[spinestein]

I notice that the reason posters are choosing Jimmy Carter as the worst president ever is because he is "inept" or "incompetent" or "stupid".

I disagree with this assessment for one simple reason. His administration was a perfect example of what you get when the government implements the socialist (Keynesian) economic policies and also the pacifistic foreign policies that were fashionable at the time with the country (and still are today with the Democratic Party and the intellectual elite).

It seems to me he "competently" helped his fellow Democrats in congress pass the intellectual elite approved agenda that in just four years brought this country double digit inflation and unemployment, a negative five percent real rate of growth, contempt from both our enemies and allies around the world, and a general feeling of "malaise" (admitted by Carter himself) among the U.S. citizens.

For anyone who thinks that G.W. Bush is a bad president, just remember that both AlGore and John Kerry promised to competently and with nuance bring us the exact same policies as Jimmy Carter, and but for the difference of a few electoral votes we'd be reliving those policies again today.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

I only wish that LBJ had been half as incompetent as Carter. Given Carter's world view, his ineptitude was his most beneficial quality.