Capax imperii nisi imperasset

"An admirable emperor if he only had never reigned."

What a historian said about one of the rulers of the ancient world.

--from a sermon of Alexander McClaren

What happened to Jimmy Carter? the "best ex-president we ever had." In these last few years, his attempts at diplomacy--like the North Korean nuclear weapon fiasco--have reminded us all why his presidency was such a failure: his naive trust of Communists. He certified as valid demonstrable election fraud in Venezuala, and his criticism of the U.S. in recent years exposed him as one whose mind is overthrown by the Marxist worldview of today's Democratic party. Does he crave their approval that badly?

He should have stuck to building houses.

An admirable president if only he had never governed.