Carter at Dem Convention: My Meeting with HAMAS

Actually, Carter will not speak to delegates at the Democrat convention but according to The Hill, "he will be on stage as a recorded presentation is played."

Officials at the Democratic convention initially declined to say whether Carter would speak or not, deferring to the published podium schedule, but a spokeswoman said that Democrats wanted to "acknowledge his tremendous efforts to help the [Katrina] hurricane recovery."

But later convention spokeswoman Natalie Wyeth said, "his speech to the delegates will go through that video package."

"He will be on the stage tonight," Wyeth noted.

Carter was an announced speaker in the run-up to the convention, but on Monday, the podium schedule seemed to exclude the former president. The schedule said "remarks" above the names and titles of other confirmed speakers on Monday's schedule, which was provided by the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC), but for Carter, there is no such indication.

Funny, there's no mention of HAMAS in The Hill report by Sam Youngman. I would imagine Carter will only "be on stage," but not speaking, because he met with and embraced some Hamasniks in the rump state of Ramallah in April of this year. That, or it could be because he laid a wreath at The Tomb of the Dead Terrorist.

Either way, the Dems don't want to lose "the Jewish vote."

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, place a wreath at the tomb of Yasser Arafat on Tuesday [April 15, 2008] in Ramallah. Getty Images.

So you'll have extra time on your hands tonight. Consider using it to watch Jimmy Carter's War Against the Jews -- a "feature presentation" at The Terrorist Awareness Project.

With thanks to an old scout friend of mine.