McCain Calls Carter “Lousy” President
By Wyatt Earp | June 28, 2008
Whoo hoo! Miss Mud Puddle can no longer refer to me as Captain Obvious. That title now belongs to Senator John McCain.
Jimmy Carter was a lousy President. No kidding. In other news, water is wet, Michael Moore is fat, and New Yorkers are obnoxious.
(CNN) — John McCain directed his trademark straight talk toward a former president, flatly calling Jimmy Carter a “lousy” commander in chief.
The Arizona senator has long attempted to portray Barack Obama’s policies as in the mold of Carter’s, though the Republican has previously held back criticizing Carter so directly.
But in an interview with the Las Vegas Sun published Friday, McCain was decidedly more blunt than he has been in the past. McCain, who is a proponent of nuclear reprocessing, was asked why he thought Carter was against the process when he was president.
“Yes, because Carter was a lousy president,” McCain quipped. “This is the same guy who kissed Brezhnev.” (H/T – CNN)
It could have been worse: Carter could have slipped Leonid the tongue. Ha!
Topics: Politics | 10 Comments »
June 28th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Maybe Carter had a thing for the bushy eyebrows.
Finally, someone in politics, of a high rank, has stated what I even knew as a child. It only took a couple of decades.
June 28th, 2008 at 9:50 am
RT – Yeah, they’re a little slow on the uptake.
June 28th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Well of course he was. I remember his malaise ridden term very well. Luckily, I didn’t live where there were gas lines (there are some advantages to being in small town Kentucky). The entire atmosphere of his presidency was a gloomy one. Thank God for the optimism and clear thinking of Ronald Reagan.
June 28th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
McCain is slow on the uptake but he is getting it.
June 28th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
I was only 12 but I remember those gas lines. In California if your plate ended in a even number you got gas on an even day, if odd then on odd days. He was possibly the worst ever!
Hey, whats wrong with bushy eye brows??!!!!!
June 29th, 2008 at 8:57 am
No…I think I will now refer to you as “Senator McCain”!
June 29th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Ky person – Can we vote for Reagan this year?
Admiral – Slowly, but Shirley.
Sssteve – Bushy eyebrows are the least of your problems. What about your bushy back hair? Ha!
MMP – I am not nearly that old!!!
June 29th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Thank you Captain Obvious…I mean Senator McCain, for clearing that up!
June 29th, 2008 at 10:27 am
(Cue sound of head exploding . . . )
June 30th, 2008 at 9:03 am
TEEHEE!