When nothing else is works, pick on Carter

A GOP congressman has proposed cutting all federal funding for ex-President Jimmy Carter's Carter Center because of his current trip to meet with leaders of "terrorist" organizations.  According to Rep. Joe Knollenberg, The Coordinated American Response To Extreme Radicals (CARTER) Act would prevent federal dollars from being used to finance discussions and negotiations with "terrorist" groups.  He estimates taxpayers already have given Carter's think-tank foundation some $19 million and is suggesting no more.

"America must speak with one voice against our terrorist enemies," he said in a statement at the time the proposal was readied for Congress. "It sends a fundamentally troubling message when an American dignitary is engaged in dialogue with terrorists. My legislation will make sure that taxpayer dollars are not being used to support discussions or negotiations with terrorist groups."

It's nice to know that Republican congressmen like Joe Knollenberg have nothing better to do with their time and resources than to engage in good-old-fashioned Carter-bashing.  The good congressman must have really put a strain on his ill-equipped and over-taxed brain cell to come up with that clever acronym.