James Carter, a reasonable and religious man was voted into office in the late 1970's.  He was respected for his heartfelt and empathetic approach to the Presidency.

What did we get from Jimmy Carter?  A killer bunny rabbit, UFO sightings and the Iranian abduction of American Citizens at the US Embassy in Iran, sanctioned and approved by the Ayatollah Khomeini.  What a legacy for this peanut farmer from Georgia?  An embarrassment of a brother in Billy, and the above mentioned facts.

True, he got Sadat and Begin to talk, didn't he?  Did that help anyone?  They are still fighting thirty years later.  There is no resolution, no pact, no agreement between the Israeli’s and the Palestinians.

This man has chosen another battle to fight.  One of racism.  This man is from Georgia!  The heart of racism for generations after the Civil War disbanded slavery, and the votes in the 1960's outlawed racial discrimination.  I wonder how much of a racist Mr. Carter was in his youth.  I wonder if his ancestors owned slaves to work on their peanut farm.  I wonder.

In Jimmy Carter's run for President, he made sure he talked to segregationist schools in Georgia, made sure to speak with white supremacist organizations and promise to uphold their desires and charters in their current forms.  He managed to use the "N" word and other derogatory terms against Jewish people in casual conversation. 

Is Jimmy Carter a reformed racist?  Is he trying to make his peace with God and man?  Was he a victim of his environment?  He is certainly not an ignorant man; he was Governor of Georgia and President of the USA.  He was also a nuclear physicist.  The man has a good brain, why is it that he chose to disparage an entire race or two?  Very unseemly but yet still acceptable in the picture of politics in the 1970's.  The civil rights acts were still youngsters and had not yet become more mainstream.  The adult generations of the time had problems adapting to the new American order of things in which all men are created equal, regardless of the tone of their skin or the origin of their bloodline. 

Is this former President worthy of our accolades?  Should he have won the Nobel Peace Prize when he caused so much status quo early in his political career?  Is he truly a reformed racist, or is he just trying to ensure that people remember him in his twilight years before he falls to the dirt for the last time? 

One has to wonder about the way that Jimmy Carter has raced to the top of the Barack Obama bandwagon, touting that anyone who disagrees with policy is clearly disagreeing because Obama is black.  Jimmy Carter is not black.  He's lily white, and his policies were also objected to. 

Even the Ayatollah didn't budge until Ronald Regan became President and ordered them to release their captives or face the bite of American firepower.  Even East Germany did not ignore the calls to tear down the wall.  I was a young adult during Reagan's life in the President's chair, I was a Marine.  I was and still am very proud of what our country has become.

I am not proud of the legacy that is being built on the sweat and blood of the workers of this nation.  Their legacy is to work for nothing.  To gain nothing, to lose everything to a group of politicians who have forgotten they are the employees of the United States.  To gain nothing because of entitlement of the lazy, empowerment of the loudest voices, and racism, but against those of us who do not wear the pain and suffering of the past.  White, black, red, brown, yellow; does it truly matter?  We're all supposed to be Americans.

America was built on the blood and sweat of hard workers.  Those people who were willing to pick up a musket or pick up a hammer.  Those who were willing to till the dirt with their bare hands, and fight off any invader, whether local or remote.  Shame on this entire country for varying from the formula that has worked for over 200 years.  Shame on the government for refusing to abide by the very foundation this country was created on.  Religion is sacred, non-religion is as well.  Personal property is personal, monetary gain should be held by those who gained it. 

Jimmy Carter, with your mouth and your words you are setting this country back 300 years, to the time when King James and King George ruled over free men until they chose to not be told how to think.  Free men... like you, Mr. Jimmy Carter.  And now free women the same.  We are all equal; you are not mightier than I am.  You are not smarter nor more capable than me.  You are embarrassing yourself.  Shut up and sit down and let REAL Americans take this country back from the likes of you.