Jimmy Carter : Worst President Ever!

[politicaholic]

High gas prices, deep recession, and Jimmy Carter wasn't even smart enough to know how to profit off of it! Wha-da Loser!


Jimmy Carter trying to rectify the crisis
while it's happening (notice no hand holding
or traditional diplomatic spit swapping).


George Bush prior to the crisis,
preventing nothing, but engaging in
some hot slow-adult-on-king action.
The only oil on their minds that
day was baby oil, wink, wink.

Chokingly high oil prices and long disastrous recessionary indicators are called "character building periods"...didn't you know?
I was speaking with a republican gentleman the other day and he said,

"These oil prices and this recession is nothing compared to what Carter unleashed on the country. You look at the oil prices compared to what people were making back then and it was wayyyyy worse. You liberals just aren't willing to admit it."

I know that the Bush administration doesn't like to drudge up the past like that insightfully-intoxicated gentleman. Well...unless Reagan is involved...and Lincoln, and Clinton (for the bad stuff). I'm sure you've seen the republicans still trying to blame this situation on Bubba to no avail. But that guy gives delusion a refreshing make over and blames Jimmy Carter for showing OPEC that they can hold the US over an oil barrel, stick in the nozzle, and fill 'er up. Of course, that's not what happened, see, what really happened involves reality. And even though Americans love reality stuff, they only like the reality that involves painful crotch shots, horrible singers, or any situation where people can get voted off for not being entertaining enough. Jimmy Carter wasn't entertaining...he got voted off. Why? Because nobody got richer during his recession. We all had to suffer together, which is sooooo not the neo-American way.


Do what most people do about
recession...an oily comb over!

The world economy is just going to have to play without us for a while. We're grounded. With big banks buying their golfing buddies' big bank to become massive "not a monopoly, just bigger we assure you" banks, this endless "Bush brand growth" period for the global conglomerates seems like it will never end (it ends). There are some people ("sane people") who are skeptical of this species of recessionary vulture getting fat off of the casualties of an impotent failure in governmental policy (Iraq war, oil, mortgages, etc.). Some people (those same pesky sane people) feel as if these budding monopolies, while capitalist which is fine, are also dismantling social policies and agreements that were set wisely by our great-grandparents a century ago. Why doesn't the republican party delve even farther and blame Woodrow Wilson, saying it was his fault for the recession by breaking up the monopolies so long ago (skipping over their republican buddy Teddy Roosevelt who did the same thing).

In Conclusion, greasy bald guys aside, we all know who's to blame for this and who's making a profit: the war criminals sitting in the oval office...so I guess greasy bald guys are included! This recession/depression/boon-for-the-yacht-industry runs right in line with Bush policy. Basically, the rich get richer, normal Americans scrape by, and nobody takes the blame.

[navarth]

1. that guy you were talking to is an assclown.

If ONLY Jimmy Carter would have been sneaky enough to see what Reagan was doing to influence that election.

If ONLY America had listened to him.

We might be in pretty good shape now. Goddam it.

Good post, thanks k & r

[MNDemNY]

2. If not for a helicopter crash in the Iranian desert......

[LordJFT]

3. the oil embargo wasn't his fault and he balanced the budget 2 years of his term

[Patchuli]

4. K & R!

I only wish the oily comb-over pic worked on my 'puter! :-(

Good piece!

[treestar]

5. I get so sick of right wingers repeating that over and over

It's one of the main things they've made "true" by sheer repetition.

[aasleka]

6. I will never forgive Reagan for entering negotiations with terrorists

behind a sitting US Presidents back. Regardless if he had won in November it did not make it OK.

That is when I realized I was not a Republican.