« Obama Raises $40m in March | Main | RONing in Memphis.. » Carter Likes Obama03 Apr 2008 10:26 am A hint that the guy from Plains might cast his superdelegate vote for Barack Obama.... He endorsed Howard Dean in 2004. ** Ok - sticklers -- I was there and remember what happened, too. Just before the Iowa caucuses, he "appeared" with Dean and said very nice things... but after private importuning by Democrats, he decided not to utter the word "endorse." It was all very confusing. But to me, the verb "endorse" is broad enough to cover whatever Carter thinks he did. Comments (18)
Huh, I've seen lots of references to Carter's assertion that he thought it was inappropriate for an ex-prez to endorse, but none mentioning that he did it last cycle. 
Carter did NOT endorse Howard Dean last time.
I agree with Susan...get your facts straight. Carter did not endorse Dean or anyone in 2004; he did have a much publicized appearance with Dean, but that was it.
I'm pretty sure Carter did not endorse Dean last time. He MET with Dean, and said nice things about him, but didn't endorse. If I recall correctly.
He endorsed Howard Dean in 2004. Marc, are you sure about this? I've been digging around and can't find any record of it, though proving a negative can be a bitch. I know it's not the end all / be all resource, but Wikipedia has a whole list of Dean's 2004 endorsements and Carter isn't mentioned. I think he'd probably show up on the list if he had endorsed.
Correct, guys. Carter did not endorse last cycle. Hopefully Marc will correct.
Wow. A so-called "reporter" gets the only reporting in his post wrong AGAIN. Pathetic, Marc. Fire. Ambinder. Now.
Yep, no Carter endorsement for Dean in 2004. This proves the old saying, "don't believe everything you read in blogs".
Or, don't believe anything on Ambinder's blog until you do some real fact-checking first. How can you "report" without fact-checking anyway? You can't. Not with any integrity. But alas, integrity is not what Ambidner's "reported" blog is about. Simply not up to par for a great publication like The Atlantic.
I'm sure since every commenter has pointed out the error, Marc will fix the post or update with a correction. Oh, well, nevermind...
You self-justifying schmuck. "Endorse" has a very specific meaning and you know damn well what it means. Next thing you know you'll be "reporting" than Pelosi endorsed Obama when she didn't. Fire. Ambinder. Now.
HA! I saw it on TV and if it wasn't an endorsement it was the next best thing to one.
Thank you for at least making a clarification.
Correction: the Dean campaign manipulated an "appearance" with Carter to try to make it LOOK like an endorsement when it wasn't. Carter "said nice things" about other Democrats too.
How pathetic that a so-called reporter uses the word "sticklers" with such contempt. Yes, Marc, we are sticklers for facts, including this one: Jimmy Carter did NOT endorse Howard Dean in 2004.
Gore endorsed Dean at the exact moment of his peak numbers, and just before they went tumbling, two weeks before Iowa. That whole campaign seems like another century. Like it was in black and white, or unix, or VHS. This time is weird, unprecedented, and kind of scary that way. I think we should quit trying to cling to floating debris of the past for indications of what happens this time. It keeps turning out wrong, for one thing.
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Great. Now Obama will have to face stories about how he will be the next Carter and hates Israel.
Posted by Mike | April 3, 2008 10:32 AM