# Jimmy Carter: "I Got What America Needs Right Here" Onion Story

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-i-got-what-america-needs-right-here-onion-story/433200>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 11, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-i-got-what-america-needs-right-here-onion-story/433200 "2008-01-11T23:50:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-i-got-what-america-needs-right-here-onion-story/433200/1 "2008-01-11T23:50:49Z")

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[Jimmy Carter lets it all hang out.](http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/i_got_what_america_needs_right?utm_source=EMTF_Onion)

Hee. Who knew he had a potty mouth like that? 😃

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-i-got-what-america-needs-right-here-onion-story/433200/2 "2008-01-11T23:58:51Z")

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The problem is, he’s kinda right. 😃

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-i-got-what-america-needs-right-here-onion-story/433200/3 "2008-01-12T02:06:35Z")

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I know for a _fact_ that Jimmy’s got “hotline” phones to people in different parts of the world. You don’t fuck with Jimmy Carter.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-i-got-what-america-needs-right-here-onion-story/433200/4 "2008-01-12T02:36:05Z")

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[QUOTE=Tuckerfan]  
I know for a _fact_ that Jimmy’s got “hotline” phones to people in different parts of the world. You don’t fuck with Jimmy Carter.  
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Are you saying The Onion going to get disappeared?  
😃

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**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-i-got-what-america-needs-right-here-onion-story/433200/5 "2008-01-12T02:59:37Z")

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Nice satirical magazine you have here. Shame if it were to… catch on fire. You see what i’m saying.

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**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-i-got-what-america-needs-right-here-onion-story/433200/6 "2008-01-12T04:08:53Z")

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I always knew he’d snap one day.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-i-got-what-america-needs-right-here-onion-story/433200/7 "2008-01-12T04:12:13Z")

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[QUOTE=featherlou]  
Are you saying The Onion going to get disappeared?  
😃  
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Jerry Ford? Big stroke and now dead. Ronnie Reagan? Alzheimer’s and now dead. I’m jes sayin’.