James Earl Carter Jr. (1977-1981)

Didn't help our struggling economy, horrible during Iranian hostage crisis. He also gave away the panama canal in which Theodore Roosevelt worked so hard to acquire.

An absolutely horrible president and a worthless waste of air!

The Carter years were great for me, but that's probably just a coincidence like most all the stuff he gets blamed for.

Update: Might as well of had Boner Stabbone be President.a great post-president, but probably shoulda stuck w/his peanut farm

should have been a minister

HORRIBLE!!!!!

In 1973, while Governor of Georgia, Carter filed a report on his 1969 UFO sighting with the International UFO Bureau in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. However, in 2007, Carter stated that he did not remember why he filed the report and that he believes he probably only did it at the request of one of his children. He also stated he does not believe it was an alien spacecraft, but rather believes it was likely some sort of military experiment being conducted from a nearby military base.

I appreciate his morality and how he has lived his personal life. But I don't think he did much good for our country. In fact he weakend our military so much that a piddly-ass country took hostages from the American Embassy and kept them for over 400 days! Our attempt to rescue them ended in disaster because of the cuts to the military. They were not let go until Reagan was in office. I'm glad he encouraged Israel and Palistine to comprimise and get along, but he should have used that energy here at home.

Jimmy Carter was one of the most intelligent and nicest men ever to be our president. He also was , by far, the worst president of my lifetime! He looked at any problem, thought it over, and made the most harmful choice for America.

Our weakest president in the past 50 years. Very nice man who a big heart, but incapable of making a decision when a decision needed to be made. Too many blunders to mention, but he weakened America by not being decisive. Because of people over 40 memories of Carter it has made it tough on Obama, because older people who experienced Carter and the damage done by his inability to make important decisions has created a fear of whether Obama can make an important and difficult decision when the pressure is on.

I heard down at the bar in Concord that he raised peanuts. I figrue that he must have done some good as I like peanut butter.

Massively underrated

He was a lame president. He was lucky to be elected cause if Ford didnt pardon Nixon he wouldn't become president.

Average president, great diplomat.

At least he was fairly honest.

anyone that wins the Nobel Peace Prize, and has been extremely vocal about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict gets a "good" rating in my mind

Nice guy...

A good man, not a good fit for the Oval Office.

Sweet guy, genuinely cared about America. Started Habitat For Humanity. Good man

Finally, an underrated president who wasn't as bad as we remember him. Loses one point for mismanaging the Iranian hostage crisis and another for boycotting the Olympics. Gains a point for NOT being a huge cheat and a liar.

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While he was a good Christian man,  he was the wrong man for the job.  Name me one good thing this man did while in office.  ONE?!  Thats kind of hard to do isn't it?  The Iran hostage situation, recession/high employment, making our nation appear weak as a Super Power around the world during the heart of the Cold War.   All in all he was just a big softie.  I hate to attack him but he was really bad.   He did re-build his repuation somewhat though with his Habitat for Humanity orinization, but his presidency will ALWAYS be remembered as a failure.  So, remember that all you current Bush haters, who try and say Bush was worse.  I don't think so.

I SHOOK JIMMY CARTERs hand when i was young kid on his missippi river boat trip. I GUESS that is best thing i can say about em. He was an honest guy who struggled in his time as President. The economy and hostage crisis .....both failures kinda defined him. Still he didnt do anything overly foolish. His brother BILL added humor to get the country through it. HE WASNT A lawyer....THATS A GOOD THING. OVERALL on performance he was 2 stars. The ship didnt sink under his watch and his honesty was something the country could use more of.

If not for Hoover, Carter would easily be the worst President of the 20th century. He gave us high energy costs, high taxes, double digit interest rates, double-digit inflation, the near death of small business, lowest housing starts since before World War 2, a nearly decimated military, and humiliation on the world stage.UPDATE:  I have to confess...Jimmy Carter was the worst President of my lifetime- Bush has taken his title from him. A horrible leader, at least Carter's heart was in the right place. I also believed that, like Reagan, Carter truly cared for our troops, their lives, and their families. Contrast that with our current "President".

A true statesman who is being maligned because he voiced an opinion that many of us share.  When did we lose freedom of speech?

Loved and adored by liberals (Rosie O'Donnell recently christened him as the most "pious" and "Christ-like" of all presidents), Carter was a disaster-and-a-half and its certaintly obvious why this person only had one term. It was during the Carter administration that gas prices (adjusted for inflation) were at their highest on average. Carter's miserable handling of the Iran-Hostage crisis was apparent when the very first day that Reagan was in office, the villianous Iranians (of which Mamhoud Ahemdenjiad was one of) let the innocent Americans go. Inflation and unemployment skyrocketed under Carter. Carter's still in the news today...with his recent declaration that the Bush administration was the "worst in history." His constant anti-Semetic positions on the middle east are obvious and like other famous liberals, he recieved a Nobel Peace Price thanks to Norway for dissenting on Iraq and denouncing its liberation.

Very poor President, from his handling of the hostage situation in Iran, to his criticism of Reagan's handling of the Cold War (which, by the way, worked pretty good I would say). Like some have already said, he is alot worse as a former President than he was as acting President. He paints a very bleak picture of our country, unlike a Reagan, who painted us as that bright shining city upon the hill.  If there ever was an argument against International Law becoming law in the USA, here he is!!!

Poor Jimmy! He dived in, the water was way over his head, and he sank from sight. I still howl when I think of the Moral Equivalent of War. His genius advisers never thought about that slogan's acronym--MEOW!

Boy, if you thought he sucked as president. He's even worse as an ex president!!! The man should be put to sleep! .....lol. Just kidding. I wouldnt mind having him as a neighbor, but thats about it. And he would have to promise to keep all his wacky insane international visitors on his side of the property line, or I might have to take a couple of them out to set an example. not kidding...lol

made America feel bad about itself

Okay, its time for the historians to look back and judge the world. Carter fixed the economy that Ford/Nixon ruined, remember the 'Whip Inflation Now' buttons, and regan walks in the door and keeps Paul Volcker, good thing Carter hired him.    Carter started the funding of the afgan rebels, this caused the Russians to turn inwards and give up the cold war. Regan doesn’t take the opportunity with Gorbachev to save the western world, and now Africa, the Middle east and Asia are against us. After Brezhnev the reformers moved in, too bad the republicans didn’t notice or care.Give a smart man like Carter some credit for working towards the public good, and not being the typical 'C-average' daddies college republican president.

What an absolute unfortunate person to have ever made the rank of President. And this is not a personal attack. This is a man who has failed his country & now wants to become the Ghandi of our time by his extreme liberal agenda & America Bashing. His efforts in Habitat for Humanity are somewhat noble although the organization needs to be revamped. But Jimmy Carter has/is causing more problems for America than is due & will go down in history as "The Worst President" in ALL of the USA's history.

worst of my lifetime

one of the very few united states presidents that i have felt i could trust. i believe that he did what he thought was best, but that events did not cooperate. if only they had.

This man can't be trusted to this day. He was power hungry in the 1970's. Once in power, he brought this country down. Today, he is a hate monger who has done some good so i'll give him an extra star. One of the worst Presidents.

There are no words to describe how awful this man was as President. Oh yeah, the word "Stagflation" had to be invented due to the Carter economy. Now, Mr. Peanut is going on the talk show circuit bashing Israel. Funny, David Duke is spewing the same hate for Israel, and trying to make people believe Iran is in compliance with the United Nations.....for all that is worth.

A small-town idealist who was completely out of his depth in the presidency, Carter failed to grasp the big picture and brought us years of runaway inflation and a laughable foreign policy. He is basically a good, although somewhat self-righteous, misguided and limited man.

Probably the worst president of the 20th century if not American History

Admired him at one time, but he is using his golden years to suck up to the worst element of the American political landscape. His loyalists on the left would be interested to learn of his race-baiting tactics to win the governorship of Georgia. Decent fellow, but like to many of his fellow Dems, a world class panderer.

Here was a man who was a decent enough chap.Unfortunately,his naivete and outright gullibility did a number on our nation.Does anyone remember the deal he made with Kim Il-jung?Well,Kim wanted money and reactors.In return,he promised us he would discontinue his nuclear program.Guess who brokered that deal?Carter.One would think that Carter would have at least put something in writing or checked on this lunatic periodically.Carter,having his thumb up his nose,just trusted this clown....so he convinced President Clinton to signoff on this deal.Of course,Kim,having gotten what he wanted out of us,had ZERO incentive to scrap his nukes.He built up his nukes.And this is all because Carter has an infantile trust of these dirtbags.Look,it gives me no pleasure to say this.I wish Carter was right.If he was right,the world would be a better place.But he IS NOT RIGHT!And becausehe is not right and because he trusted all these bozos,the world is a less safe place.I dread the thought of a President... Read more

Coretta Scott King is rolling in her grave, what a disgrace to her funeral!

He's a good man, but he's a horrible president.

Many disliked him for the Iran Hostage Crisis and for a slow economy, but I still liked him both as a man and as a president. I truly believed he should've gotten a second term. He was truly compassionate and cared about Americans more than any president we had in a long time. He focused on human rigths as a tenet for American and foreign policy. He developed Habitat For Humanity to make more poor people get into homes. And for those who attacked him about a bad economy, it was bad mostly because Carter kept giving money to welfare and the poor. And he was one of the most honest presidents we ever had, if not the most honest. He never told a lie and never kept secrets from the press or the people. And he was truly a man of morals and truly believed in the values of America. He was very faithful and believed in the Lord's word without being hostile towards gays and abortion and other stuff that many people say are the meaning of moral values. You see, Jimmy Carter brought back the integ... Read more

Since failing to gain a second term of office President Carter has done many great things. As President he did not do much and the ill fated rescue if the Iran hostages signified his administration. The world is a much better place because of President Carter and I think the election of Ronald Regan is in part responsible for what he would later accomplish.

What a president should be after leaving office.

Could have been worse

An outright socialist. I was watching a Discovery/Times special on the Venezuelan recall election. Hugo Chavez is a dangerous man. He is an outright Communist, and he's more than ready to go to war to spread his ideals. This man is more dangerous than George W. Bush in an armory. He has made plans to buy 50 modern Mig fighters and 100K small arms. Jimmy Carter actually showed up as a political observer to ensure a FAIR election, but right after his arrival, pretty much rubbed noses with Chavez the night before and had a grand time. Can you believe that? Hugo Chavez had a rally where everyone had red shirts, red flags, Hammer and Sickle flags waving about, even his bodyguard had a red beret, and our former president will go and openly associate and hang around this guy. Having heard about his military blunders in office, I'm sure Carter must either be confused or terribly leftist in his ideals. I have no care in the world for this man. A socialist in my opinion, is just as bad as a robb... Read more

Worst President of ALL the others. Bloched Iranian hostages rescue attempt, Gave away the Panama Canal and mouths off about George Bush to other countries. He should be growing peanuts and keep his unsolicited opinions to himself.

Perhaps the worst president in US history (other than Jackson), Carter enabled terrorism through his weak actions against terrorists. His domestic policy lacked any sort of vision. When he finally left the White House, America was at it's lowest point in history. Carter's awfulness cannot be overstated.