As I’m sure you know he died today. Interestingly a few days ago I actually searched to see if he was still alive because I couldn’t remember and I don’t remember why I thought about it.

I once worked on a Habitat for Humanity house when I was at an ABA convention in New Orleans. And I can guarantee you that that house was the strongest house ever built. There were many more of us than were needed and so maybe three times as many nails were pounded in than necessary. I have worked construction before and even built a lean-to on our trailer home in Anchorage so I know what’s needed.

Anyway the point of this rant is to tell you that in spite of what you will undoubtedly hear in the aftermath of his death, he was clueless as president. I was part of the swamp back then and he was the epitome of someone who was way out of his competence as president. He proved that someone completely outside the swamp can’t successfully run the government. I know you will say that I believed that Trump did just that but there was a major difference.

Trump made many personnel mistakes in his first term but corrected them AND he had an agenda that he stuck to and it was the correct agenda. Plus he had worldwide experience in accomplishing successful endeavors. Carter had no such experience and his agenda was global warming nonsense that resulted in the gas crisis and pandering to everyone that led to the Iran debacle.

I was there and his administration was staffed with incompetent people. I interacted with them on several occasions and in each event I had to explain to them not only what the issue was but also what the EO’s or other pertinent regulations were but what they needed to do. They were just totally in over their heads. Being a submarine commander is not prerequisite for being president and he proved it. Sorry he was one of the worst presidents in history. But he was a good man..