W Bush will EVER do that?
I was born in the South and have lived there about half of my life.
I love the South and am proud to call myself a Southerner.
I believe that relationships between the races in the South has improved greatly during my life time.
I also believe that there was significant racial prejudice in other parts of the country.
(The Newark riots, Watts riots, Detroit riots, Boston busing riots, etc.)
However, none of those other areas were as flagrant as the deep South with rest room and lunch counter signs saying for whites only.
Many in the South did not vote for President Obama because of his politics and not his skin color. Black, white, pink, purple doesn't matter to me. If they are liberal in their politics I'm not going to vote for them no matter how many Sunday School classes they have taught, no matter how many Habitat houses they have built, and no matter how many times they have said "I am a born again Christian." Some folks just can't help but to see the majority of white Southerners wearing a white hood every Saturday night. And, the sad thing is that many southern yellow dog democrats perpetuate this stereotype. By the way Tidy, please keep it up. Your helping out tremendously.
Alatide, have you ever heard the term, "Bible Belt"?
The south has been conservative in it's politics for decades.
Bigotry is everywhere. I am a southerner myself but have lived in New England for much of my life. You would be surprised at the bigotry here. In my opinion there is far more hostility against blacks up here than I ever experienced down south. I know of many people here who said they would not vote for Obama because he was black. I did not vote for Obama, but not because of his skin color. I would vote for a conservative black man or woman who stands for Christian values in a heartbeat. Obama is too socialist for me, and I did not like that he supported abortion.
You gotta love the Dems, they try to portray conservative white people as bigots by playing the race card. :laugh:
I too am a southerner, I am white and I didn't vote for Obama. I didn't vote for Obama due to his political views, and reading about his past and his voting record. Also I didn't agree with the Black revolutionary theology of the church where he was a member.
Most of us go to a church where we agree with the theology. As with most white men I know in the south, I'm very conservative in my views.
Would you or could you give the record of blacks voting for Obama? I don't know but in most races down here if a black runs for office and they are democrats about 93% or more blacks vote for them.
I could vote for a black as fast as a white or anyother race if I agreed with them. I could vote for Thomas Sowell if he ever ran for office before 95% of the whites who run.
I didn't vote for Carter and I liked the sign the Ga. Farmers put up in Ga. while he was president, they didn't care for Carter either.
At the church that I go to about 95% of the blacks voted for Obama and about 45% of the white did. Most of our members are from the northeast, maybe about 10 to 15% from the south.
Wow...so you'd choose "professing Christian" over qualifications?
So, a 35 year-old high-school dropout would trump a governor or US senator in your book?
Riiiiiight.....
Sorry...I don't believe you for a second.
I believe when you say "Professing Christian," you mean "Professing Christian who is a democrat and supports liberal causes."
At least, that's what your rhetoric and actions have shouted.
So, why don't you restate your position, this time being more truthful?
I could point out that many of the "racists" you accuse would gladly support a black candidate who wasn't in favor of the takeover of our private lives by the federal government.
But then that would mess up your rant, and your duct-taped reality you have managed to construct...