McCain Praised Carter in 1999

Yet another flip-flop.

In a May 1999 interview with The Hill newspaper, on the occasion of his first presidential run, McCain was asked to opine on the recent occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. In his written reply, McCain described Carter as having had:

"the greatest, the noblest and loftiest intentions of any president, but he never really understood how to use the institution to obtain his goals."

In his brief response to the question, McCain also said that while the Iranian hostage crisis:

"brought him down and conveyed to the people he was a weak president. Whether he was or not, that's [debatable]."

So am I to conclude that Obama too has the greatest, the noblest, and loftiest intentions to be President? Even more so that McCain himself?

I think what John said was not a gaffe because a large percentage of the voters today were not alive when Jimmy was President. John, in my opinion, was trying to compare Obama to Carter to scare the Jewish voters in this nation! Remember, Carter and Israel are not on the best of terms right now!