Jonathan Alter: Jimmy Carter Was a ‘Political Failure’ But a ‘Substantive and Often Visionary Success’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT I would ░░░░░░░░ the kind of top ░░░░░░░░ headline of the Jimmy ░░░░░░░░ both presidency and post ░░░░░░░░ is deeply decent guy ░░░░░░░░ post presidency over his ░░░░░░░░ and overwhelmed as president ░░░░░░░░ someone who has written ░░░░░░░░ incredible biography and had ░░░░░░░░ to a remarkable trove ░░░░░░░░ documents and talked to ░░░░░░░░ what does that miss ░░░░░░░░ lot My take is ░░░░░░░░ was a political failure ░░░░░░░░ just because he was ░░░░░░░░ by Ronald Reagan but ░░░░░░░░ he could sometimes be ░░░░░░░░ handed and he lacks ░░░░░░░░ natural leadership abilities and ░░░░░░░░ t a good communicator ░░░░░░░░ journalism we judge presidents ░░░░░░░░ how they re doing ░░░░░░░░ Historians have a different ░░░░░░░░ He was a political ░░░░░░░░ but a substantive and ░░░░░░░░ visionary success The solar ░░░░░░░░ you show is just ░░░░░░░░ part of his farsightedness ░░░░░░░░ wanted electric vehicles by ░░░░░░░░ mid 1980s He was ░░░░░░░░ years ahead of his ░░░░░░░░ he was talking about ░░░░░░░░ change before any other ░░░░░░░░ in the world mention ░░░░░░░░ was then called global ░░░░░░░░ The whole series of ░░░░░░░░ issues He did a ░░░░░░░░ about it He signed ░░░░░░░░ major environmental bills People ░░░░░░░░ he didn t get ░░░░░░░░ through Congress and that ░░░░░░░░ not right He got ░░░░░░░░ bills through Congress in ░░░░░░░░ years than Obama or ░░░░░░░░ did in eight years ░░░░░░░░ were very significant pieces ░░░░░░░░ legislation Internationally the human ░░░░░░░░ policy helped bring down ░░░░░░░░ moved a number of ░░░░░░░░ toward a democracy it ░░░░░░░░ hypocritical in ways but ░░░░░░░░ was a very important ░░░░░░░░ for the United States ░░░░░░░░ Panama Canal trees now ░░░░░░░░ the news if he ░░░░░░░░ t had them ratified ░░░░░░░░ or terrorists would have ░░░░░░░░ the canal Trump now ░░░░░░░░ to go back to ░░░░░░░░ that even Reagan when ░░░░░░░░ became president said Carter ░░░░░░░░ right Privately he said ░░░░░░░░ trees are in the ░░░░░░░░ of the United States ░░░░░░░░ relations with China a ░░░░░░░░ thing that is the ░░░░░░░░ of our global economy ░░░░░░░░ that bilateral relationship I ░░░░░░░░ just getting started There ░░░░░░░░ a whole number of ░░░░░░░░ just unexamined accomplishments of ░░░░░░░░ man even though he ░░░░░░░░ in many ways a ░░░░░░░░ president.