“Hello—I enjoy reading your column, but in today’s piece you wrote: ‘Tell

it, preacher! But Carter’s own faults – his naivety, feebleness of will, and

obsession with detail – contributed much to the malaise he complained of.

The year closed with an annual inflation rate of 11.3 percent, the highest

in 30 years.’ The fact is Jimmy Carter had NOTHING to do with the high rate

of inflation in the late 1970’s. In fact, the problem(s) with inflation in

the USA had more to do with the ending of Nixon’s wage and price freeze in

the 70’s coupled with the huge hike in oil prices the middle of the decade.

“Jimmy Carter is a better man than Reagan, Bush 1, Bush 2 and any other

Republican will ever be. Except for the last great GOP president, Abraham

Lincoln.”

And not even a word for Calvin Coolidge!