The Trite Stuff - Reflections of an ex-president (Classic, priceless Carter bashing)

The Wall Street Journal ^ | Friday, October 11, 2002 10:35 a.m. EDT | GABRIEL SCHOENFELD

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No one ever said that democracies are perfect. Whatever one thinks of ours in the 1990s, in the 1970s America was certainly not governed well.

The decade began with the demon-driven Richard Nixon. After he resigned in disgrace, we were led briefly by an outstanding mediocrity, Gerald Ford. Then, from nowhere, came Jimmy Carter, arguably one of the worst presidents of this century and, as we see again in "Living Faith"--his 11th book--an excruciatingly trite thinker whose musings on religion and politics have landed him, this time around, on the bestseller list.

[lodwick]

Outstanding slam and bttt

[OldFriend]

Good grief, not only is he vicious but he is dumb as a brick too.

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As I just noted on another thread, this award could not have come at a better time!

Just when the Democrats swallowed their America-hating pride and, for wholly political reasons, sided with Bush on Iraq, here comes Norway and the peanut farmer to remind everybody why the Democrats are considered ineffectual and hopelessly lost on foreign affairs.

Thank you Jimmy! You’re the best.

[dighton]

“God, kid,” Johnson said in a cracked voice, “how do you stand it?” His face was stiff with outrage. “He thinks he’s Jesus Christ!”

-- Flannery O’Connor, The Lame Shall Enter First.

[Alex Murphy]

Bump for the one-termer.

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What's even more scary is that he has apostles.

[eureka!]

What a wonderful article.

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bump

[BibChr]

...to this day he doesn't know how much he doesn't know

Wonderfully well-put!

Dan

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It's a keeper, ain't it?

[DoughtyOne]

It's hard to believe that a person as simple and ill-prepared as Carter could be elected President of our nation. Unable to learn by the prior mistake of voting in an unknown governor from the south, it took only twelve years before the US voters did it again, with devistating results.

I would recommend that future writers in search of a character to assasinate, please give the Carter years some attention. Nixon was not the Devil he is portrayed to have been. No he was not perfect. Carter however was not perfect either. And he didn't have the positives that Nixon did have.

Carter was, is and always will be a dangerous simpleton that until the day he passes on, will be capable of doing great damage to this nation's interests, and the interests of a stable peaceful world.

[Digger]

The author needs to raed about who really runs the government. Then he would know how Jimma got the job. A good synopsis is in a book by Pat Robertson called THE NEW WORLD ORDER. From the beginning Jimma knew he was a puppet.

[N. Theknow]

How a great country came to be led by someone like Jimmy Carter is a historical puzzle that is likely to remain unsolved.

Easy. The American public had been force-fed hourly diatribes against Richard Nixon by a media-driven witch hunt. Nixon resigns, his hand-picked Vice President Gerald Ford (who was also on the Warren Commission) pardoned him, much to the chagrine of a populace that had been whipped into a frenzy for political blood. Carter runs a campaign against Ted (Gee, I dunno, I just want to be President) Kennedy, gets the Demo nomination and an angry-at-Gerald-Ford-for-spoiling-the-fun-cause-if-any-of us-had-done-it-we-would-still-be-locked-up public votes him into office.

And regrets it for fricking ever

[DoughtyOne]

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LOL! That's a keeper!

[Billthedrill]

The libs these days think a president who pronounces it "nuke-yuh-loor" is illiterate. Jimmuh not only did that, he claimed to be a "nuke-yuh-loor" engineer.

[austingirl]

Very, very well said. I thought about the parallel with Carter of the no-name Southern governor being elected when Klinton won. This is what happens when stupid people vote and there's plenty of them out there.

I remember the misery and embarrassment of the Carter years - the hostage crisis - 23% interest rates - the guy's a buffoon.

[Revolting cat!]

The hubris it takes to continue not knowing that one doesn't know! What has he done all these years? Does he read? Hasn't he read or heard about the many books written by former Communist block dissidents where they speak of the damage that had been done to their cause by Western useful idiots and fellow travelers such as himself?

But then, this is the same question I ask about the bookstore employees who display books by those former dissidents and even host their author readings but stubbornly remain hard core Communists (although they call themselves "Progressives", of course) throughout. It boggles the mind, doesn't it?! I can't explain it...

[DoughtyOne]

I certainly agree. It boggles my mind. Why anyone would push socialism at this point in history, is beyond my comprehension.