By ZamboniWe cats saw President Carter at an event in Atlanta on Tuesday night, and in the course of answering questions from the audience, he said that Senator Ted Kennedy had refused to cooperate on health care reform during the Carter Administration because he was gearing up to run for the Democratic nomination in 1980.
Well, we have to tell you that none of us in the room batted an eye at this. First, the late Senator Kennedy's political motives seemed plausible. Why hand Carter a domestic policy victory if you're trying to unseat him? Second, Kennedy was very critical of President Carter in his memoir, and we all felt it was appropriate that the President should be able to answer that criticism. Third, Jimmy Carter said he'd never lie to us — and he never has.
But now, we learn that the President has repeated this on an upcoming "60 Minutes," and goodness gracious, people are so upset.
We cats are unimpressed with the brouhaha.
Why? Is it only because we know that Ted Kennedy couldn't come to agreement with Richard Nixon on health care reform, either?
Nope. We just think that anyone who's nearly eradicated the dreaded African guinea worm disease — as President Carter has done — knows a thing or two about health care.
(Oh, and that Nobel Peace Prize thing helps a lot.)
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