The Case Against Israel's Enemies
Exposing Jimmy Carter and Others Who Stand in the Way of Peace
Chapter One
The Case against
President Jimmy Carter
I've known Jimmy Carter since February 12, 1976. That was
the day the then obscure presidential candidate sent me a
handwritten note from "Plains, Georgia," telling me that he had
been "impressed with [my] ideas on crime and punishment,"
which I had expressed in a recent New York Times Magazine
article. He asked for my help with "other ideas" that would be
"very valuable to [him]" in his campaign. A "cc" on the bottom
of the page to "Stu" indicated that he had sent a copy to Stuart
Eisenstadt, his chief domestic assistant and a former student of
mine. Stuart, who was a committed Zionist and an active member
of the Atlanta Jewish community, had served as an important
adviser to Carter when he was governor of Georgia. Stuart was
then a leading figure in the former peanut farmer's unlikely run
for president.
When I received the letter, I barely knew who Carter was, but
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