Jimmy Carter, aka former President Lilliput, chickened out of an appearance at Brandeis University where he was scheduled to flog his book. It seems that the former president was unwilling to have a person of normal intelligence be on the same stage with him and discuss the fine points of his argument. The ever quotable peanut farmer rejected the appearance opportunity with the following dismissal - he was unwilling to appear with someone who had no knowledge about the subject. The person who was slated to appear with Mr. Carter was none other than Alan Dershowitz famed lawyer and before this a Carter supporter. (It is unclear whether Carter was referring to himself or not but then his other appearances would also be problematic.)
Dershowitz, like many lawyers, can be an agressive advocate. And indeed on the Huffington Post he did a wonderful job of analyzing the gibberish which passes for analysis in the Carter tome-ette. But Saint Jimmy is evidently a bit sensitive about having to engage in anything like rational debate. The book by the way is the number one current best seller in sort of non-fiction on the idiotic moralizers book list.
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