CNN’s Scott Jennings Offers Harsh View Of Jimmy Carter’s Legacy

[Free Vulcan]

CNN commentator Scott Jennings, the token conservative among CNN’s well-established leftist anchors and commentators, offered a different perspective on former President Jimmy Carter’s legacy than the hagiographic perspectives given by his colleagues.

Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100.

“Let me preface my take by offering condolences to the Carter family on his death. He was obviously one of the most unique post-presidencies we’ve ever had because he lived so long and he did so much,” Jennings began.

Then he segued into his assessment of the damage Carter had wrought during his presidency and political life: “That having been said, he was a terrible president. 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 anti-Semitism over the years.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnns-scott-jennings-offers-harsh-view-of-jimmy-carters-legacy

[Hoodat]

Inflation was at 4.8% when Carter took office.  He called that "unacceptable".  When Carter left office, inflation was at 12.6%.

When Carter took office, oil was at $75/bbl (in 2024 dollars).  When he left office, it was at $138/bbl.  Carter criticized Reagan for eliminating price controls on domestic oil, predicting that the price of oil would skyrocket upward.  Five years after Carter's price controls were eliminated, oil fell to $30/bbl.

Carter was a horrible President.  He was a notorious micromanager.  It was Carter's micromanagement of the hostage rescue attempt that led to failure resulting in the deaths of eight US servicemen.

[PeteS in CA]

IMO, that isn't "harsh", except as plainly stating facts can be called "harsh".

[Cyber Liberty]

It's nice having people to give us a break from the wall-to-wall Hagiographics about St. Jimmy.