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Jimmy Carter, Read Sidney Hook!

September 16, 2009 - 7:43 am - by Roger Kimball
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2009-09-17 08:50:10

Jimmy lectures us on racism. And we should listen why?

Because of his wonderful one-term presidency, I guess. Ah, yes, the Carter years.

• Double-digit unemployment

• Double-digit inflation

• Double-digit interest rates

• The Iran hostage crisis, lasting 444 days

• A depleted military

• A hostage rescue attempt that ended with our helicopters burning in the desert

• An energy crisis with soaring gas prices

• Gas rationing with lines that stretched around the block to fill your tank

• Things were so bad, the media actually invented the Misery Index

Good times!

PS: After his presidency, he was Bill Clinton’s envoy to North Korea and wound up giving them the nuclear technology they now use to produce nuclear weapons. What a guy! Doncha just love him? Please, Jimmy, lecture us some more on racism.