Jimmy Carter no longer the worst U.S. president.

6/8/07 | Joe Lynch

[FlyVet]

I somewhat agree on that. The economy was headed toward the crapper (Nixon's wage and price controls, Ford's laughable "Whip Inflation Now") when Carter took over . But Carter didn't help with his doom and gloom, woe is us, bad United States attitude. He perpetuated the problem with his depressed and depressing attitude.

A President must lead, like a coach who knows how to fire up his team before the big game.

[no dems]

Naw, Jimmy Carter is still the worst President of modern history. Granted, Dubya ranks up there but Carter is the absolute worst.

[wardaddy]

Bush is a failure largely now but he is not the worst...he has company below him and yep....Jimmy is one of them.

[Junior_G]

Feminists hate it when you bring up that Harding was the first President that women helped elect.

Your typical feminist has never even heard of President Harding. But what if women hadn't been given the right to vote...? I'll leave that can of worms for somebody else to open.

[wardaddy]

Paul Volker fixed Carter’s economy.

Carter inherited bad gas prices and did little to stop it or spending plus his malaise speeches were just awful.

He projected such weakness. Bush does not.

Bush projects (now) disconnected stubborness and he has a penchant for politcally correct finger pointing over anything ethnic or religious...a trait that bugs me to death.

I think his play by hunch personality was good in 10/01 but serves him poorly now.

Carter gave away:

Nicaragua
Iran
Panama Canal

Bush is trying to give away my culture....make no mistake of that and I truly believe he thinks folks like me trying to stop him are bigots same as they said we were sexists when we fought the Harriet thing.

One of his first acts as governor of Texas was to take down a memorial plaque to Confedrate dead that had been on state grounds for many years.

I never liked that but that sort of revsionist outlook sorta sums he and his NeoCon buds up pretty well and it has proven to be as problematic as I feared.

I first got a hint of Bush’s PC nature about sensitive stuff when he turned on Lott and went purely politcally correct on him....broke Ronnie’s law too but the Bushes never liked Ronnie much....they thought he was below them. Now Lott proved to be indefensible but seeing so called conservatives race hustle nd go PC like that was sad to watch

but Bush and his minions have done it time and again...they are true believers

I will be glad to see them gone.

[Yankee Dutch]

Guess what this is from?

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GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
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‘‘English is the national language of the United
States.
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tional language
‘‘The Government of the United States shall preserve
and enhance the role of English as the national language
of the United States of America. Unless otherwise author
ized or provided by law, no person has a right, entitlement,
or claim to have the Government of the United States or
any of its officials or representatives act, communicate,
perform or provide services, or provide materials in any
language other than English. If exceptions are made, that
does not create a legal entitlement to additional services
in that language or any language other than English. If
any forms are issued by the Federal Government in a lan
guage other than English (or such forms are completed
in a language other than English), the English language
version of the form is the sole authority for all legal pur
poses.’’.
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[bestrongbpositive]

Can’t disagree with what you are saying.

[null and void]

If Bush had signed the immigration bill that the House and Senate were attempting to pass then I would agree that his Presidency would be ultimately more of a disaster than Carter's. Thankfully, he hasn't had the opportunity to sign the bill.

He hasn't given up on it yet...

Bush Asks Reid To Resurrect 'Amnesty' Bill

[null and void]

That said, virtually every single decision Carter made was as dumb as this one. I can’t think of a good decision Carter made, but I can think of dozens that Bush has made.

Yes. Bush was an excellent President.

[null and void]

Point of order:

Carter was simply inept. Clinton was evil.

Should be:

Carter is simply inept. Clinton is evil.

To which for the sake of accuracy I'm compelled to add:

Both Clintons are evil.

(The jury is still out on their spawn)...

[Gum Shoe]

Sleeping? He looks crushed to death!

[DeaconRed]

Sorry.
I lived through JIMMAH both as Georgia Governor, He was one of Georgia's' worst ever bar none
He still leads by a super wide margin, followed very closely by the Rapist-in-Chief KLINTOON.

[Badeye]

Yes to all.
Jimmy Carter was willing to surrender before anyone asked him too.

[verity]

Lynch Joe.

[MEGoody]

Bush on the other hand has no excuse.

Why not? If Reagan expected his plan to work (when previous ones didn't) why shouldn't Bush be allowed to think the same thing?

[Moonman62]

You meant to say Harding. Hoover was not that bad. He did not cause the Great Depression, because a president does NOT control the ecomomy. His measures against the depression were iladvised.

Presidents have plenty of power to influence the economy one way or another. From what I've read Hoover wasn't too fond of the stock market and used his influence to get the Federal Reserve to make big hikes in margin rates. He also was influential in getting companies to maintain wage levels that led to massive layoffs. FDR continued the same policy, but he made people enjoy the depression so much more than Hoover.