Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Kicking an 82 year old Evangelical Ex President?

I have always felt that Jimmy Carter was a much better president than we deserved. He was a straight shooter who was not afraid to take an unpopular stand. Yet his gentle manner and an unfortunate tendency to micromanage got him into trouble. Dave Johnson over at Smirking Chimp takes a look at the Carter legacy and asks if at least some of Carter's poor reputation doesn't come from the Right's, what is now being called the Denial Industry.

I don't think he makes a good case for this, but the article is worth a look for what it says about Carter.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Surely you jest!
I won't say that James Earl Carter is the worst human being to ever become POTUS (that 'honor' probably going to the execrable Clinton) but he's well in the running for the worst President of the 20th Century. Please. An ''evangelical''? How about instead ''a mendacious, self-serving, person of little merit and much ego, generally surrounded by scoundrels for who he makes excuses, who seems intent on trashing his country, dishonoring his God, and promoting a dishonorable public agenda.'' In another century we may live down the shame of being associated with this man, but it is likely to require that long.
If this is your idea of a good man, you need to reconsider some of those you associate with.

Paul D. said...

Thanks,

but you write:

"If this is your idea of a good man, you need to reconsider some of those you associate with."

Hmmmm wonder if you couldn't have asked the same about Christ.