Jimmy Carter does the Superiority Dance
By Ward Smythe | Monday, September 20th, 2010 | Catch-All
On NBC News Sunday, former President Jimmy Carter actually said, “I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents.” Real Clear Politics has the video.
At one point when he was back to teaching Sunday School and building houses for Habitat for Humanity, I might have agreed. Then again, it does seem to indicate that Jimmy missed the Sunday when they were teaching humility. But all of that was before he started mucking around in foreign policy and suggesting that he actually ever knew what he was talking about.
Part of Carter’s problem is that he thinks he’s better than everyone else. In the book he’s hawking, he even trashed Ted Kennedy. And face it, that’s only a grudge because Kennedy challenged him for the nomination in 1980.
No, Jimmy, your ex-Presidency does not rise to the level of superior, even to Bill Clinton.
But, we’ll give you this, your ex-Presidency is far superior to your Presidency.
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Ward Smythe is a pseudonymous aspiring freelance writer from Central Virginia. Until late 2007 Ward blogged at the now defunct "Ward View" and was active in Virginia and national politics. Ward's signature style of snarkery gained him a unique following that he hopes to regain here at Bearing Drift. Ward uses humor, satire and sometimes photoshop to make his point. Ward is proud to be an equal opportunity offender.
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4 Responses to "Jimmy Carter does the Superiority Dance"
As Jimmy Carter tries to lay claim to Obamacare, he blames the late Ted Kennedy for blocking his healthcare. about the only debate he could win. At least it wasn’t Bushes fault.
Guess he’s come back to battle Obama as the worst President in history. Let the duel begin. It took Carter four years, Obama only two. And they both continue to blame everyone else.
WELL….ISN’T THAT SPECIAL? Have to hand it to Ward for a great photoshop and a big laugh from the past. I wonder what Dana Carvey aka Church Lady would have to say about this year’s election cycle. I do sure miss that skit. I saw Dana Carvey live after he gave up the Church Lady ghost in the 1990s…..though he did surprise the audience at the end when she made a miraculous resurrection at a family Thanksgiving dinner…….you had to be there. This is hilarious, Ward. Thank you for the wonderful take on things. Absolutely riotous.
Ward,
Yep. He was the first president I voted for …hey, it was 1976 and Ford pardoned Nixon ….I voted for Anderson in ’80…but Jimmy needs to go build some more houses for poor people and STFU.
You were a little hard on him though…his ex-presidency was certainly better than Nixon’s or Reagan’s. Arguably better than LBJ too.
Steve, I agree that Carter’s humanitarian work with Habitat is commendable. But he lost a lot of credibility when he started playing around again with foreign policy.
I took his comment to mean better than the current ex-Presidents. I don’t think even Carter is arrogant enough to say he’s superior to ALL of the former Presidents. I could be wrong.
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