[marron]

I once had a much higher opinion of Carter, I always said that he was a lousy president but a good man. But I've had 20 years since he left office to observe him and I have come to the conclusion that he is a vicious man, he has never hesitated to align himself with dictators against his own country, against all logic.

And the betrayal of the Shah goes down in history as one of the worst errors in a century filled with disastrous errors. He brought down a pro-west, pro-US modernizer and replaced him with Islamists determined to confront the US and destroy Israel, who took their country into a time-warp from which it has not yet emerged.

I remember the Shah, dying of cancer, going country to country and Carter using his influence to see that he was refused refuge in every one. It disgusted me then, but I continued to give him the benefit of the doubt. I don't now. I now see his treatment of the deposed and dying Shah as a window into a diseased soul.

[Eala]

I have to say that the decline of my opinion of Carter tracks that of marron rather closely.

[hoosierpearl]

I thought he was a good man but a lousy president for a long time too. Every time any president tries to do something good, there is Carter to knock him down. If he really was a good man, he wouldn't act like that. Going to another country to oversee elections and approving election fraud, going to Korea and doing that stupid giveaway with no proof the Koreans would do what they promised. Carter is just plain evil, the posturing of being a good man is a lie. He defends every Castro who comes down the road, every evil murdering Communist.

[syriacus]

I once had a much higher opinion of Carter, I always said that he was a lousy president but a good man. But I've had 20 years since he left office to observe him and I have come to the conclusion that he is a vicious man, he has never hesitated to align himself with dictators against his own country, against all logic.

I voted two times for Carter.

And I agree with your assessment of his nastiness. He likes to cause trouble.

[RaceBannon]

http://rescueattempt.tripod.com/hostagerescueattempt/id1.html

The older I get, the more I hate Jimmy Carter, too.

That website is mine.

[FreedomPoster]

Your post says everything I would have said in answer to andyman's comment, and more. Well-mirrors the evolution of my view on Carter. Excellent post.

[Beckwith]

Carter also demonstrated to Islamists that the US could be pushed around by taking hostages.

Carter should have told the Ayatollah to relaease the hostages instantly or face a devastating air assault on all of the government and Muslim buildings in the country.