Reminder: Jimmy Carter was just like all the other presidents
Reminder: Jimmy Carter was just like all the other presidents Mickey Z. Former president Jimmy Carter is back in the news . His ongoing illness has surely caused him and his loved ones much distress and grief. For that, I wish them peace as the 39th president nears the end of his life. However, this is also an important opportunity to recognize that corporate media whitewashing is yet again in full effect — painting Carter as a peace-loving saint who deserved a Nobel Peace Prize. As with all U.S. politicians — regardless of party — it remains as dangerous as ever to ignore historical reality. During the Carter Administration, the U.S. had a president who claimed that human rights were "the soul of our foreign policy" despite making an agreement with the brutal dictator, “Baby Doc” Duvalier, to not accept the asylum claims of Haitian refugees. His duplicity, however, was not limited to our hemisphere; Carter also started earning his Nobel Peace Prize in Southeast As