Still think Carter was a lousy President?

Question

Carter is the GOP's idea of a Presidential flop. But let's compare him to Bush:

CARTER: Kept the peace.
BUSH: Warmonger.

C: Repected in the world.
B: Made America despised, less safe.

C: Egypt/Israel peace treaty.
B: Messed up the Middle East.

C: Reduced the deficit from previous Administration.
B: Eliminated the surplus from previous Administration.

C: Warned us of dependence on foreign oil/ started programs for alternatives.
B: Took till 2005 to figure that out. Still did nothing about it.

C: Inherited bad economy, could make little progress.
B: Inherited good economy, made little progress.

C: Stressed human rights.
B: Allowed t0rture, detention without due process.

Answer 1

President Carter was one of the most moral and ethical Presidents that have lived in my time. He works for the fairness and betterment of all mankind. ALL Americans not just the top 3%. That is why so much money was thrown against him to elect a man that played a straight man to a chimpanzee in "Bonzo Goes Bananas".

Ironic as it might seem it was the supposed so called "Moral Majority" that backed and elected Ronald Reagan. If that wasn't a joke. During the election the media was censored to protect the voters from seeing the real Ronald Reagan. I have in my possession video of the "Moral Majorities" savior and icon saying "God Damn it" over and over just because he had made a few minor mistakes on his lines in a movie. According to the Christian right's own doctrine that is taking the Lord's name in vain and an unforgivable cardinal sin. But the censures made sure that the public never saw these things.

President Carter was even betrayed by his own military leaders when he sent them to rescue the Iranian hostage's. They conveniently had the Delta Force fly into Iran in helicopters that were not fit to fly. It worked. The rescue failed and Carter was blamed. Meanwhile in the background you had Reagan, G.H.W. Bush, and Oliver North breaking U.S. laws by selling illegal arms to Iran to use against Iraq (Saddam Hussein). They never served a day in jail for anything they did. Try doing that yourself with Cuba and see what happens to YOU.

The motley crew of Reagan, Bush and North are responsible for the mess we have in Iraq today. Until that time Iraq was an Allie to the U.S.

Compare Carter to Bush Jr.? There is no comparison. It truly is apples and oranges because Carter is a honest, rational, compassionate human being, whereas Bush is a brown nosing cold hearted, lying poor excuse of a man.

I wouldn't even list them in the same class.

Answer 2

Carter has a lot in common with whomever the president is after we get out of Iraq: it's easy to keep the peace when the country has come out of an unpopular war.

In the late 70s, the US was afraid to project power because of the bad public reaction to Vietnam. The result was the Iranian hostage crisis. While it's not inconceivable that something similar could happen today, there's no way it would go on for 444 days.

Carter is far more popular as a former president than he ever was as a president. The truth of the matter is that he wasn't a very effective president overall. He was a weak candidate to begin with, but he got elected because the electorate was angry with the Republicans over Watergate and the pardoning of Nixon.

Answer 3

I'd like to weigh in on what previous people have written here.

First of all, about Carter's lack of experience. He was a State Senator (legislative experience) and Governor (executive experience). Bush was first a failure at business who got away with insider trading, then he was a figurehead governor in a state where the LT. Governor actually runs things. Just like now. Dick Cheney is actually in charge. Bush needs someone to tell him what to do.

As for blaming Carter for Iran: The fault for Iran lies in the CIA overthrowing the DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED Prime Minister of Iran in 1953, for the oil companies. The Iranians stewed about that for 25 years. The final straw was when Henry Kissinger bullied Carter to let the Shah come to America, which inflamed passions and led to the Hostage Crisis. Now the Neanderthal Right would have wanted him to b0mb them into the Stone Age about it, but cooler heads prevailed. If he had done so, you would have felt better in the short run, but brought on bigger problems in the long run.

Answer 4

While I cannot say that Carter is not a good man I can say that he was not a good President. He was ineffectual at best and mistaken at worst. During his administration we had skyrocketing inflation, skyrocketing mortgage rates, skyrocketing fuel prices. Also with his foreign policy of appeasement we would of had a huge threat from the Soviet Union had we continued his policies.
As for Bush turning a good economy bad, lets all remember that the "great" economy during Clinton's administration was largely a false economy based upon tech companies with no real equity or profitability. That economy was doomed no matter who the president was.

Answer 5

Very interesting but biased viewpoint. Carter had little experience, worked badly with Congress and did nothing for the economy. He did great things with the Middle East, but that was largely due to the leaders that were in power there at the time who were willing to work together.

I think you are comparing apples to oranges. The world is a different place now than it was then. I think that both Carter and Bush are good Presidents who worked in difficult circumstances and did the best they could.

Answer 6

You've made some valid points. However most of the hard core righties on this board are too closed minded to ever see.

Still, all in all, Carter was a pretty weak president.

Answer 7

To answer your first answerer,Bush's father precipitated the 911 attacks,and the fact that his son won the election sealed the deal for the terrorist.
They view our country as some kind of monarchy,for eg. King George II,.they have no concept of what democratic elections are all about.
Yes it is nice to look back at President Carter,or President Clinton for that matter,"those were the days".
Never again will be able to live the carefree days of pre 911 . Now we are in constant fear and hysteria and are dealing with the consequences of our actions that we chose to deal with the terrorist actions.
It is easy to sit back and criticize the President about the war in Iraq,but he has the responsibility to secure our nation for our nation's security and its citizens here and abroad.
I am a Democrat,but I am an American first.
We as Americans have to stop fighting our President,and try and stand behind him and understand his actions,after all the nation elected him 2 times as our President.
We as Americans needed to do something after the attacks and not look weak to the rest of the world.
If we did nothing,the President would be criticized for that.
It is really a no win situation all around for everyone involved.
President Bush has a heavy burden on his shoulders right now,I think he has our nations interest and our future at his disposal.
President Kennedy was criticized for taking a strong stand in the Cuban Missile crisis. We were close to war in those days. The Russians blinked and we won that won,and the missiles were removed.
History will reveal if President Bush was correct in his stance in Iraq.

Answer 8

Oh good god you uninformed product of a government school. Jimmy Carter was probably the worst president of all times. Look at inflation, unemployment and everything else that happened during his presidency.

Answer 9

I remember Carter I will forget Bush

Answer 10

Okay, let's remember here that, first of all, one person isn't a success just because you think another is worse, and second, Carter was never faced with a real threat like the 9/11 attacks.