I recently asked a question about what people thought were the top 5 Presidents of the 20th Century. Several answered including Carter in their list. Why?
As President, I know of only 1 accomplishment, that being the Camp David accords. In every other way, he was a miserable failure as President. Domestically under Carter, we had double digit inflation, high unemployment, high gas prices and gas shortages due to wage and price controls, a weak economy, and a general malaise as it was called then, that America's best days were behind her. He made the decision not to process spent nuclear fuel, resulting in thousands of tons of extra waste.
Internationally, Carter abandoned the Shah of Iran, resulting in the mullahs taking over and holding our embassy people hostage for hundreds of days. The reverberations continue to this day.
After his presidency he has a great record as a statesman and humanitarian, but his Presidency was the worst.
2007-06-11
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