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I was living in Baytown, Texas when Jimmy was running for President. I wanted to vote for him. He was Southern and Southern Baptist, as was (and am) I. Little ethnic pride there. I disliked Gerald Ford, an extremely moderate Republican. A RINO before there were RINOs.

But Jimmy would not state where he stood on any issue. That, and the fact that he was a Democrat, a party obviously infected by reds and pinkos even then, was enough for me.

I got a job back home in Alabama. Moving day coincided with election day. The last thing my wife and I did on the way out of Baytown was to stop by the polling place and pull the lever against Jimmy. I've never had cause to regret that decision, although I often regretted that not enough people made the same choice.

I don't know that Jimmy was the worst President of modern times. LBJ deserves some serious consideration. And Nixon set back the conservative cause considerably by running right and governing left. But certainly, he is a major contender for the "honor".

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"I don't know that Jimmy was the worst President of modern times. LBJ deserves some serious consideration. And Nixon set back the conservative cause considerably by running right and governing left. But certainly, he is a major contender for the "honor".

Valid points, all. But I think the ramifications of Carter's insane foreign policy have yet to be fully understood. In fact, I think it will take the next 50 years to fully appreciate just how awful the man was as Pres.