Buddy Larsen said:

“By definition, a good man does not get himself elected president and then do to his country what Carter did.”

IMHO, Carter’s failing as President was due to incompetence and not due to personal immorality. Carter’s incompetence extended to the point that he could not see his own morality preventing him from being an effective President.

Buddy Larson also said:

“And you should read up on FERC and Synfuels, too, if i may suggest.”

I’ve studied synfuels. I’ve commented more than once in this forum that nuclear energy and coal based synthetic petroleum are the best immediate solutions for America’s energy crisis. I believe Carter also understood this but was too incompetent to implement an effective long term policy. I should add that Carter’s support of synthetic petroleum cost him the support of the environmental movement (Sierra Club, etc.) even though Carter did almost as much as Theodore Roosevelt to set aside wilderness for long term protection. During the 1980 presidential campaign it was the Sierra Club’s position that there was no real difference between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. Such laughable stupidity! Ronald Reagan was a staunch opponent of wilderness preservation and famous for saying “You’ve seen one redwood tree, you’ve seen them all”. I immediately canceled my membership with the Sierra Club after that little trick.