Jimduh Carter Apologizes For Anti-Israel Statements

And the fact his grandson is planning a run for public office in an area with a lot of Jewish voters had nothing to do with it:

Jimmy Carter's recent apology to Jews for actions he acknowledged have stigmatized Israel is not timed to a decision by his grandson on whether to enter Georgia politics, the former president told an online Jewish news agency this week.

Atlanta attorney Jason Carter, 34, is debating whether to run for Georgia's state Senate from the district representing suburban DeKalb County, which has a significant Jewish population in the area around Emory University. Jason Carter, whose father is Jimmy Carter's eldest son, Jack, would aim to succeed David Adelman, President Obama's nominee to be ambassador to Singapore.

Carter told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that electoral considerations had nothing to do with his recent outreach to the Jewish community, although he did not outright deny it.

"Jason has a district, the number of Jewish voters in it is only 2 percent," Carter is quoted saying in a report published Tuesday.

The number of Jewish voters nationwide is also around 2 percent, but Jewish voters go to the polls in disproportionately high numbers for the demographic group.

Jimduh has been anti-Israel for decades. I'm not buying the idea this apology isn't tied to his grandson's political future.