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November 17, 2005
Jimmy Carter
So, I was surfing around, and somehow I ended up on a looney leftist site where I found a post praising "Senator" John Edwards for speaking out against the war. I took a moment to remind them that the Junior Achiever was an "ex-senator" and guilty of tax evasion.
Out of the sky comes a moonbat, yes, a self proclaimed "Hash Fanatic" who took a break from sucking on his bong long enough to write to me about the glories of Jimmah Carter:
Carter at least was a true American, a patriot, and a real believer in God, not like today's straw men. Thank God, we have at least one president in recent history that didn't embarrass us to death.
Now, I confess, I try not to think about Jimmy Carter, who was one of the worst presidents this country has ever had. His Legacy:
Jimmy Carter's stunning show of weakness in the face of the Iranians' act of war allowed the mad mullahs to solidify their hold on power, so that a quarter century later they are on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons.It also sent a message to Islamist wackos everywhere that America didn't have the stomach for a fight--a message the subsequent three presidents reinforced by withdrawing precipitously from Lebanon and selling arms to the Iranian regime (Reagan), failing to fight the Gulf War to victory (Bush père) and bugging out of Somalia (Clinton).
Carter has been traveling the world these past few years advocating a policy of American weakness, but his legacy should be cause for pause for current officeholders who are inclined to agree. Not only did it create problems and dangers we're still dealing with a quarter century later, it wasn't even good short-term politics. After all, the voters decisively rejected Carter when he sought re-election in 1980, and in his ex-presidency Carter has accomplished something we'd never have thought possible: He's made Bill Clinton look like a statesman.
From "The Muse Of Malaise" by Noemie Emery:
Why Carter is probably the worst President of our lifetime:...like Herbert Hoover, he seems a well-meaning sort overcome by reality. But while Hoover was blindsided by the depression, Carter failed on a broad range of matters and faced few crises he didn't first bring on himself. Most presidents, even the good ones (sometimes especially even the good ones) leave behind a mixed record of big wins and big errors, but with Carter, the darkness seems everywhere: He is all Bay of Pigs and no Missile Crisis, all Iran-contra and no "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."
In his first month in office he announced his intention to withdraw nuclear weapons and ground troops from South Korea, cut six billion dollars from the defense budget, cancel development of the Trident nuclear submarine, and defer construction of the neutron bomb.
It was Senator Moynihan who gave him his epitaph: "Unable to distinguish between our friends and our enemies, he has adopted our enemies' view of the world."
Lastly, there is treason:
In 1990 and 1991, as George Bush was assembling the Gulf War coalition, Carter wrote secretly to Margaret Thatcher, François Mitterand, Mikhail Gorbachev, and a dozen others, asking the U.N. Security Council not to back Bush.
Ah yes, who could forget the Carter years...
Why do I always get the lame trolls?
Posted by LindaSoG at November 17, 2005 05:56 AM
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Posted by: EveningStar at November 17, 2005 10:55 PM