Posted by
J-GOP on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:21:39 PM
There used to be standards that former Presidents lived by that have gone out the window with Jimmy Carter. The idea was that when a President left office, they understood that they were no longer part of the day-to-day political landscape, and as such, were not expected to participate in it. Some of these commonly understood requirements were:
- No comments on current Presidents or their political party
- No comments existing policies.
- No intervening in the existng political landscape during an election season.
- No usurping in foreign matters or representing the U.S. without prior approval.
Jimmy Carter is the first President that has repeatedly violated each of these principles. His most recent transgression has been his travels to the Middle East meeting with the terrorist group and elected political wing of the Palestinians, Hamas, the sworn enemy of Israel and identified terrorist organization by the U.S. In doing so, he has set a new low for former Presidents and continues to show his political bias against the State of Israel.
When he left office in 1980, publically humilated for his economic and international policies, one would have hoped that he would fade from the political landscape forever. No such luck. I guess we will have to continue to put up with the embarrassing stain he has left on the political landscape and former Presidents forever.