Obama doesn't even try ....he rubs our face in it. To him his policies are for the little people, not the likes of his wonderful exalted self and we're supposed to accept that.
Carter is like obama in that he believes he is smarter than others but at least Carter DID try to personally follow his own andates such as th sweaters,helping build houses,etc. It is just that his ideas on public policies were and are self-defeating.
Best summed up by Reagan saying rather than everyone learning to live with a smaller slice of pie we will bake more pies.