Jimmy Superior
2010-09-22 - by
Jimmy Carter’s latest gaffe – that his post-Presidency was “superior” to other ex-Presidents – struck me as deeply revealing.
Carter’s work since leaving office 30 years ago has been both admirable and annoying – just like the man and his Presidency.
If you weren’t there, it’s hard to realize what Carter meant when he ran for President in 1976 – especially for Southern Democrats.
After Watergate, assassinations, Vietnam Georgia
He beat Wallace in the North Carolina
But all that hope and promise fell short after Carter got to the White House. In retrospect, his failing then explains his revealing remark this week: Carter, at bottom, believes that he is better than other people: smarter, harder-working and – yes – morally superior.
With a little humility – and some humor – Jimmy Carter might have been a great President. And history might have been very different.
Posted in General, National Republicans
Jimmy Superior
2010-09-22/
Jimmy Carter’s latest gaffe – that his post-Presidency was “superior” to other ex-Presidents – struck me as deeply revealing.
Carter’s work since leaving office 30 years ago has been both admirable and annoying – just like the man and his Presidency.
If you weren’t there, it’s hard to realize what Carter meant when he ran for President in 1976 – especially for Southern Democrats.
After Watergate, assassinations, Vietnam Georgia
He beat Wallace in the North Carolina
But all that hope and promise fell short after Carter got to the White House. In retrospect, his failing then explains his revealing remark this week: Carter, at bottom, believes that he is better than other people: smarter, harder-working and – yes – morally superior.
With a little humility – and some humor – Jimmy Carter might have been a great President. And history might have been very different.
Posted in General, National Republicans