Am I the only one here who sees an inordinate number of parallels between His Excellency Barack (Idi Amin) Hussein (boy whiner) Obama and Jimmy Carter?

A recent admission by the His Excellency Barack (Idi Amin) Hussein (boy whiner) Obama administration is that they are now predicting 10% unemployment. Jimmy Carter's unemployment numbers were also 10% and higher.

His Excellency Barack (Idi Amin) Hussein (boy whiner) Obama's Fed is printing money, and there are some definate fears concerning runaway inflation. Consequently, one of the hallmarks of the Carter years was double-digit inflation.

During Jimmy Carter's presidency, we had the Iranian revolution, and the overthrow of the Shah. Something similar is not going on with the Iranian "elections".

Carter's presidency also had to deal with a mounting conflict in Afghanistan. Consequently, the His Excellency Barack (Idi Amin) Hussein (boy whiner) Obama administration is also dealing with a conflict in Afghanistan.

His Excellency Barack (Idi Amin) Hussein (boy whiner) Obama bailed out both GM and Chrysler. Coincidentally, it was during the Carter regime that we also bailed-out a domestic automaker.

The Carter years were preceeded by a massive increase in gasoline / oil prices due to the OPEC embargo. Likewise, His Excellency Barack (Idi Amin) Hussein (boy whiner) Obama's regime was also proceeded by a spike in oil and gas prices.

Oil prices went up significantly under Carter. Consequently, oil prices are going up under His Excellency Barack (Idi Amin) Hussein (boy whiner) Obama.

Jimmy Carter's energy policy placed emphasis on conservation and "green" energy solutions like wind, solar, ethanol, and so on. The same is true of the His Excellency Barack (Idi Amin) Hussein (boy whiner) Obama dictatorship.

It was during the Carter administration that CAFE requirements were imposed. Not surprisingly His Excellency Barack (Idi Amin) Hussein (boy whiner) Obama also increased CAFE requirements out of the chute.

The major press fawned all over Carter, just as they drool all over His Excellency Barack (Idi Amin) Hussein (boy whiner) Obama's shoes.

Jimmy Carter was weak on foreign policy, and seen as little more than a buffoon abroad. His Excellency Barack (Idi Amin) Hussein (boy whiner) Obama fits that same mold.

Jimmy Carter didn't stand up to violent socialists like the Soviet Union. His Excellency Barack (Idi Amin) Hussein (boy whiner) Obama kisses the feet of people like Hugo Chavez And Kim Jong Il.

"seen as little more than a buffoon abroad"

The "buffoon," according to most Americans and the rest of the world is not longer president.

I would be the last person to defend either Carter or Obama, but the point I get from your post is that both Obama and Carter have a lot of external factors working against them.

Most of the issues facing Obama today are not of his making. Nor are there "easy" fixes to those issues. Regardless of who got elected last year, America would be facing some tough times. King George did not handle the issues well. I do believe that there were better presidential options than Obama, but we would be facing hard times no matter who got elected, and those hard times would last for a significant period no matter who got elected.

Carter made some mistakes, but his "failed" presidency was largely a product of the times.

I feel like I have read this before.

Who cares?

It just keeps happening over and over and over...

The biggest problem I had/have with Carter & Obama is that they both try to solve all the worlds’ problems when the US is broke.

2. Author: djk Date: 06/23/2009 12:40 PM Reply

The "buffoon," according to most Americans and the rest of the world is not longer president.

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We shall see how that opinion changes after another three years of what we're getting right now...

SARAH PALIN 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!

3. Author: jojoc Date: 06/23/2009 12:41 PM Reply

I would be the last person to defend either Carter or Obama, but the point I get from your post is that both Obama and Carter have a lot of external factors working against them.

Most of the issues facing Obama today are not of his making. Nor are there "easy" fixes to those issues. Regardless of who got elected last year, America would be facing some tough times. King George did not handle the issues well. I do believe that there were better presidential options than Obama, but we would be facing hard times no matter who got elected, and those hard times would last for a significant period no matter who got elected.

Carter made some mistakes, but his "failed" presidency was largely a product of the times.

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There were two points to this post:

1) Twhis is a really eerie example of how history is repeating itself over the course of a single generation,

2) the present actions to remarkably similar situations have been tried before, and have resulted in failure.

Carter's presidency was a product of the times, however so is the current regime. A tree is known by its fruit, and a wicked generation seeketh a sign (my apologies for going slightly RICKAMAVEN in this sentance). His Excellency Barack (Idi Amin) Hussein (boy whiner) Obama was elected out of an irrational reaction to a previous presidency. In Carter's case, it was Nixon. In the present regime, it was because of Bush Derangement Syndrome.

Finally, many of the issues this nation faces are actually quite easy to fix. They just require time and a little general discomfort before thing even out. Out deficit spending and out-of-control social spending is a result of conditioning. People assume that you can somehow mitigate pain forever, and that all things can be solved by throwing money at the problem.

In the end, you run out of money, and you end up having to deal with the crap you tried to avoid in the first place. I've seen it time and time again.

Oh and another comparison: both guys had big ears.

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If your lucky Pacman you won't wake up for another 3-1/2 years and the nightmare will be o-va

But Potts will forever be the anti-Rickamaven.

HEY LOOK

Jpotts is mindlessly ragging on Obama and drawing parallels based on fragmented fact.

I hope he is ok.... thats not like him.

oh and I am selectively wroth

in related news

the sun will come up tomorrow

betchor bottom dollar

you'll see russia from your window

you betcha fo shure

"Jpotts is mindlessly ragging on Obama and drawing parallels based on fragmented fact."

This coming from the guy whose key catch-phrase was "Bush sucks butt." I do have to admit, however, that "Winky McFlightsuit" still gives me a chuckle.

You can ignore the overt political stuff, but the parallels exist, and are eerily similar. Iran, Afghanistan, oil supply/prices, CAFE, automaker bailouts, double-digit unemployment, and so on.

And, at the rate His Excellency Barack (Idi Amin) Hussein (boy whiner) Obama is printing money, double-digit inflation is not too far on the horizon.

Lawyers, always makin things longer !

Blah, blah, blah, yadda, yadda, yadda. Jpotts posts are like white noise. Like that low hum on the audio system you never got fixed. It's there, it was a minor irritant, now you just don't notice it.