Meridith Oakley thinks Jimmy Carter has nothing to apologize to - he spoke the truth and although the press made that truth uncomfortable, it was the truth. I couldn’t agree more.

“ And we have had, for the first time since Israel was founded, we’ve had zero peace talks to try to bring a resolution of difference in the Middle East. That’s a radical departure from the past. We’ve also abandoned or directly refuted every nuclear arms control agreement ever negotiated down through history. And I think we’ve had a radical departure, in my opinion, from the separation of church and state policies that have permeated previous administrations. As expressed succinctly by Thomas Jefferson, we ought to build a wall between church and state. We’ve had an abandonment of almost every previous administration’s policy on environmental quality. Many of the basic laws that were passed under Richard Nixon and other Republican presidents, as a matter of fact, we’ve pretty well abandoned those. So I think that the last few years have, has been of most concern to me.” There you have it, and frankly, I can’t see anything in it that could be misinterpreted by anyone—except possibly a former president regretful of his own candor. He shouldn’t be. Sometimes the truth hurts, but it’s still the truth, and by having spoken it, Jimmy Carter has never been more relevant in his life.