: Jimmy Carter 'Worst' in U.S. History


Former President Carter recently lashed out at the Bush
administration, calling it "the worst in history" in international
relations.

But Investor's Business Daily believes the "worst" label applies to
Carter.

In an editorial headlined "Carter: Our Worst Ex-President?" the
newspaper slams the ex-president for his book "Palestine: Peace Not
Apartheid," saying "Carter has deservedly been hammered for his
twisted anti-Israel beliefs. Now, his namesake Carter Center has been
rocked by the departure of a number of well-respected board members,
angry over the book."

Calling the book "a doozy," IBD says it is permeated with anti-Israel
bias. It also rips Carter for telling a "truly big whopper" in
claiming that the late Yasser Arafat, Hamas and others in the
Palestinian leadership are men of peace.

"This is an absurdity, by any stretch of the imagination. These are
men of terror, and should be treated as such," IBD says.

"Carter on page 62 recounts a meeting with Yasser Arafat in 1990. He
quotes Arafat, uncritically, saying: 'The PLO has never advocated the
annihilation of Israel.' Arafat blames the idea on 'Zionists.'

"Since Carter lets this lie go completely unchallenged, he must
believe it. In fact, the very reason for the PLO's founding was to
eliminate Israel. There are many other lies, large and small."

The editorial, which kicks off a 10-part series about Carter,
concludes:

"We're pretty sure Carter's reputation will remain in tatters, given
his anti-Israel diatribes. The peanut farmer from Georgia, once the
leader of the free world, now seems a very small man indeed."

The 10-part series also states:

"So Jimmy Carter calls the Bush administration "the worst in history."
This from the man who wrecked the world's greatest economy and made a
nuclear Iran and North Korea possible."

"When it comes to economic performance, there's no contest: Apart from
the early years of the Depression, Jimmy Carter's brief tenure as
president was the worst in the 20th century."

Calling the book "a doozy," IBD says it is permeated with anti-Israel
bias. It also rips Carter for telling a "truly big whopper" in
claiming that the late Yasser Arafat, Hamas and others in the
Palestinian leadership are men of peace.