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Home Front: Politix
MSNBC's Brzezinski: Jimmy Carter 'Best Former President We've Ever Had'
2010-02-16
Shortly after 8:00 a.m. on Monday's Morning Joe on MSNBC, noting that it was President's Day, host Joe Scarborough asked the day's panel members who was their favorite President. After the first two guests named Abraham Lincoln, to which co-host Mika Brzezinski agreed, she then announced her admiration for Jimmy Carter's post-presidential activities calling him her "favorite former President." She went on to call him the "best former President we've ever had," prompting Scarborough to quip, "You should be paid."

After Willie Geist poked fun at Brzezinski by declaring that Jimmy Carter was the best President because of "his bravery against that killer rabbit in Plains, Georgia," Brzezinski sulked: "Stop mocking him."
Posted by:Fred

#23  Well, his decision to give the canal to Panama hasn't killed anyone yet.
Posted by: crosspatch   2010-02-16 22:03  

#22  "Jimmy Carter 'Best Former President We've Ever Had'"

Mika, you really shouldn't go to work drunk....
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-02-16 18:53  

#21  He is certainly not the best by any means. He may end up not being the worst. There is some competition for this role. We have 994 days until the next Presidential election and some time for history to elapse or judge.
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-02-16 18:30  

#20  You left out the abandonment of all US claims to the big ditch, the Panama Canal now manned and operated at either end by Whampoa-Hutchinson, or more properly, the undercover PLA and PLAN of the CPRC (Communist People's Republic of China).
Gee, you think that is worthy of mention?
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2010-02-16 17:11  

#19  It is my opinion that Carter should have taken a path more biased toward constructive engagement in Iran and Nicaragua. He should have said something like "we will support you for five years while you institute democratic reforms and if you don't, we walk away". The Shah could have instituted a more constitutional monarchy with more power being given to the Majlis.

He could have done the same with Nicaragua. To simply cut off all support and leave a huge vacuum in the country and the region is just BEGGING for someone to fill it.

Oh, and the Iran/Iraq war, the eventual invasion of Kuwait, and our invasion of Iraq can all be placed on Carter's lap, too. None of that would have happened if Iran were a strong ally and a functioning democracy in the region.

People are STILL dying due to Carter's mistakes. His policies have killed more people globally than anyone else since WWII.
Posted by: crosspatch   2010-02-16 16:58  

#18  If you've ever wondered what Carter's second term would be like - now you know.
Posted by: DMFD   2010-02-16 16:28  

#17  Better than FDR? [:-)]
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-02-16 13:39  

#16  What lex said. Although now I'm wondering what the hell happened to Amy Carter.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2010-02-16 12:35  

#15  Now we can add Mika to the list of people you shouldn't waste time listening to.
Posted by: Hellfish   2010-02-16 12:34  

#14  "You should be paid."

She is, in effect. Rode Papa's coat-tails to a ncie media gig.
Posted by: lex   2010-02-16 11:41  

#13  His chief of staff throwing ice cubes down the decolletage of the Egyptian Ambassador's wife.
His brother caught pissing on the Lincoln Memorial
billy beer
Billy and Gaddafi
The robber he put in charge of Treasury Okay.. other then investigated connections with BCCI he did most of his robbery at his "world fairs" afterwards ...
Speaking of BCCI .. and Paki Nukes...
Posted by: 3dc   2010-02-16 09:39  

#12  ...and the canal! Which the Chinese now control.
Posted by: Grurong Bucket3151   2010-02-16 06:18  

#11  She is accurate if you mean it along the lines of "the country's fortunes dramatically improved the minute his successor took office because he can't do any more major damage". By that standard, yeah....he's been far better than any former president I can think of in the past 200+ years.
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2010-02-16 04:30  

#10  He'd make a way better former rabbit hunter.
Posted by: gorb   2010-02-16 03:26  

#9  in theory, GM is supposed to pay the US back on this one too...
Posted by: abu do you love   2010-02-16 02:59  

#8  Chrysler paid back the loan with interest. But again, Carter still sucks.
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2010-02-16 02:22  

#7  Don't forget the Chrysler bailout

IIRC, Chrysler paid back the loans, and ahead of schedule. Not that this affects Carter's position as History's Greatest Monster.
Posted by: SteveS   2010-02-16 01:52  

#6  carter did not run away from Nicaragua. he was openly hostile to the county, took deliberate steps to prevent the Nicaraguans from buying ammunition and made statements in the press in support of the contras. Don't forget the Chrysler bailout and the 'wear a sweater' address.
Posted by: abu do you love   2010-02-16 01:29  

#5  Quite an excellent synopsis crosspatch.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-02-16 01:20  

#4  And that was only while he was in office.

His towering antisemitism after leaving office in disgrace has managed to get a few people killed too.

What's scary is Obumble is almost just like him. Didn't I say 2 or 3 years ago he had Carter's smile? The smile of a bumbling fool who manages to get a lot of people killed and is too blind to realize it.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2010-02-16 01:15  

#3  Let's see. Carter runs away from Iran. Removes large US presence in the region. Russia promptly invades Afghanistan. Iran creates "Hezbollah" in Lebanon. Brzezinski gets the brilliant idea to outsource the battle against the Russians by using "holy warriors".

Carter runs away from Nicaragua allowing a communist insurgency to take over which promptly spreads into El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. Russians begin sending planes and missiles to Nicaragua.

Elevates a terrorist (Arafat) to the level of a head of state. Creates endless talks that ultimately result in nothing gained. Thousands killed on both sides.

Installs Robert Mugabe as head of Zimbabwe after a different leader was elected by the people.

The roots of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the eventual creation of al Qaida and then 9/11 ... Carter's lap.

The roots of the bombing of the US Marine and French Army barracks in Lebanon, Lebanese civil war, and multiple confrontations with Israel ... Carter's lap.

The killing of many Central Americans, support of Colombian Marxists, support of Marxist insurgence across Latin America ... Carter's lap.

Thousands of dead Palestinians and Israelis ... Carter's lap.

Thousands of dead in Zimbabwe and the best economy of Africa ruined ... Carter's lap.

That man is the best we have every had ... if you don't count any of the others. He is a walking disaster. We should call him "The Demolition Man"
Posted by: crosspatch   2010-02-16 01:00  

#2  Yeah, this tells you more about Zbiggy then it does about Carter.
Posted by: tu3031   2010-02-16 00:37  

#1  "Stop mocking him."

Bring the holy hand grenade.
Posted by: newc   2010-02-16 00:35  

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