Posted on 09/20/2010 8:43:00 AM PDT by pissant
You don't often hear a U.S. president, past or present, talking about his mistakes and shortcomings in office. But that's what you will hear now - from the 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter.
It turns out that during his four year term President Carter kept a diary that he is now publishing, along with an often-harsh critique of his own performance in the White House.
His tenure, which correspondent Lesley Stahl covered as a CBS White House correspondent, was tumultuous. The problems he confronted kept mounting and people wondered if he was cursed by a dismal economy, poor relations with Congress, and a nightmarish standoff over 52 Americans taken hostage by Iran.
After just one term he was trounced by Ronald Reagan.
Now Mr. Carter takes a look back at those years in excerpts from the diary he dictated into a tape recorder seven or eight times virtually every day he was president.
(Excerpt) Read more at wtsp.com ...
It was successful...in getting Reagan elected in 1980.
So wasn't Manson's murder spree...
Someones success is anothers failure.
I’m a winner!
I’m popular everybody loves me.
uh, you did win an election but that was the high point jimmah
LLS
That is the only thing of worth he did, accidentally, of course.
Four years in the desert of idiocy to bring us eight great years of Reagan and four not quite so good, but not too bad years of Bush.
Jimmy Carter must be living on the same planet as Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Barney Frank, Barbara Boxer and Gvcernor Moonbeam, Jerry Brown.
When is Jimmy Carter going to finally shut his pie hole? His presidency was a disaster, although the Muslim Marxist makes him look good.
“Jimmy Carter: My presidency was a success”
I agree. We could never have gotten to Reagan w/o you.
Compared to 0bama...naw...Carter’s still the worst (but just barely).
Of course, Carter had 4 full years of awfulness. 0bama’s not even at 2 yet.
Exactly. I will take J. Carter anytime over the present situation.
Jimmy Carter must be living on the same planet as Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Barney Frank, Barbara Boxer and Governor Moonbeam, Jerry Brown.
And that is why he was re-elected, right? Senile.
Carter is so deep into his second childhood that he’s having another Gerber moment, and this time it’s all over his high-chair and onto the floor.
I hope his caretakers fastened the lap-band so he doesn’t fall out and hurt himself.
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