Media Matters - On MSNBC, Cramer asked if Carter "play[s] for another nation" or "his own fifth column"

Media Matters - On MSNBC, Cramer asked if Carter "play[s] for another nation" or "his own fifth column":

"On the May 21 edition of MSNBC's Jim Cramer Live, while discussing former President Jimmy Carter's criticism of President Bush, host Jim Cramer asked: 'Who does he play for, Carter? Does he play for himself? Does he play for another nation? Does he play for his own
fifth column?' According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, a 'fifth column' is a
'clandestine group or faction of subversive agents who attempt to undermine a
nation's solidarity by any means at their disposal.'On the May 21 edition of MSNBC's Jim Cramer Live, while discussing former President Jimmy Carter's criticism of President Bush, host Jim Cramer asked: 'Who does he play for, Carter? Does he play for himself? Does he play for another nation? Does he play for his own fifth column?' According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, a 'fifth column' is a 'clandestine group or faction of subversive agents who
attempt to undermine a nation's solidarity by any means at their disposal.'On
the May 21 edition of MSNBC's Jim Cramer Live, while discussing former President Jimmy
Carter's criticism of President Bush, host Jim Cramer asked: 'Who does he play for, Carter? Does he play for himself? Does he play for another nation? Does he play for his own
fifth column?' According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, a 'fifth column' is a
'clandestine group or faction of subversive agents who attempt to undermine a
nation's solidarity by any means at their disposal.'"

One of the strongest reasons that I think that political attacks are so negative is that they lead to more political attacks. I think it was not right for Carter to speak the way he did about Bush, and I think it is not right for Carter to be addressed in this tone. Where has the respect gone in our national dialogue?