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Distancing “humanitarianism” from politics, Scott Jennings served up a scathing take on the late President Jimmy Carter’s legacy: “If it’s not treasonous, it’s borderline treasonous.”
Well before the passing of the former president at 100 years old, the parallels between his one-term administration and incumbent President Joe Biden had some pitting their tenures against each other in a competition for worst commander-in-chief. Only a day after tearing into Biden’s legacy of “disgrace,” Jennings slammed Carter as much for his time in office as for his “meddling” as a “worse ex-president.”
“He was a terrible president,” began the commentator on “CNN NewsNight with Abby Philips” during the panel discussion. “That’s why he lost in a landslide after his one term. And, if it’s possible, I think he was even a worse ex-president: because of his meddling in U.S. foreign policy; because of his saddling up to dictators around the world; because of his vehement views, anti-Israel views, and more than dabbling in antisemitism over the years.”
“He often vexed Democrats. Obama didn’t even have him speak at his ’08 convention. He put Bill Clinton in a terrible foreign policy box on a North Korea nuclear issue,” continued Jennings. “I think he was a guy who had a huge ego and believed that he was uniquely positioned to do all these things, even after the American people had roundly and soundly rejected his leadership.”
My thoughts on Jimmy Carter’s legacy last night on @cnn: terrible president, soundly rejected by the American people. Even worse ex-president, whose meddling in US foreign policy & virulent anti-Israel/anti-Semitic views must not be forgotten. Undermined US interests repeatedly. pic.twitter.com/kbBupU0K7O
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) December 31, 2024
“So, I respect people who run for president and get elected president, but in his particular case, I think he time and again proved why he was never suited for the office in the first place,” he added before comments from former Richard Nixon Presidential Library Director Tim Naftali forced a retort on Carter’s contributions as a “global citizen.”
“In the run-up to the Persian Gulf War, [Carter] wrote letters to all of our allies and to Arab states, asking them to abandon their cooperation and coalition with the United States of America. If it’s not treasonous, it’s borderline treasonous,” said Jennings. “So, I hear what you’re saying about the humanitarianism, but when you’re an ex-president and you have served in that office, I think you have a duty to the United States and only to the United States. And when he did that, and other instances, to me, it showed that he cared more about his own legacy than he did about the country and I think that is wrong.”
In fact, Iran had begun trending with the announcement of Carter’s death, and not just because of the saber-rattling that had escalated under Biden’s watch.
While many challenged the conclusion of the Iran hostage crisis, others saw fit to remind that the Islamic Revolution of 1979 had occurred as Carter’s policies had contributed to destabilization in the region, resulting in a dramatic shift in what was culturally acceptable.
Iran before Jimmy Carter & the Islamic Revolution.
This is my mum (third from the left) & her mates… https://t.co/Qm3FklAAiD pic.twitter.com/Y3UnPdLGKs— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) December 30, 2024
Jimmy Carter has passed away at 100. The “peace activist” betrayed the Shah of Iran, a key US ally in the Middle East. Carter helped overthrow the Shah to bring the genocidal maniac Khomeini into power, ultimately leading to the 1979 Islamic revolution that plunged #Iran into 45… pic.twitter.com/e7yOQ8Euq7
— Samie (@SamieSkyee) December 30, 2024
Meanwhile, as many looked to President-elect Donald Trump in the same way that Americans in 1980 sought hope in the election of President Ronald Reagan, the late, great Rush Limbaugh’s brother, author, and commentator David Limbaugh tacked on to a take from The Babylon Bee’s Managing Editor Joel Berry.
Following the statement, “Jimmy Carter was a bad president,” Limbaugh wrote, “Painfully and aggressively bad. Intentional malaise. The word ‘malaise’ was created for him. Scarcity, poverty, and virtue signaling through it all. God bless Ronald Reagan for delivering us from that hellish quagmire. God bless American patriots for responding to Reagan’s call.”
Painfully and aggressively bad. Intentional malaise. The word “malaise” was created for him. Scarcity, poverty, and virtue signaling through it all. God bless Ronald Reagan for delivering us from that hellish quagmire. God bless American patriots for responding to Reagan’s call. https://t.co/VNRBlrg4qb
— David Limbaugh (@DavidLimbaugh) December 30, 2024
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn’t researching current events and their impacts, you’ll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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