Jimmuh Carter Joins the Cheney Hit Parade

The Worst President in U.S. History doesn't have very nice things to say about Vice President Dick Cheney:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday denounced Vice President Dick Cheney as a "disaster" for the country and a "militant" who has had an excessive influence in setting foreign policy.

Cheney has been on the wrong side of the debate on many issues, including an internal White House discussion over Syria in which the vice president is thought to be pushing a tough approach, Carter said.

"He's a militant who avoided any service of his own in the military and he has been most forceful in the last 10 years or more in fulfilling some of his more ancient commitments that the United States has a right to inject its power through military means in other parts of the world," Carter told the BBC in an interview to air later on Wednesday.

"You know he's been a disaster for our country," Carter said. "I think he's been overly persuasive on President George Bush and quite often he's prevailed."

The reality is Jimmuh is senile. But setting that aside, he couldn't possibly know how much influence Cheney has on Bush or on our foreign policy because he isn't there to see the inner workings of the White House. All he can do is rely on wacky left folk tales of the evil monster Cheney.

Given Jimmuh's own incompetence in office, he shouldn't be complaining about anyone else. He's responsible more than anyone else for the threat we face from Iran.