Still Paying for Carter's Mistakes

FrontPageMagazine ^ | 4/20/2006 | Michael Reagan

[RabidBartender]

I am reading "The Real Jimmy Carter" by Stephen Heyward right now. Carter, in my opinion, is by far the worst president the United States has ever had. I cannot find a single thing he did as president that didn't immediately turn to complete and utter crap. And his track record since then reflects the same - Palestine, Venezuela, Haiti, North Korea...."Jimmy Carter" should be a synonym for "complete and utter failure".

But.....

If it wasn't for Carter's immense ineptitude, we wouldn't have had the Great Communicator for 8 years.

In his 1982 presidential memoir, Carter cited as his biggest mistake "allowing Ronald Reagan to become President of the United States."

[doberville]

As much as I despise Clinton, gotta admit: Carter was WORSE.

[DustyMoment]

I agree with Jack Kinsella who once wrote in the Omega Letter Daily Intelligence Digest that “Jimmy Carter holds the hands-down record for being the worst ex-president the United States has ever known. His post-presidential meddling in foreign affairs has cost America dearly, both in terms of international credibility and international prestige.”

I second that. Those in favor?? Opposed??

Motion carries unanimously. Carter is the worst (president and) ex-president the United States has ever known.

[NeilGus]

While I agree that Carter was one of the worst presidents in my lifetime what separates Carter from the rest is that he is clearly the worst ex-president in the history of the country.

[ErnBatavia]

"Y'all just wear anotha sweatuh this wintuh"

[Christian4Bush]

bttt

[Stepan12]

It's times like this that I wish I had bought that black and white poster of Jimmy Carter, distributed by 'Human Events' after Reagan was first elected. The poster showed a grinning Jimmah with the logo beneath it of Iran... commemerating four disastrous years.

[Thermalseeker]

As much as I despise Clinton, gotta admit: Carter was WORSE.

I agree, but I don't think we've gotten the bill for the Clinton years, yet.....

[CGVet58]

"worst ex-president" ...

much worse than that, my friend.

Think of all the damage wrought by declared enemies of our Nation - the John Walkers and other traitors, from both within and without - and compare that damage to the effects of Carter's decisions and influence.

IMHO, Jimmy Carter was - and continues to be - the Manchurian Candidate.

[in hoc signo vinces]

Bingo!

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

I agree. I am from Georgia, and it saddens me that our only President from Georgia was Carter. His is so naive it is ridiculous. I never understood how he could suck up to monster tyrants like Kim and not support our ally the Shah. The Shah was not perfect, but in the big picture, his repression was very, very tame compared to Kim or the Islamofacists that replaced the Shah.

Carter was remembered as a very bad micromanager. After a dispute about who would use the White House tennis court, he stepped in to take charge to resolve the dispute--give me a break.. Also he had the commander of Delta Force for the Iranian rescue mission report directly to HIM!

[speedy]

I remember it being said before the 1980 election that the only reason to vote for Carter was that if he won, he would never be eligible for the Presidency again.

[Alberta's Child]

Carter may have been the worst president this country ever had, but I also think he gets an unfair rap on some key issues. Iran is one of them. Our current problems with Iran didn't begin in 1979, but all the way back in 1953 when the Eisenhower administration helped the British topple the duly-elected government of Mohammed Mossadegh and install the Shah as a puppet government. The Iranian uprising in 1979 was pretty much a natural backlash against the excesses of the Shah's regime, and the U.S. really has nobody to blame but ourselves for what has transpired in the old Persian empire over the last 50 years.

[dfwgator]

As much as I despise Clinton, gotta admit: Carter was WORSE.

LBJ was even worse.

[TexasTaysor]

Carter cited as his biggest mistake "allowing Ronald Reagan to become President

allowing??? That sounds like something a dictator would say instead of an ex-president

[FlyVet]

Calling him an utter failure gives him too much credit, because it indicates mere incompetence. He is far worse than that. His actions are deliberate malice toward his own country and its citizens. He consistently does the opposite of what is right. Evil.

[memorandum1]

ping for later reading

[reagan_fanatic]

In his 1982 presidential memoir, Carter cited as his biggest mistake "allowing Ronald Reagan to become President of the United States."

Allowing!?? ROTFL - Peanut boy couldn't have stopped the Reagan juggernaut if he had tried. People were sick to death of Jimmuh and longed for the kind of strong leadership Reagan offered. Carter didn't stand a chance.

[Trailerpark Badass]

As much as I despise Clinton, gotta admit: Carter was WORSE.

Clinton's errors seem mostly due to inattention and a focus on his own political fortunes. Carter seems to have done his stupid, dangerous crap on purpose.