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A poor choice of words

On a listserve to which I subscribe, it was reported that former President Jimmy Carter made an unfortunate choice of words in discussing his Middle Eastern peace efforts with the NY Times:

"Had I been elected to a second term, with the prestige and authority and influence and reputation I had in the region, we could have moved to a final solution," he said.

Creepy. It's easy enough to make such a mistake to make when speaking extemporaneously, of course, but it nevertheless strikes me as being in bad taste. Especially because Carter said it in the course of patting himself on the back for being such a great diplomat!