More On Saint Jimmy Carter
So far, dear readers, despite my acerbic essay of January 1, 2025 (see: The Carter Canonization in emperorsnuclothes.com) on the recently departed Jimmy Carter, I have yet to have been visited by Mr. Carter’s ghost in active retribution. It may be that his ghost just hasn’t gotten to me yet, being VERY busy with thousands upon thousands of other critical authors with similar critiques!
In any case, if the reader feels that I’ve been overly churlish or unkind to the man from Plains, Georgia, I am hereby reposting a link from the indomitable commentator, Ann Coulter:
https://open.substack.com/pub/anncoulter/p/the-jimmy-carter-magic?r=1z67dp&utm_medium=ios
With descriptives such as “stupid,” “incompetent” and “backstabbing” the “genteel” Ms. Coulter makes my essay look like a glowing eulogy! Well said, Ms. Coulter. Well said!
I do disagree, however, with one point that she makes: Jimmy Carter was not, in my opinion, “stupid,,” as claimed. Carter was, after all, a nuclear engineer, before entering the Navy (and before becoming a peanut farmer!) No one that graduates with a degree in nuclear engineering, can be said to be, actually, “stupid.” So, if he wasn’t “stupid,” then what gives? In my opinion, Mr. Jimmy Carter, although quite “smart” academically, had absolutely NO COMMON SENSE, having been “blessed” with an outsized dose of NAÏVETÉ.
Oops, there I go again!… Why are my lights flickering?…