By Michael Kennedy
Al Gore may have won a Nobel Peace Prize for a film with at least 11 factual inaccuracies (as identified by the British courts), but he is not the only delusional Nobel Peace Prize winner out there.
President Jimmy Carter, winner of the 2002 Peace Prize, may be 27 years removed from the Oval Office, but he still has plenty opinions as to how the country should be run. Lately, he hasn’t been holding back, regarding his opinions of the current administration.
Regarding Vice President Cheney, Carter stated, “He’s been a disaster for our country.” Carter has previously declared the Bush administration “the worst in history” in international relations. Well, let’s recap Carter’s presidency, shall we?
As President, the prime interest rate hit 21.5 percent, unemployment reached 7.5 percent and the inflation rate reached 12 percent.
Carter instituted price ceilings, creating long lines at the gas pumps, while shortages struck. Carter’s brilliant solution for the American people: turn down your thermostat, wear a cardigan and put solar panels on your roof, like he did at the White House.
Meanwhile, under President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the prime interest rate is at 7.75 percent, unemployment is at 4.8 percent and inflation is at a solid 2.5 percent.
The last time I checked, there haven’t been any gasoline shortages either.
But Carter said the Bush Administration was the “worst in history” in international relations. Carter, convinced that the ruling Shah was the worst leader that Iran had to offer, organized a coup, ousted him and allowed Ayatollah Khomeini to rise to power.
Shortly thereafter, Khomeini would seize the U.S. embassy, taking 52 American hostages, decrying the U.S. as “The Great Satan.”
Carter did not use force, opting instead for diplomacy (the stuff the Bush Administration never uses.)
He would eventually try an ill-conceived rescue mission, but that led to the deaths of eight American soldiers.
The fear of a competent leader taking over in America scared the Ayatollah, and Ronald Reagan hadn’t even finished his oath of office by the time the hostages were released.
Carter allowed the first Islamic extremist to rise to power in the world in the form of the Ayatollah. Carter is the reason Iran is the problem it still is today. He granted credence to Islamic extremism, and allowed it to embarrass the United States for over a year, as we sat idly by.
It seems that the Carter administration was the “disaster for our country”; one we’re still feeling the effects of today.
He is now old and senile, and the media needs to do us all a service and stop asking for his asinine opinions. Meanwhile, he needs to start handling himself with dignity.
