saying this administration is the worst in history. This is what he says now:

ATLANTA (AP) - Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday his remarks were “careless or misinterpreted” when he said the Bush administration has been the “worst in history” for its impact around the world.

Speaking on NBC’s “Today,” Carter appeared to retreat from a statement he made to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for a Saturday story in which he said: “I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history.”

Carter said Monday that when he made the comment, he was responding to a question comparing the Bush administration’s foreign policy to that of Richard Nixon.

“And I think Richard Nixon had a very good and productive foreign policy and my remarks were maybe careless or misinterpreted. But I wasn’t comparing the overall administration, and I was certainly not talking personally about any president,” Carter said.

“I think this administration’s foreign policy compared to president Nixon’s was much worse,” he said, but he said he did not mean to call it the worst in history.

Deputy White House press secretary Tony Fratto, with Bush at the president’s ranch in Crawford, Texas, said Monday, “I think it just highlights the importance of being careful in choosing your words. I’ll just leave it at that.”

In audio posted Saturday on the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s Web site, an interviewer asked Carter: “Which president was worse, George W. Bush or Richard Nixon?”

Carter gave the broader answer, calling the Bush administration “the worst in history.”

Frank Fellone, deputy editor at the Democrat-Gazette, said Monday that the newspaper’s story was “accurate and also contextual.”

“If President Carter’s remarks are careless or misinterpreted, they are not misinterpreted by us,” he said.

You decide with your own ears and eyes.

Written by ~J~

One Response to “What Carter Said and What Carter Says”

1. Big Mo says:

   May 22, 2007 at 10:21 am

   What a despicable man. I think he’s in a perpetual snit because Reagan beat him in 80.