Pres Carter says Venezuela has the "best election system in the world"

[uggabugga]

Originally Posted by NoJiveMan

I didn't know Carter or his opinions were relevant to world events.


Please note the date of your link.

i don't get it. why is that date a problem?

[AeroGuyDC]

Jimmy can stop opining now. He has successfully achieved the position of #2 Worst President In American History.

[malamute]

There probably is less fraud in Venezuela's elections. Mexico's elections are more honest and legitimate than ours because they prevent fraud and do not allow millions of non-citizens to vote and control the outcome of their elections.

The outcome of the elections in those hispanic nations doesn't mean there was any fraud. The people got the kind of leader they wanted.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by wehotex

Former US President Carter: Venezuelan Electoral System

The United States has the worst due to the influence of too much money influence. He's not far off the mark. I'll bet that Venez voters don't have to stand in line for hours to
vote as witnessed in florida and ohio this past november.

In my view: Carter was a crappy Pres which is shared by many, even liberal historians, but he is basically a good man and has done a lot for those in need. That being said, he appears to either be losing it or not thinking straight. This isn't the first questionable statement he has made in the last few years..

[Chimuelojones]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

i don't get it. why is that date a problem?

Because like the statement..."Mussolini kept the trains running to schedule", timming is everything. The statement was true at the begining of Mussolini's regime, but for a whole host of reasons was not so later in the regime.

Or like the concept of "hope and change", which was the mantra of the early Obama adminstration. Kept alive today those critical of the President as a failure of his entire adminstration; but no longer used as by the President to define his adminstration.

Jimmy Carter could have commented on the early elections that put Chavez into power and the ones following...but after Chavez consolidated power and silenced his opponents, Carter's statment could not still be considered his observations durring that era.

So timming matters.

[Kenneth-Kaunda]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

Jimmy can stop opining now. He has successfully achieved the position of #2 Worst President In American History.

Who is number 1 then?

I guess you mean Obama (not that I agree with that of course) - so how did Barack view Chavez anyways?