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| − | '''Jimmy Carter''' (formally James Earl Carter, Jr., born 1924) was the 39th [[President of the United States of America]], defeating Republican [[Gerald Ford]] in 1976. Carter was a [[Democrat]] who served from 1977–1981, after being a one-term Governor of [[Georgia]]. At that time, the Georgia Constitution did not permit the Governor to succeed himself. After a failed presidency marked by disasters in the economy and foreign affairs, and poor leadership, Carter was defeated by a landslide for re-election in 1980 by [[Ronald Reagan]], as the nation moved sharply more [[conservative]]. | + | '''Jimmy Carter''' (formally James Earl Carter, Jr., born 1924) was the 39th [[President of the United States of America]], defeating Republican [[Gerald Ford]] in 1976. Carter was a [[Democrat]] who served from 1977–1981, after being a one-term Governor of [[Georgia]]. At that time, the Georgia Constitution did not permit the Governor to succeed himself. After a failed presidency marked by disasters in the economy and foreign affairs, and poor leadership, Carter was defeated in a landslide for re-election in 1980 by [[Ronald Reagan]], as the nation moved sharply more [[conservative]]. |
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| | Promoted by [[Trilateral Commission|Trilateralist]]s and the [[liberal media]] out of nowhere in 1976, Carter promised a restoration of honesty to Washington after [[Watergate]], and built a coalition that included a resurrected [[Solid South]] and Northern [[liberal]]s, disproving the myth of a Nixonian [[Southern Strategy]]. | | Promoted by [[Trilateral Commission|Trilateralist]]s and the [[liberal media]] out of nowhere in 1976, Carter promised a restoration of honesty to Washington after [[Watergate]], and built a coalition that included a resurrected [[Solid South]] and Northern [[liberal]]s, disproving the myth of a Nixonian [[Southern Strategy]]. |
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| | In an October 2000 survey of 132 prominent professors of history, law, and political science, Carter's presidency was rated in the "Below Average" group; he ranked 30th, with a mean score of 2.47 out of 5.00.<ref>''Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House'' (Wall Street Journal Book, 2004)</ref> This survey, sponsored by the ''Wall Street Journal'' and the conservative Federalist Society, ranked Carter ahead of Richard Nixon, and below George H.W. Bush. | | In an October 2000 survey of 132 prominent professors of history, law, and political science, Carter's presidency was rated in the "Below Average" group; he ranked 30th, with a mean score of 2.47 out of 5.00.<ref>''Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House'' (Wall Street Journal Book, 2004)</ref> This survey, sponsored by the ''Wall Street Journal'' and the conservative Federalist Society, ranked Carter ahead of Richard Nixon, and below George H.W. Bush. |
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| − | Carter has been unusually active as an ex-president, serving as an election monitor in many emerging democracies, working with [[Habitat for Humanity]] both as its most famous spokesperson and as an actual house builder, and as a self-proclaimed "peace advocate", was awarded the [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Peace Prize]]. CBS News reported that Carter considers himself "superior" to other living ex-presidents.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20017049-503544.html Jimmy Carter: I'm A Superior Ex-President], [[CBS]].com , September 20, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32895021/ns/politics-cq_politics/ Obama, Racism, and Jimy Carter,] By Jeff Stein, CQ Politics, 9/17/2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v09n1/eugenics.html The Roots of the I.Q. Debate, Eugenics and Social Control], By Margaret Quigley, [[Political Research Associates]]. | + | Carter was unusually active as an ex-president, serving as an election monitor throughout the world, working with [[Habitat for Humanity]] both as its most famous spokesperson and as an actual house builder, and as a self-proclaimed "peace advocate", was awarded the [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Peace Prize]]. CBS News reported that Carter considered himself "superior" to other living ex-presidents.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20017049-503544.html Jimmy Carter: I'm A Superior Ex-President], [[CBS]].com , September 20, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32895021/ns/politics-cq_politics/ Obama, Racism, and Jimy Carter,] By Jeff Stein, CQ Politics, 9/17/2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v09n1/eugenics.html The Roots of the I.Q. Debate, Eugenics and Social Control], By Margaret Quigley, [[Political Research Associates]]. |
| | </ref> His criticisms of Israel have been considered [[anti-Semitic]] and despicable. | | </ref> His criticisms of Israel have been considered [[anti-Semitic]] and despicable. |
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