Carter confuses Bush administration with his own
The Patriot Post
Jimmy Carter has screwed up again. It happens so often that it makes us wonder if it’s even noteworthy anymore, but his recent gaffe in an interview with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette begs a response—and a review of the record. In a conversation regarding the war, Carter was asked, “Which president was worse, George W. Bush or Richard Nixon?” America’s 39th President replied, “I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history.” He couldn’t simply say that Bush was worse than Nixon; he had to go the extra mile and say he was the worst ever. Carter backpedaled on NBC’s “Today” show, stating that his remarks “were maybe careless or misinterpreted.” As Jay Leno quipped, “I’m sure the phrase ‘the worst in history’ can be taken any number of ways.”
It’s not a stretch, however, to conclude that Carter himself presided over the worst administration in history in terms of foreign policy. During his four-year reign of error, Carter did nothing to intervene when the Sandinistas introduced a Communist regime in Nicaragua, just a thousand miles south of the U.S. border. He wore sweaters and talked about “malaise” while Islamic fundamentalists overthrew an allied government in Iran; then he allowed 52 Americans to languish in captivity there for 444 days, with only one smallish and ill-fated rescue attempt. He allowed the Soviets to make a mockery of the U.S. by boycotting the 1980 Olympic Summer Games in Moscow and finished off his term with interest rates at 21 percent, inflation at 13 percent, and an approval rating at 21 percent—the lowest in the history of modern polling. You were saying, Jimmy?
Jimmy Carter has screwed up again. It happens so often that it makes us wonder if it’s even noteworthy anymore, but his recent gaffe in an interview with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette begs a response—and a review of the record. In a conversation regarding the war, Carter was asked, “Which president was worse, George W. Bush or Richard Nixon?” America’s 39th President replied, “I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history.” He couldn’t simply say that Bush was worse than Nixon; he had to go the extra mile and say he was the worst ever. Carter backpedaled on NBC’s “Today” show, stating that his remarks “were maybe careless or misinterpreted.” As Jay Leno quipped, “I’m sure the phrase ‘the worst in history’ can be taken any number of ways.”
It’s not a stretch, however, to conclude that Carter himself presided over the worst administration in history in terms of foreign policy. During his four-year reign of error, Carter did nothing to intervene when the Sandinistas introduced a Communist regime in Nicaragua, just a thousand miles south of the U.S. border. He wore sweaters and talked about “malaise” while Islamic fundamentalists overthrew an allied government in Iran; then he allowed 52 Americans to languish in captivity there for 444 days, with only one smallish and ill-fated rescue attempt. He allowed the Soviets to make a mockery of the U.S. by boycotting the 1980 Olympic Summer Games in Moscow and finished off his term with interest rates at 21 percent, inflation at 13 percent, and an approval rating at 21 percent—the lowest in the history of modern polling. You were saying, Jimmy?
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