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Posted:  07 Aug 2008 17:05


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Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young offers a defense of former President Jimmy Carter's often-criticized foreign policy.

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Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young gives a lecture on the theme of "Restoring Legitimacy to our Election System" entitled The Challenge of Patriotism.

Andrew Young is an American civil rights activist, former U.S. congressman and mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. He was the United States' first African-American ambassador to the United Nations.

Ambassador Young serves on the National Security Council Advisory Board and remains active in numerous charitable activities and organizations. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the French Legion of Honor, the Bishop Walker Humanitarian Award, and over 60 honorary degrees from prestigious universities around the world.

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But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles

And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
Posted:  07 Aug 2008 17:41
Jimmy Carter my hero. Nobody made better peanut butter.
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Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either.
Posted:  07 Aug 2008 18:17
Anything about his foreign policy?
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But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles

And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
Posted:  07 Aug 2008 20:39
It stunk from my opinion. The Iranians only gave up the hostages when they knew Reagan was getting in. They didn't want to screw with the Gipper.
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Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either.
Posted:  07 Aug 2008 20:52


Iran giving up the hostages for fear of the gipper is a bit revisionist yes?
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But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles

And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles