Posted on 06/02/2007 2:39:28 PM PDT by K-oneTexas
Profile In Incompetence, A 10-part Series On The Worst President in American History (con't)
In this exclusive 10-part series, IBD takes a hard look at Jimmy Carter’s administration and compares it to that of George W. Bush, which Carter has called the worst ever.
Installments will cover the economy, foreign policy, human rights, dealing with dictators, fighting Communism and the Democratic leadership in general during times of war.
Leadership: Of all the errors Jimmy Carter committed, none has earned him more well-justified scorn than his handling of the 1970s energy crisis. True enough, he didn't cause it. But he did make it much, much worse.
Diplomacy: It's often asserted that while Jimmy Carter's presidency was marred by error and incompetence, the peace deal he brokered at Camp David was an unmitigated triumph. Time to pop that bubble, too.
Leadership: In foreign policy, Jimmy Carter proved his presidency the worst ever by subordinating U.S. interests to his vague "human rights" policy. All he did was enable dictators to take him to the cleaners.
Leadership: When men of strength are presented with difficult problems, their responses are firm and decisive. Jimmy Carter spent four years as president of the United States responding with weakness.
Part Five Carter's Red Carpet
Leadership: On President Jimmy Carter's watch, more territory was lost to tyranny than at any other time since Yalta. And he'd have us return to those thrilling days of yesteryear.
Part Four Iran: Carter's Habitat For Inhumanity
Leadership: In the name of human rights, Jimmy Carter gave rise to one of the worst rights violators in history — the Ayatollah Khomeini. And now Khomeini's successor is preparing for nuclear war with Israel and the West.
Part Three Carter Planted Seeds Of Al-Qaida
Leadership: After being told over and over by President Jimmy Carter that America's ability to influence world events was "very limited," the Soviet Union believed him and invaded Afghanistan. And al-Qaida was born.
Part Two 'Malaise' Maestro
Leadership: When it comes to economic performance, there's no contest: Apart from the early years of the Depression, Jimmy Carter's brief tenure as president was the worst in the 20th century.
Leadership: So Jimmy Carter calls the Bush administration "the worst in history." This from the man who wrecked the world's greatest economy and made a nuclear Iran and North Korea possible.
'Jimah Carter, The Incompetent'
I think Billy Beer had a better run than he did though not by much.
I lived thru the Carter presidency. Even though he served only one term, devoting just ten parts to describing how bad it was seems insufficient.
Remember about half-way through his term a company started marketing “Jimmy Carter Time-Pieces?” They were clocks and watches with a caricature of Jimmy, his arms were the “hands.”
They ran backwards. The company was trying more to make a point then a profit.
OK, Carter is worse than Bush. So, let’s say GWB is not actually the worst, maybe even better than James Buchanan, Clavin Collidge or even Chester Arthur. Where does that leave us? OK, so GWB is the 39th best president of the U.S. Whoopie, I guess that makes everything constituting the contemporary FUBAR just fine. Is that what you’re saying? Is that the end result of this debate of who is the worst? One last question, rhetorical though it may be: Is this what we’ve sunk to?
Sorry to bring you a reality check, but history will treat George W. Bush very well, much like Truman. You can bash Bush all you want, but I come armed with facts and logic and will wipe the floor with you in any debate about his record.
I doubt that, but it’s a moot question and boast in any event.
Don't forget to mention that all the hullaballoo over the amnesty legislation is due to Kennedy and his bill. This is not a Bush bill as the MSM is trying to push.
To add fairness, yes, Bush would probably approve it but the fact remains that it ain't even going to get to his desk. So lets put the blame where blame belonges: Kennedy, McCain and all the other Rinos who supported it.........
Do you consider Senator Jon Kyle a "RINO"?
To be honest with you, I don't have the slightest clue who he is.......
| Complaining from the Sidelines is not a Solution (Sen. Kyle on Immigration Bill) ^ |
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| Posted by Stultis On News/Activism ^ 06/02/2007 8:53:21 PM CDT · 1 reply · 17+ views Website/Press Release ^ | 29 May 2007 | Senator Jon Kyle Complaining from the Sidelines is not a Solution By U.S. Senator Jon Kyl In last year’s election, voters said one thing loud and clear: DO SOMETHING ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION! Of course, there were a lot of different opinions about what should be done, but more inactivity was clearly not an option. Separate bills approved by the U.S. House and Senate last year were considered unpalatable by the vast majority of Americans. One version did not adequately address our broken immigration system, and the other was too permissive in its automatic path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. So, nothing changed. Meanwhile,... |
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Uh, no. My point had nothing whatsoever to do with GWB. Switch to decaf.
Morning bump.
Sorry for the misinterpretation, I thought it was defense of GWB and the consensus of his disaster as president.
And they missed a MAJOR piece of incompetence...
Carter gave away our rights to the Panama Canal.
Now the CHINESE Control both ends.
No problem, I’ve done the same myself. Some of these topics arouse a lot of passion and without the usual visual clues we humans use, it’s easy to miss the meaning of what’s being said. Be well.
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