that s the implication. that s the implication. he did not want to see implication. that s the implication. he did not want to see me have a major success in that nothing like. wow, welcome back to hardball. that clip of president carter in 60 minutes this weekend has revived an old and epic political rivalry. the new yorkers joins me right now. he worked with carter administration as chief writer. i used to work for rich. there you are with a beard, rick. what makes jimmy carter keep doing this thing? ripping off the old scab, bringing back the old fight. yeah, chris you know it s what we used to call pure jimmy. pure jimmy. well, let me ask you. i want to read you something from the diary chirks think everybody like you and me are going to go nuts to try to look for the honesty of jimmy carter. quote, this is carter when he was president, i think going to bed at night and doing, this writing this up. quote, kennedy continuing his irresponsible and abusive