[longtermmemmory]

He was not too good a man. He was too arrogant a man. He had a phd in nuclear engineering and he acted like a know it all engineer. (like those professors students avoid like the plauge unles you have to have a specific class) He used to arrange the White House Tennis court scheduel personally. He was not just hands on, he was hands all over the place. Bill clinton may define what is wrong with modern democrats but Carter defines what is wrong with old guard democrats.

The old comment was he is a better ex pres than he was president. Given his useful idiot status with his trip to cuba, I doubt that. He was used to help kill the democracy petition in cuba.

Carter winning the nobel prize is not national pride it is national embarassment.

[OldFriend]

Consider that some of the recent prizes have been awarded to people who were frauds.......I put this award in that same category.

It was merely an opportunity to give the award to someone clearly anti-Bush......

[billbears]

I didn't say he should have won it. I think it was a mistake as well. He just seemed like a good man that wanted to help people but didn't know how best to do it. In doing it his way, yes he royally screwed up most of the time