it wasn't bad luck. I suspect in years to come Biden's failures will also be labelled as 'bad luck'. What democrat apologists like Mr. Nocera don't realize is that a world-view divorced form reality and based on one's ideological projections is doomed to failure. Reagan was roundly criticized by the (entirely liberal) media continuously for being ignorant and therefore harmful. Yet he was very successful in his foreign policy because his opinions and actions were based on reality not wishful projection - contrary to most dems he understood human nature as it is, not as he wished it to be.
Interesting how history repeats itself so quickly. Two of the most recent Presidents failed miserably in foreign affairs- Carter and Biden. Carter prevailed over losing Iran. Biden over a horribly embarrassing Afghanistan exit. Both were hands down the weakest Presidents of my lifetime. Both were appeasers regarding Iran. Carter was intellectually brilliant, Biden a foreign policy jackass, “wrong on foreign policy for the last 40 years”. Carter showed weakness by announcing to the world that he would not leave the White House until the hostages were released. A public relations disaster. After his presidency Carter was fooled by the Palestinian dictators and chose not to be Israel’s best friend. This seemed not aligned with his born again evangelism, most evangelists give Israel unwavering support.
Both presidencies failed miserably and will probably continue to try to rewrite history to put them in a better light. A real tough sell.
I think his evil comments about Israel later in life and his general arrogance in thinking he had the right to play foreign policy after leaving office suggest otherwise. His argument that Israel should negotiate with Hamas despite their charter calling for its destruction has not aged well.
Great leaders rise to the occasion and outperform expectations. Nearly all Presidents are dealt serious challenges. It is how they lead in the face of adversity. Few of us have any idea how hard the job is, and even fewer are capable of being Great Presidents.
Carter was anti-Israel, and spent the last 40 years cozying up to Assad, Hamas, etc. Every Dem who pushed the absurd two state solution is the illegitimate spawn of Carter.
This piece is an attempt to cement Biden's place as the worst President in US history by rewriting President Carter's history such that he no longer holds that distinction.
Life has ironies. Jimmy Carter was a true Boy Scout. He loved God. He loved his wife. He loved his country. He was an exemplary human being, but he was a bad president. He could not embrace the street smarts needed for Realpolitik.
He was a terrible governor, terrible President, a nice person on the outside but a narcissist on the inside. He thought only he could solve the Middle East Problems, that he could convince the Russians and Chinese to be nice as long as others were nice to them (delusional at best), undermined Taiwan, gave away the Panama Canal, wrote a letter five days before the military action against Saddam Hussein undermining the President George W. Bush. He should have been charged with Treason twice.
"Disciplined, funny, enormously intelligent, and deeply spiritual.” and incompetent and unsuited to the job. The failed mission to rescue hostages was not 'bad luck' but poor top down oversight and his weakness invited foreign overreach just as it does today. His message to Ameerica wa sot to resolutely face and solve our challenges but to accept them with a sense of finality. A fine human being who had no business being president.
After experiencing Carter's disastrous presidency, I voted for Reagan. This was difficult. As a lifelong Democrat, I did not like Reagan.. I thought of him as an grade B actor and something of a dunce. But I could not abide one more minute of Carter. Beyond the epic policy failures, there was something about his personality that revolted me. Maybe it was when he felt compelled to tell the country about his hemorrhoids, how he had the unfortunate habit of reading of reading while sitting on the toilet. This was intended to remind us all of his humility, his commitment to transparency. It was embarrassing,, no pun intended.
Carter's behavior after he left office - issuing unsolicited policy statements and supporting conspiracy theories - only diminished his reputation.
I made an Italian sandwich for then President Jimmy Carter as he passed through New Hampshire in ‘79 during the primaries (at the time still first in the nation). He was in this tiny sandwich shop tavern where I worked and I could see him and 2 Secret Service agents sitting with him in one of the shops booths. He told the waitress to give me a compliment that the sandwich was “Darn good”.
Later in the evening across town in one of the upscale artisan restaurants Senator Ted Kennedy and his ontourage were dining after a fundraiser organized earlier in the afternoon. (He was challenging Carter for the ‘80’s Presidential nomination). My fiancé was a waitress there and described the drunken debauchery of what took place by he and his party. They literally trashed the place, dancing on tables breaking dinnerware and glassware and
Paid zero for their food and left no tips for the staff.
it wasn't bad luck. I suspect in years to come Biden's failures will also be labelled as 'bad luck'. What democrat apologists like Mr. Nocera don't realize is that a world-view divorced form reality and based on one's ideological projections is doomed to failure. Reagan was roundly criticized by the (entirely liberal) media continuously for being ignorant and therefore harmful. Yet he was very successful in his foreign policy because his opinions and actions were based on reality not wishful projection - contrary to most dems he understood human nature as it is, not as he wished it to be.
Go away nocera. Maybe msnbc?
Interesting how history repeats itself so quickly. Two of the most recent Presidents failed miserably in foreign affairs- Carter and Biden. Carter prevailed over losing Iran. Biden over a horribly embarrassing Afghanistan exit. Both were hands down the weakest Presidents of my lifetime. Both were appeasers regarding Iran. Carter was intellectually brilliant, Biden a foreign policy jackass, “wrong on foreign policy for the last 40 years”. Carter showed weakness by announcing to the world that he would not leave the White House until the hostages were released. A public relations disaster. After his presidency Carter was fooled by the Palestinian dictators and chose not to be Israel’s best friend. This seemed not aligned with his born again evangelism, most evangelists give Israel unwavering support.
Both presidencies failed miserably and will probably continue to try to rewrite history to put them in a better light. A real tough sell.
I think his evil comments about Israel later in life and his general arrogance in thinking he had the right to play foreign policy after leaving office suggest otherwise. His argument that Israel should negotiate with Hamas despite their charter calling for its destruction has not aged well.
Great leaders rise to the occasion and outperform expectations. Nearly all Presidents are dealt serious challenges. It is how they lead in the face of adversity. Few of us have any idea how hard the job is, and even fewer are capable of being Great Presidents.
One of our worst presidents by most measures and an unrepentant antisemite. Good riddance.
Carter was anti-Israel, and spent the last 40 years cozying up to Assad, Hamas, etc. Every Dem who pushed the absurd two state solution is the illegitimate spawn of Carter.
This piece is an attempt to cement Biden's place as the worst President in US history by rewriting President Carter's history such that he no longer holds that distinction.
Life has ironies. Jimmy Carter was a true Boy Scout. He loved God. He loved his wife. He loved his country. He was an exemplary human being, but he was a bad president. He could not embrace the street smarts needed for Realpolitik.
He was a terrible governor, terrible President, a nice person on the outside but a narcissist on the inside. He thought only he could solve the Middle East Problems, that he could convince the Russians and Chinese to be nice as long as others were nice to them (delusional at best), undermined Taiwan, gave away the Panama Canal, wrote a letter five days before the military action against Saddam Hussein undermining the President George W. Bush. He should have been charged with Treason twice.
Those that we like we find unlucky; those that we dislike we find malevolent.
"Disciplined, funny, enormously intelligent, and deeply spiritual.” and incompetent and unsuited to the job. The failed mission to rescue hostages was not 'bad luck' but poor top down oversight and his weakness invited foreign overreach just as it does today. His message to Ameerica wa sot to resolutely face and solve our challenges but to accept them with a sense of finality. A fine human being who had no business being president.
After experiencing Carter's disastrous presidency, I voted for Reagan. This was difficult. As a lifelong Democrat, I did not like Reagan.. I thought of him as an grade B actor and something of a dunce. But I could not abide one more minute of Carter. Beyond the epic policy failures, there was something about his personality that revolted me. Maybe it was when he felt compelled to tell the country about his hemorrhoids, how he had the unfortunate habit of reading of reading while sitting on the toilet. This was intended to remind us all of his humility, his commitment to transparency. It was embarrassing,, no pun intended.
Carter's behavior after he left office - issuing unsolicited policy statements and supporting conspiracy theories - only diminished his reputation.
Jimmy Carter was a good man but a bad president.
Carter was unlucky? Tell that to Churchill and FDR. Leaders are measured by how they respond to adversity.
That’s a good one. ;-)
I made an Italian sandwich for then President Jimmy Carter as he passed through New Hampshire in ‘79 during the primaries (at the time still first in the nation). He was in this tiny sandwich shop tavern where I worked and I could see him and 2 Secret Service agents sitting with him in one of the shops booths. He told the waitress to give me a compliment that the sandwich was “Darn good”.
Later in the evening across town in one of the upscale artisan restaurants Senator Ted Kennedy and his ontourage were dining after a fundraiser organized earlier in the afternoon. (He was challenging Carter for the ‘80’s Presidential nomination). My fiancé was a waitress there and described the drunken debauchery of what took place by he and his party. They literally trashed the place, dancing on tables breaking dinnerware and glassware and
Paid zero for their food and left no tips for the staff.