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Jimmy Carter sinks Romney campaign

| September 16, 2011 | 17 Comments
Jimmy Carter sinks Romney campaign

Former worst president in history, Jimmy Carter, decided to sink the Romney campaign by endorsing Romney’s candidacy (Politico link); “I’m not taking a position, but I would be very pleased to see him win the Republican nomination,” Carter told the MSNBC host, according to advance interview excerpts. Continue Reading Carter also said he was grateful […]

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Carters’s Army, or maybe BOHICA?

| July 31, 2011 | 26 Comments
Carters’s Army, or maybe BOHICA?

J. D. offers up some history and perspective at his place. I Remember Carter’s Army I remember President Carter’s Army. I remember Carter’s gasoline lines. I remember Carter’s interest rates. I remember his turn your thermostat down and wear a sweater energy policy speeches. I remember him really showing the Russians how tough we were […]

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What’s that say about the other guys?

| May 22, 2011 | 6 Comments
What’s that say about the other guys?

Jimmy Carter, probably the worst President in American history, tried to convince NBC viewers that he’s the best ex-President ever. (Picked up at Hot Air who linked to NBC – see how I linked to you there, Hot Air?) In an interview with NBC’s Brian Williams, former President Jimmy Carter, who has been a target […]

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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results

| April 24, 2011 | 6 Comments
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results

Remember the last time a Democrat President sent Jimmy Carter to north Korea? Essentially, we ended up subsidizing North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and then allowed them to spread their technology around the Arab world. So why are we bothering to allow that relic to talk to North Koreans again? “At a time when official […]

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Carter v1.0 still failing thirty years later

| March 31, 2011 | 2 Comments
Carter v1.0 still failing thirty years later

Jimmy Carter stumbled through his presidency without any real foreign policy successes (besides hammering out a treaty that required US troop deployments to the Sinai Desert to keep Israel and Egypt separated). After his presidency, he had an aborted attempt at mediating for Clinton in Haiti and bribing North Korea just long enough for them […]

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Yeah, that’s what’s important

| February 17, 2011 | 82 Comments
Yeah, that’s what’s important

With Iranian ships steaming towards the Suez Canal and the Israeli coast, with Iran’s nuclear plans proceeding after recovering from the Stuxnet worm, with Hezbollah running Lebanon, the US decides to join the Palestinians in opposing new Israeli settlements; The U.S. informed Arab governments Tuesday that it will support a U.N. Security Council statement reaffirming […]

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Carter sued for book

| February 3, 2011 | 18 Comments
Carter sued for book

We all know how Jimmy Carter’s book “Palestine Peace Not Apartheid” was just like his other snoozers – devoid of any useful information. Well apparently some readers feel victimized by buying the straight-to-the-bargain-bin tome and are taking Carter and his publisher to court according to the Washington Post; [F]ive disgruntled readers have filed a class-action […]

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Preserving the malaise

| February 2, 2011 | 6 Comments
Preserving the malaise

The Washington Times reports that we’re spending a lot of money to keep up the Jimmy Carter home while he’s still living in it; The tennis court at former President Jimmy Carter‘s private home is swept twice a day, his pool is cleaned daily and his grass cut, his flower beds weeded and his windows […]

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