Carter won't look that good though.
Posted on 09/17/2009 5:42:01 AM PDT by SJackson
Isn't there some expiration date for the title "elder statesman"? If not, there sure should be, since former President Jimmy Carter wore out his welcome on the world (and, indeed, domestic) stage some time ago.
The uproar caused by Carter's declaration that racism was driving various criticisms of Barack Obama is just the latest embarrassment partly caused by the unwelcome interference of America's 39th president.
After being soundly drummed out of the White House in 1980 by Ronald Reagan -- following a term characterized by economic malaise, an energy crisis, a 444-day hostage standoff and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan -- one of Carter's first "acts" as an ex-president actually helped cover him in glory. Attaching his name to the Habitat for Humanity charity, he helped build houses for the poor (ably assisted by an army of volunteers). What made Habitat such an ideal charity was that it was far more a hand-up than a hand-out. Recipients weren't given the house. Rather they put in their own sweat equity -- right after they helped build someone else's home too.
By lending his name to Habitat, Carter began to craft a brand new legacy: From failed chief executive to "America's greatest ex-president." That was partly cemented with the work of his Carter Center which monitored elections. Any good that the Center did early on as an objective monitor organizations has been tainted in recent years with approval of suspect elections in Venezuela.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcphiladelphia.com ...
Carter the prez who gave us acorn?
From NBC? Wow!
The jackass who sure showed the Soviet Union. He refused to allow our athletes to participate in the Olympics.
He should shut his mouth and continue going to inner cities and build sh*tty houses that fall apart after 5 years.
Or volunteer to become Soylent Green under ObamaCare.
And from NDC Philadelphia? Double wow.
“For a man who advocated the importance of human rights while in the White House, ex-President Carter seemingly loves kissing up to dictators and authoritarian strong men”
I, too, am surprised with this editorial.
Has Carter FINALLY achieved being put on the Democratic “Do Not Invite” list?
He and the Cahtah Centah are bought and paid for by the Saudis.
Profile in Incompetence: A 10 part series on the worst president in American history.
AND gave away the canal, AND couldn’t land a heicopter in the desert...etc.
“”He and the Cahtah Centah are bought and paid for by the Saudis.””
I see the Carter Library is undergoing renovation for the sum of $10 million...grand opening in October 2009. Can we stuff him and place him at the entrance?
Geez . . . “apartheid South Carolina” . . . who PROOFREADS this stuff?
I left a comment, we’ll see if they post it.
Put him in the cornerstone of the new building.
Carter won't look that good though.
Carter’s main purpose in drawing breath is when someone says “So and So was the worst president ever”, I can laugh and shout “ No he wasn’t, lets review Carters numbers”, and the argument is over. I win. Everything bad, rose, and everything good shrank under his reign of terror. He has a perfect score in misery. You don’t even have to “Google” the numbers. You know you will win.
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