Quote from Tsing Tao:
You do quite a good job at painting yourself dumb for all here to see.
I don't call him a failure because he didn't have charisma or always licked his lips when he talked. I call him a failure because of things like the Iranian hostage negotiation and the subsequent disaster of a rescue attempt. Or negotiating a failed arms treaty with the soviet union, only to see them go into Afghanistan right after. Record interest rates, record inflation. Our allies thought he was a rube.
Carter is a nice guy. I genuinely believe out of all the democrats Presidents of the last 50 years, he was the one nice guy who wanted to do good. And washington ate him for it. And yes, that's his fault. The buck stopped there.
So instead of typing the word "dumb" 6 times in your next response, try using a little intellect to counter my points.
So he is responsible for the sand getting into the helicopters? He responsible for the interest rates and inflation? Really? I don't think so. It's as dumb to blame him for these things as it is to blame Obama for the economic pile of shit Bush and co left him with. So of course, that is what dumb Republicans do. I'm not saying Carter was perfect, I just think he has been unfairly judged and was not as bad as he's made out to be. If we had continued with his energy policies for instance, this country would be much better off by now.