I feel sorry for Jimmy Carter. He is probably a nice guy in real life. He may know his peanuts but if you get him on any subject a little more substantial than that you can see the uncanny resemblance to his brother, Billy.
His latest foray into the public domain was his analysis of President Bush as he compared him to the administration of Richard Nixon on foreign affairs. In an interview over the weekend he dramatically stated, “I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this (George Bush) administration has been the worst in history.”
Fighting words from a man whose own foreign policy was accurately symbolized by the memorable photo of shattered helicopters in the Iranian desert.
He misses his Presidency as much now as he did when he was in office.
True to his form, he immediately backed off his own comments this morning on the, “Today” show with Meredith Viera. He now says that his words were, “careless.” That is what I like about a Carterian leader; one moment he is putting his foot in his mouth and the next moment he is condemning his hand for putting it there.
No wonder the Democrats are having trouble with credibility. Their past Presidents have embarrassed them so many times the American people are a little leery of going down that election road again. LBJ is known as the Vietnam War failure. Clinton will have Monica Lewinsky on his permanent obituary. And now, Jimmy Carter, who already established his indecisiveness in the Iran hostage crisis is butressing his woeful legacy by accusing a current President of mediocrity and then distancing himself from his own opinions. Please Rosalyn, make your hubby a warm glass of milk and put him to bed. Keep him away from all microphones and cameras for the next, oh, thirty years.
It is no wonder the White House calls his comments on world affairs, “increasingly irrelevant.” He has become the caucasian Jesse Jackson. The more both of them open their mouth, the more Jay Leno screams, “There is a GOD!”
I always knew Jimmy Carter was a leader wannabe. Now, I know why. He truly believes he is smarter and wiser than anyone who preceded or followed him. He is Jack Nicholson’s nightmare in, “A Few Good Men.” He cannot handle the truth. He was never that accomplished with or without lust in his heart, just angry that he went from a charismatic loser to a defeated one.
That is why I feel sorry for him.
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