http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/afp/20041025/ts_alt_afp/us_vote_britain_carter
The United States “suffered, in 9/11, a terrible and shocking attack … and George Bush has been adroit at exploiting that attack, and he has elevated himself, in the consciousness of many Americans, to a heroic commander-in-chief, fighting a global threat against America,” Carter said.
“He’s repeatedly played that card, and to some degree quite successfully. I think that success has dissipated. I don’t know if it’s dissipating fast enough to affect the (November 2 presidential) election. We’ll soon know.”