An 84-year-old Democrat today blamed a 62-year-old Republican for ‘everything.’
Former President Jimmy Carter cited the ‘atrocious economic policies’ and ‘profligate spending’ of George W Bush as the cause of the current financial crisis.
Endorsing Mr Obama, Mr Carter made no mention of his own record in the White House from 1977-1981.
President Carter was seen as a poor leader by Helmut Schmidt and Valery Giscard d’Estaing, and Denis Healey, chancellor of the exchequer in the Callaghan government (1976 – 1979), called Carter ‘a moral puritan and an economic profligate.’ These criticisms were not recalled by the former President, who was formidable at winning primaries.
Life after office has been kind to Mr Carter, as it has so far to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Peace Envoy to the Middle East, who has recently begun teaching a course on faith and globalisation at Yale University.
It is rumoured that following his retirement next January President Bush hopes to lecture part-time in Havard on modern Argentinian literature. A position as UN Representative for Sustainable Economics has also been mooted.
No comments:
Post a Comment