What made Carter such a great president?

Answer 1

1. His economic policies ended the stagflation caused by Nixon.

2. He facilitated the Middle East Peace Process by befriending both Menachim Begin and Anwar Sadat.

3. His foreign policy was ahead of its time: detente with China and the USSR. NASA had a joint space program with the Cosmodrome, leading to the Soyuz linkup.

4. He always told the truth. He meant what said, said what he meant, and followed through with action, 100%.

Skylor Williams

Answer 2

Carter was a horrible President. He did negotiate peace between Eypt and Israel but he failed in the Iran hostage crisis, he mismanaged the military and the economy of the US was so bad at that time I remember 20% of veterans and an even higher percentage of teen agers and black were out of work.

The economy suffered double-digit inflation, coupled with very high interest rates, oil shortages, high unemployment and slow economic growth. Price inflation caused interest rates to rise to unprecedented levels (above 12% per year). The prime rate hit 21.5% in December 1980, the highest rate in U.S. history under any President.
A public perception that the Carter Administration had been ineffectual in addressing the Iranian hostage crisis may have contributed to his defeat in the 1980 election 489 electoral votes to 49.
He terminated the Russian Wheat Deal, which was intended to establish trade with USSR and lessen Cold War tensions. The grain exports had been beneficial to people employed in agriculture, and the Carter embargo marked the beginning of hardship for American farmers. He also prohibited Americans from participating in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and reinstated registration for the draft for young males.

Answer 3

He was more than a farmer
Carter served two terms in the Georgia Senate, and was the 76th Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975.

Carter's presidency saw the creation of two cabinet-level departments: the Department of Energy and the Department of Education
He established a national energy policy [1], removed price controls from domestic petroleum production [2], and advocated for less American reliance on foreign oil sources. He bolstered the Social Security system by introducing a staggered increase in the payroll tax. In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, and the second round of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. He explicitly identified the support of basic human rights as a critical component of American foreign policy [3]. The final year of his term was dominated by the Iran hostage crisis, during which the United States struggled to rescue diplomats and American citizens held hostage in Tehran.
Hostages were released when Regan entered office, and recall Iran Contra. Coincidence
Not perfect, but, I'd take Carter, the diplomat, over the war president who brags "sometimes war trumps peace"
"I have to catapult the propaganda"
"...be easier if I was the dictator."
Broke FISA, geneva convention...etc

Answer 4

I don't consider him a great president. He wasn't the worst either though..... It was sort of a mixed bag.

He had the right idea about alternative fuels, solar energy, etc., but made some mistakes concerning foreign relations and how to deal with crisis situations. We also had double-digit inflation during his admin., although I don't know how much of that was really his fault - a lot of this financial stuff is out of an admin's hands nowdays...

Answer 5

The one saving grace he has was the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.

But, there those matters of:
1 - the Iran Hostage Crisis
2 - Stagflation (that's high unemployment coupled with high inflation)
3 - Billy fitting the redneck stereotype.

I would not classify Jimmy Carter as "great".

Answer 6

Who in their right mind thinks he was? He gave away the Panama Canal, which was bought and paid for by the American people - in more ways than one! But he was "smart" enough to have the transfer of that *very* strategic piece of U. S. property, take place *after* he left office! Guess who controls the Canal now? If you said the PRC, go to the head of the class!

Unless future historians cover up the truth about "that peanut farmer from Georgia", like they did about FDR and JFK, he will *not* go down in history as a "great" President (if there's *still* a USA, after what he did to destroy us!)

Answer 7

Why do you think he was a great President? His administration failed in so many respects that he didn't even get re-elected to office. The first President in many to not get re-elected.

Carter is now viewed as great because of the many social rights he has done since being gone from office. He has used his titular title to bring about new programs and charities that people confuse this as having been a great President.

Answer 8

He was just honest didn't know how to run his house hold not only the country but honesty prevailed plus he had more peanuts than anyone else so jiffy or jimmy will and would never go broke have a great day.

Answer 9

Jimmy Carter did one great thing and that was bring Sadat and Beagon together. He had great intentions, but he was not an effective president. He micro-managed everything, and that ultimately kept him from accomplishing anything. No not a great president, but he is a great human being

Answer 10

Everyone who lived during that time remembers that Carter was a dismal failure of a president. Examples of his "leadership" included:
-giving away the Panama Canal, and paying Panama to take it
-the botching of the Iranian Hostage Crisis
-runaway inflation
-general diminution of the image of the U.S. worldwide