Politics of Sorts

Wow, you gotta love this one.

Let me preface this with "I don't think George Bush is that great of a United States President."

That said, you gotta love the worst president we have had in my lifetime, Jimmy Carter, charging the Bush administration with being "the worst in history." And as a little frosting on the cake he also criticized Tony Blair for supporting Bush, describing his loyalty in these words: "abominable, blind, apparently subservient."


When you have a peanut for a brain, I guess you are not smart enough to understand Blair's main loyalty was not to Bush but to America.

And he paid a high political price for that.

Shouldn't Carter show an ounce of appreciation as An American citizen?

Let's reflect back on Mr. Carter's time in office.

How was his domestic policy?

We had skyrocketing inflation, a stagnant economy, and high interest rates.

He said we should not be "inordinately" scared of the Soviets.

Of course he was then shocked when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan.

And then to make things worse, he had no idea how to respond to that invasion.

If memory serves me right, he helped put Khomeini in power giving Islamic radicals control of their first major state by withdrawing American support for the Shah.

I believe there was also a hostage crisis on his watch which he bungled, humiliating the United States.

And when he gave speeches to the American public he really made us feel good when he told us America should learn to live with decline.

Maybe after Mr. Carter looks in the mirror, rather than criticize, he just ought to strap on his ol' tool belt and go hammer a few nails for the cameras.

Oh wait, an update:

Carter Backtracks on Bush Criticism

ATLANTA - Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday his remarks were "careless or misinterpreted" when he said the Bush administration has been the "worst in history" for its impact around the world.

Carter said that when he made the comment, he was responding to a question comparing the Bush administration's foreign policy to that of Richard Nixon.


Yeah right, Jimmy has been eating too much tainted peanut butter and washing it down with leftover Billy beer.



In closing my political blog for the week, I came across something a politician is saying that for once makes sense.

Some of you may remember Al Gore as the inventor of the Internet and others may remember him as a past Vice President Of The United States.

He has written a book titled, "The Assault on Reason."

These excerpts I found to be quite informative:

A large and growing number of Americans are asking out loud: "What has happened to our country?" People are trying to figure out what has gone wrong in our democracy, and how we can fix it.

Not long before our nation launched the invasion of Iraq, our longest-serving Senator, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, stood on the Senate floor and said: "This chamber is, for the most part, silent — ominously, dreadfully silent. There is no debate, no discussion, no attempt to lay out for the nation the pros and cons of this particular war. There is nothing. We stand passively mute in the United States Senate."

Those of us who have served in the U.S. Senate and watched it change over time could volunteer a response to Senator Byrd's incisive description of the Senate prior to the invasion:

The chamber was empty because the Senators were somewhere else. Many of them were at fund-raising events they now feel compelled to attend almost constantly in order to collect money—much of it from special interests—to buy 30-second TV commercials for their next re-election campaign. The Senate was silent because Senators don't feel that what they say on the floor of the Senate really matters that much anymore—not to the other Senators, who are almost never present when their colleagues speak, and certainly not to the voters, because the news media seldom report on Senate speeches anymore.

It's all about the money and not about the people. Sad days for sure. This is my time for today. Let's all continue to try to make a difference.