I HAVE BEEN READING A BOOK ABOUT OUR THIRTY-NINTH PRSIDENT--REMEMBER JIMMY CARTER?  ONE TERM, BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO BRING THE PEOPLE BACK IN THE LOOP THAT WAS THE BELTWAY.  EVENTUALLY, HE FAILED, BECAUSE THE BELTWAY IS A GROUP THAT SURVIVES, DESPITE THE EFFORTS OF THOSE WHO TRY TO CHANGE IT.

DURING CARTERS TERM, HE DID ACCOMPLISH THE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS WHICH ESTABLISHED PEACE BETWEEB EGYPT AND ISRAEL.  LOOKS LIKE WE BLEW THAT ONE.  WE ARE ABOUT AS FAR FROM PEACE THERE TODAY AS WE WERE IN 1948. ARE WE BRIBING THE WRONG PEOPLE OVER THERE?  CARTER ALSO HANDLED THE PANAMA CANAL TREATIES, THE SALTII TREATIES WITH THE SOVIETS, THE ALASKA LANDS ACT AND ESTBLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CHINA.  

CARTER'S DOWNFALL WAS DUE TO HIS EFFORTS TO FTEE THE AMERICAN PRISONERS IN THE EMBASSY IN IRAN,  THE MISSION FAILED AND RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF THOSE WHO MADE THE EFFORT.  I GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR TRYING.  HAD IT SUCCEEDED, HE MIGHT HAVE ENJOYED ANOTHER TERM. MANY HAVE SAID, JIMMY CARTER DID NOT FIT IN WASHINGTON.  PERHAPS WASHINTON, IS JUST UNFIT FOR AMERICA.