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Former Democratic President Jimmy Carter revealed Monday night that he backed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton in last year's Democratic presidential primary.

"Can y'all see why I voted for him?" the 92-year-old Carter said of Sanders, who was seated next to him during a discussion hosted by the Carter Center on Human Rights in Atlanta.

Carter kept his preference quiet during last year's heated race between Clinton and Sanders, but his distaste for Hillary and Bill Clinton is an open secret.

Carter would be Sander's highest-ranking supporter in the Democratic Party. Only one senator backed the Vermont Independent Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley along with just a handful of House members and governors.

The Carters and Clintons have long had bad blood, despite their shared experiences as Southern Democrats who spent time in the White House.

In 1992, Carter suggested that Bill Clinton doesn't "tell the truth," and he skipped the 1996 Democratic National Convention. In 2008, Carter endorsed Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in what was widely seen as a stinging rebuke.

In the run-up to the 2016 election, Carter a staunch critic of money-in-politics said he had no doubt that Clinton would win the nomination "because money dominates and she has an inside track to the massive amounts that are going to pour into the Democratic Party."

And during the general election last year, Carter seemed to be holding his nose a bit as he said he supported the "quite unpopular" Clinton. "Everybody knows that I'm a Democrat, and I'll be voting Democratic," was his less-than-enthusiastic endorsement of the Democratic nominee.

At the event with Sanders, Carter said he thought American voters elected Donald Trump because of their "dissatisfaction with the existing system of politics."

"People were willing to just take a chance and abandon democracy and what we knew about its basic principles just to try something new, no matter what it was," said the former president, who has mostly stayed out of domestic politics since leaving the White House after a single term in 1981.

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Shallow and craven.

Two words often used to describe the very worst of the cable news punditry that shifts positions when it is politically expedient for ones agenda. For example, consider Tucker Carlsons response to Brit Humes suggestion last night that James Comeys handling of the Hillary Clinton email affair was terribly unfair.

Mr. Carlson would like for us to believe that he also was upset by how unfairly Comey was toHillary, who notably released a letter just days before a general election that, some believe, may have been a tipping point whichled to her losing the election.

But it wasnt just the way that Comey treated Hillary, Carlson also said the reaction of Republicans (at the time) was distasteful, saying you saw Republicans taking pleasure and at the time and I thought that was wrong. He then added you shouldnt have an FBI director weighing in like that

So brave.

Is Tucker Carlson the transcendent figure that can cross the bitter partisan divide that so ails our nation? Maybe. Or perhaps hes just full of it.

Take a look at how Carlson reacted to the Comey letter the day after it was released in an interview with Washington Times columnist and former Mediaite Loser of the Day Charles Hurt below. Midway through the interview, Carlson mocks his fellow journalists (namely David Gregory) for focusing not on Hillary, and how she got us here in this moment of chaos, but how they unfairly blame Comey for doing his job. Huh.

So to recap. Last night Carlson claimed that Comey treated Hillary unfair, and that he thought GOP schadenfreude was bad. But back in October, he thought it absurd that the media would focus on Comeys treatment of Hillary instead of blaming Ms. Clinton for a moment of chaos.

Watch the clips above and below, courtesy of Fox News.

This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author.

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Even in politics, the rich get richer. Take President Trump.

Fresh off a big victory with the Housepassage of an ObamaCare repeal, Trump is also getting lucky again in his enemies. Hillary Clinton is baaack and ready to rumble.

Politico reportsshe is launching a new group to raise money for the resistance to Trumps presidency. The group will be called Onward Together, and Clinton is said to be meeting with donors to form a board of directors.

Her cadre of unemployed hangers-on must be thrilled to have a new slush fund, but most Dems are probably thinking, Havent we suffered enough?

With the party demoralized and divided, and holding the fewest number of elected seats in a century, Clintons return will likely prolong the misery. While shes a media magnet, shes also a political dead end, having lost two presidential runs and ceded the future to the Bernie Sanders socialist wing.

Its hard to imagine her as the partys savior, yet, instead of going away quietly, shell be competing with its candidates for money and attention. Anything she gets will come at the expense of new leaders and ideas.

To continue reading Michael Goodwin's column in the New York Post, click here.

Michael Goodwin is a Fox News contributor and New York Post columnist.

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On Sunday, following Emmanuel Macrons decisive victory in the French presidential election, Hillary Clinton posted a congratulatory tweet. But thats not all. In addition to applauding Macron, Clinton made a subtle jab at the media, writing of Macrons win, Defeat to those interfering w/ democracy. (But the media says I cant talk about that).

Clinton is most likely referencing comments shes recently made about her own bid for the presidency, suggesting Russian interference played a role in her unprecedented loss. Some outlets criticized Clinton for her comments. For instance,The Guardian was quick to point out Clinton took absolute personal responsibility for the loss, only to then blame Russian hackers and FBI Director James Comey for issuing a damning letter a mere days before the November 8 vote. And as CNNs SE Cupp wrote,

Remember, she takes absolute personal responsibility. But ... who could argue that it's very difficult to succeed a two-term president of your own party? Seriously, Democrats haven't done it since, Lord knows, like the 1820s or '30s, so she's not making excuses but, you guys, take her word for it: It was basically impossible for her to win.

Social media users blasted Clinton for a different reason altogether, poking fun at her for saying, Im back to being an activist citizen and part of the resistance. Clearly, not everyone was buying her new revolutionary persona:

Its worth noting, however, that Clinton isnt the only presidential candidate to deal with Russian interference. Similarly, just days before the French elections final round of voting, security analysts said theyd found evidence of Russian interference, telling Reutersthat Russian hackers had compromised Macrons campaign emails. Whether you criticize Clinton for blaming Russian interference or see her statements as completely valid, the FBIs ongoing investigation into Russias involvement during the 2016 presidential campaign should speak volumes.

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Hillary Clinton, here in New York on May 3, is the subject of Curtis Sittenfeld's new novel.(Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty)

Curtis Sittenfeld, whose best-selling 2008 novel American Wifefictionalized the life of Laura Bush,is now turning her sharp eye to Hillary Clinton.

Penguin Random House announced Monday that Sittenfeld'suntitled novel will be told from the point of view of Hillary Rodham, in which she turns down marriage proposals from Bill Clinton(as she did in real life), then ultimately turns him down once and for all. The book will imagine how Rodhams life spins out from there.

Random House spokeswoman Theresa Zoro said the novel about the former first lady, Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate is not likely to hit stores before 2019.

Author Curtis Sittenfeld.(Photo: Josephine Sittenfeld)

In American Wife, the character inspired by Bush, the former first lady,was called Alice Blackwell. The novel became popular among book clubs. Sittenfelds other best sellers include Prep and 2016s Eligible, a modern take on Jane Austens classic Pride and Prejudice.

News of Sittenfeld's Hillary book comes, coincidentally, the same day publishers Knopf and Little, Brown jointly announced that former President Bill Clinton is teaming up with mega-selling author James Patterson on a book. The President Is Missing, a thrillerset in the highest corridors of power, will be released in June 2018.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is writing a book, filled with quotations she has collected for decades, that will reflect on her life and the presidentialelection. Its due in September from Simon & Schuster.

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