The Most Disgraceful President

Man, this clown makes Andrew Jackson look like George Washington:

Carter worried by inaction on democracy, American region's giving record

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former US president Jimmy Carter charged that members of the Organization of American States were not doing their utmost to reach the regional body's goals on defending democracy.

"I am concerned that the lofty ideals espoused in the Democratic Charter are not all being honored. I am concerned that poverty and inequality continue unabated," the Nobel laureate said in an address to the Washington-based pan-American body.

"I am concerned that we in this room, representing governments and in some cases privileged societies, are not demonstrating the political will to shore up our fragile democracies, protect and defend our human rights system and tackle the problems of desperation and destitution," Carter added.

In many nations across the Americas, he said "we run the very real risk that dissatisfaction with the performance of elected governments will transform into disillusionment with democracy itself."

Carter also lamented that "Americans give just 15 cents per 100 dollars of national income in official development assistance. As a share of our economy we rank dead last among industrialized countries."

Two things:

1. Was there any U.S. President with a worse record regarding the expansion of human freedom than Jimmy Carter? Weak and feckless doesn't work. Ever.

2. Notice the weasel-wording regarding "official development assistance" as opposed to charitable assistance, in which Americans consistently come out in the top ranks. Notice also the "as a share of our economy". I know Carter did everything he could during his disastrous presidency to improve this number by destroying our economy, but does this idiot really think that poor people care what proportion of the giver's income the dollar they're handed is?

This, of course, is after he claimed the Palestinian elections were as pure as the driven snow.

Michael Moore should have refused to sit next to him.