<< 1 >>
Rating: 
Summary: Jimmy Carter the nicest, but worst president of our time...
Review: "Former President Jimmy Carter has won the respect and affection of millions for his long and illustrious career as a humanitarian, a peacemaker, and an active promoter of human rights around the world." What this book doesn't tell you: Jimmy Carter is one of the worst U.S. presidents by any measure. Remember the "Misery Index?" Carter. Remember double digit inflation? Carter. Remember 21% interest rates? Carter. Jimmy Carter has never won the respect of the American people...this is what matters. This book is yet another attempt at propping up a weak, failure of a presidency. Save your money.
Rating: 
Summary: He tried
Review: During the Carter Administration, President Carter had to deal with the deaths of his mother, sister, and brother, and that was near the start of his four years of Presidency. Then there was the Hostage Crises in Iran. President Carter had to try anything, and everything to get the hostages. It cost the lives of several soldiers when thier helicopter crashed in the desert. Essentially, President Carter got a raw deal. He was not reckognized by those who came home from Iran, or anybody else in the United States, as the saviour. President Reagan got that glory. And, at president Reagan's Inaugural Ball/Dinner, he did not even mention President Carter. This may sound like a put down of both administrations, but it is not. Both men had their faults, as does today's President Bush. I have the ultimate respect for President Carter. For somebody who will be 80 October 1, it does not surprise me that he is still constructing houses, taking care of the other persons, etc.
Rating:
Summary: It's horrible to see these attacks on Jimmy Carter...
Review: It really is awful to see ideological conservatives give a critique of a book they haven't even read here at Amazon.
One went as far as to claim that the only thing Carter did that was worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize was the progress he made at Camp David.
Have they been so blinded by war and hate that they can't even look toward Carter's admirable work in Habitat for Humanity as a basis for him winning this prestigious award?
They obviously must be. They certainly are dedicated to crushing the image of someone who represents solving problems with great love and effort, rather than with destruction and arrogant minsunderstanding.
But I recommend this book for someone with an open enough mind to see how wonderful a human being Jimmy Carter is. Regardless of your partisan bias.
Rating:
Summary: The Truth About the "Prize"
Review: Most people are unaware of how Nobel Peace prizes are awarded. Although most Nobel awards are Swedish in nature, Nobel gave control of his Peace award to the Norwegians. The Nobel Peace prize committee is made up of people who reflect the political makeup of Norway's Storting (the Norwegain parliament). As Norway is clearly a Socialist country, the "Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Storting to the Norwegian Nobel Committee" is dominated by Socialists. A member of the Committee even admitted that Carter's award was more a Socialist rebuke to Bush than an award to Carter, which was obvious since more than 20 years had elapsed between Camp David - Carter's only accomplishment which could even remotely be considered as Peace-prize worthy - and Carter's award. I simply want people to realize just what a Nobel Peace prize is - and "who" makes the decision - rather than automatically genuflect to the recipients of this Socialist award.
Rating:
Summary: Jimmy Carter the nicest, but worst president of our time...
Review: Nobel Peace Prize winner and humanitarian President Carter explains how certain events have influenced his life in this excellent autobiography. Although the book contains the words of a man that is not afraid to speak the truth, he does not go into details of the failed attempt to rescue American hostages in Iran. He micromanaged the rescue team from the White House, instead of empowering his men in the field to make any decisions. Unlike other presidents, he has not been bought off by corporate America.
<< 1 >>
| 
