I think Carter changed once he was out of office. The rejection was too much to bear, and he went overboard. Same with Gore. Both weren’t fit for the office, but they weren’t sinister....just wrong.
Carter served in the Navy, I think, admirably. And he had enough experience, unlike Hussein, to serve as a legislator and governor before leaping to the White House. But as a true outsider, he couldn’t even persuade his own PARTY to follow him. They recognized he wasn’t fit for the job almost instantly.
Gore was raised by his father for national office. I think he has issues with that part of his life. Liberals always said it was Dubya who was trying to prove something to his dad. I think it was Al. And look at what has happened to him since—lost his marriage, allegedly gone loco with massage geishas, and foisted unbelievable lies on the planet about global warming.
He didn't just "serve in the Navy". He was one of Admiral Hyman Rickover's "nuclear whiz kids". This is the primary reason the idea that Carter was either feckless, or inept doesn't wash. You didn't become a nuclear officer in the US Navy demonstrating either of those things as a character trait, and Rickover was always monitoring his "boys".
Since he was neither feckless, nor inept, how does one explain the actions he took when he occupied the Oval Office to his country's detriment, time, and time again. I have long been of the opinion that J. E. Carter held some pretty dark secrets, and once he became older, his mask slipped several times, allowing us to see him as he really is. In truth, when he was running for President, the refrain was "Jimmy, we hardly know ye". Very telling, and true, even to this day...
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