June 29, 2004

Hayward on Carter. Steven Hayward is getting strong reviews for his new book The Real Jimmy Carter: How Our Worst Ex-President Undermines American Foreign Policy, Coddles Dictators and Created the Party of Clinton and Kerry.

A better title might have been "Carter -- the Unknown President" judging from reader reviews. Example: "According to Steven Hayward Jimmy Carter is a .. man with a mean streak a mile wide." Who knew?

I certainly didn't know this: "[Carter] was the guy who carried his garment bag on board Air Force 1 to try to appear like a normal guy when in fact the garment bag was empty."

Or this: "To win in Georgia, he sold himself as a Redneck and a segregationist and switched faces when it suited his ambitions for power." .. "Carter's campaign smears and race-baiting are by far the dirtiest campaigns of the 20th Century."

One reader titles his review "Machiavelli meets Mr. Rogers"

Hayward is author of The Age of Reagan, 1964-1980: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order. Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack