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Who can argue with success?

Another questioner asked Carter why he refused to debate the content of his book with figures such as Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz and former Ambassador Dennis Ross, especially given that one of the supposed aims of his book was to provoke debate.

"I don't see any reason for me to debate a man from Harvard who knows very little of anything about present circumstances in the West Bank," Carter responded. He also provided the audience with some autobiographical details.

"I've never been afraid of debates," Carter said. "As a matter of fact, when I was a peanut farmer I debated the President of the United States three times...and, of course, I debated my challenger, President Reagan."

God Bless the Gipper.

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