15 things you should know about Jimmy Carter

I did not click on it because if it is a Republican smear-job, it's in poor taste since they guy has a cancer that's nearly always fatal.

"The sport is in the trackin' an' the huntin'..."

It isn't a 'smear-job', it's pretty straight-forward with the facts. I'm a Carter supporter, and it is okay, it's objective.


"Did you make coffee? Make it!"--Cheyenne.

Alright, thanks.

"The sport is in the trackin' an' the huntin'..."

It's perfectly fine: just interesting facts, nothing to discredit him.

Clearly you haven't read it.

Clearly that was 8 days ago and I mentioned I would not click on it at that time.

"The sport is in the trackin' an' the huntin'..."

IMO Jimmy Carter is still one of the best men to ever sit in the Oval Office, although I won't argue that he wasn't a good president. First off he had to deal with the aftermath of Vietnam, and the poor economy that was a result of that war, especially the horrible inflation which reached 20% in 1978 (IIRC.)

Second as an outsider to Washington, he had to deal with an uncooperative legislature, so not much was accomplished during those 4 years.

Just as the economy was starting to pick up, the Shah was ousted and the Iran crisis held center stage for the last year+ of his presidency. He could never find a way to deal with the hostage crisis without going to war.

I do believe that had he beat Reagan, the hostages still would have been released, the economy would have improved, there would have been a defense buildup without butchering the rest of the budget, and the AIDS crisis would have been addressed in 1981, not 5 years later when it was too late.



The UNITED States of America. July 4, 1776-June 26, 2015.
RIP.

All you need to know about him: he was a lousy and weak President and not much more.
Only compared to Obama does Carter actually look pretty good.