{"id":2385014,"date":"2024-12-31T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-media-fawns-over-jimmy-carters-legacy-we-can-see-their-rehabilitation-plans-for-bidens-failed-presidency\/"},"modified":"2024-12-31T11:06:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T16:06:05","slug":"as-media-fawns-over-jimmy-carters-legacy-we-can-see-their-rehabilitation-plans-for-bidens-failed-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-media-fawns-over-jimmy-carters-legacy-we-can-see-their-rehabilitation-plans-for-bidens-failed-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"As Media Fawns Over Jimmy Carter&#8217;s Legacy, We Can See Their Rehabilitation Plans for Biden&#8217;s Failed Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fas-media-fawns-over-jimmy-carters-legacy-we-can-see-their-rehabilitation-plans-for-bidens-failed-presidency%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2385014&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the legacy of former President jimmy Carter following his death, highlighting the \u2062tendency of media portrayals to view him through a highly positive lens. It critiques the narrative that downplays the challenges faced \u2062during carter&#8217;s presidency, such as inflation and the Iranian hostage crisis,\u2062 framing them as events that &#8216;just\u200d happened&#8217; to him rather than consequences of his policies.\u200c The author compares Carter&#8217;s presidency with \u200bthat of Joe biden&#8217;s, suggesting that both leaders are frequently enough portrayed as victims of circumstances beyond their control. Biden&#8217;s attempts to honour Carter\u200c while \u200dsubtly criticizing former President Trump for a lack of &#8220;decency&#8221; are highlighted, reflecting an ongoing media narrative that \u2064tends to defend Democratic presidents while scrutinizing their Republican counterparts. The article concludes \u200dby questioning \u2062the effectiveness of both presidencies and\u2064 implies that both Carter and biden may not be\u200d as revered in the future\u200c as they appear to be now, asserting that they were \u200bboth &#8220;bad presidents.&#8221; The tone is critical of\u200c the lengths to \u2062which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-big-tech-and-media-actions-to-steal-the-election-heres-whats-going-on-in-pennsylvania-and-michigan\/\" title=\"Democrat, Big Tech and Media Actions to Steal the Election \u2013 Here\u2019s What\u2019s Going on in Pennsylvania and Michigan\">media outlets<\/a> may go \u2064to elevate the legacies\u2064 of certain politicians while downplaying their shortcomings.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>After former President Jimmy Carter died on Sunday, hagiographies quickly appeared. Nobody wants to speak ill of the dead, especially if they&rsquo;re Democrat, so this was to be expected.<\/p>\n<p>However, what was truly astonishing in their tone was that Carter&rsquo;s disastrous four-year term in the White House, from 1977 to 1981, included a bunch of stuff that just kinda, you know,&nbsp;<em>happened<\/em> to him. It wasn&rsquo;t his fault, seriously!<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/home-depot-founder-hammers-biden-inflation-worse-jimmy-carter\/\">couldn&rsquo;t do anything about inflation<\/a>. He couldn&rsquo;t have foreseen the Iranian hostage crisis or gas lines or &ldquo;malaise&rdquo; &mdash; which he never said in that speech, everyone was quick to remind you. He came into office after Watergate and Vietnam. It was bad timing &mdash; nothing to do with Jimmy, of course.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-former-president-jimmy-carter-dies-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The man from Plains, Georgia<\/a> did what he could. And when he lost, he had a spectacular post-presidency where he played the role of senior statesman. Period. Don&rsquo;t question it. Move along, people.<\/p>\n<p>Again, talking trash about 100-year-old former presidents as their body still lies warm is generally poor form, even if these <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">fawning extra-obituary pieces<\/a> were, at best, looking through rose-tinted glasses wrapped with rose-tinted cling-wrap with rose-tinted contact lenses on, so one was inclined to let it slide. But, come Monday, the day <em>after<\/em> Carter died, you could almost see the gears in motion at the West&rsquo;s major establishment media outlets:<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Say, you know what old guy who only served a single term <em>also<\/em> had stuff just&nbsp;<em>happen<\/em> to him &mdash; totally not his fault, just stuff that occurred &mdash; after two jarring events in the national consciousness? And you know how he can redeem himself post-White House? I&rsquo;ll give you a hint: First name Joe. OK, need more? Second name starts with a B. Still having issues?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, the outgoing president didn&rsquo;t exactly discourage this, using his speech honoring Carter&rsquo;s legacy to implicitly go after the president-elect, saying that he lacked &ldquo;decency,&rdquo; which Carter had.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Decency, decency, decency,&rdquo; Biden said when asked what Trump could learn from Carter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Can you imagine&nbsp;Jimmy Carter&nbsp;walking by someone who needed something and just keep walking?&rdquo; Biden said. &ldquo;Can you imagine Jimmy Carter referring to someone by the way they look or the way they talk? I can&rsquo;t.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say that &ldquo;the rest of the world looks to us. And he was worth looking to.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But look at the headlines from around the world after that remark. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/30\/biden-trump-jimmy-carter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.K. Guardian<\/a>: &ldquo;Biden says Trump could learn &lsquo;decency&rsquo; from Jimmy Carter in tribute address.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/carter-death-becomes-symbol-lost-011320818.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agence France Presse<\/a>: &ldquo;Carter, in death, becomes symbol of lost political &lsquo;decency&rsquo; in US.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/joe-biden-uses-jimmy-carters-death-to-go-after-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Beast<\/a>: &ldquo;&lsquo;Decency, Decency, Decency.&rsquo; Biden Uses Jimmy Carter&rsquo;s Death to Go After Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And didja know the comparisons didn&rsquo;t stop there? Hmm? <em>Didja<\/em>? Because every mainstream liberalish press outlet in the whole wide English-speaking world &mdash; and I&rsquo;m assuming those that aren&rsquo;t, although I&rsquo;m not going wade through Google Translate articles to see what the laptop warrior class in the Tamil media sphere are saying about the Biden-Carter connection &mdash; made sure to underscore the point that both men were American presidents who history just happened&nbsp;<em>to<\/em>, and who voters punished for stuff imposed upon them from without.<\/p>\n<p>That fiendish history, it&rsquo;ll just sneak up on you where you&rsquo;re least expecting it to! Like, um, in 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., where history is generally&nbsp;<em>made<\/em> by the person who is nominally the most powerful man in the free world.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cpvv2p96erxo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>, for example:<\/p>\n<p><em>Four decades seems like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-who-trump-is-very-familiar-with-gets-assigned-to-assassination-attempt-suspects-case-after-charges-filed\/\" title=\"Judge Who Trump Is Very Familiar With Gets Assigned to Assassination Attempt Suspect&#039;s Case After Charges Filed\">long time &#038;ndash<\/a>; a record for a former US president &ndash; yet many of the challenges facing America in 2024 are not that different from the ones Carter faced, and at times succumbed to, in the late 1970s.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The US during the Carter years faced a crisis of confidence. Americans were grappling with economic turmoil at home and a range of challenges to US power abroad. Fast forward four decades, and the players and issues are strikingly familiar &ndash; the economy and the environment, Russia, Afghanistan and the Middle East. Years have passed, the leaders have changed, but the challenges linger.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&hellip; The inability to shape global events even from the world&rsquo;s most powerful office continues to haunt US leaders. Current President Joe Biden&rsquo;s dose of this cold reality first came during the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, which lowered the curtain on two decades of futile American nation-building and saw the Taliban sweep back into power.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;&hellip; Both Carter and Biden, humbled by seemingly outmatched regional forces in Iran and Afghanistan, were also confronted by the territorial ambitions of global powers. Carter was lambasted for inadequately responding to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and then widely denounced for the move he did make &ndash; ordering a boycott by US athletes of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Note the tone. What could either man possibly have&nbsp;<em>done<\/em> to avert these things? Stuff just happens to Democrats, and then Republicans do stuff that the media says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-deceptively-says-us-losing-jobs-trump-came-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats are responsible for cleaning up<\/a>. (A common theme in these stories: GOP presidents do stuff. Democrat presidents have stuff happen to them.)<\/p>\n<p>And it&rsquo;s not just the British taking this tack, either. I give you the first four paragraphs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/30\/us\/politics\/jimmy-carter-joe-biden-history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times&rsquo;<\/a> Biden-Carter love-fest, written by chief White House correspondent Peter Baker and given the title, &ldquo;&lsquo;Hanging Out With Jimmy Carter,&rsquo; Biden Faces the Echoes of History&rdquo;:<\/p>\n<p><em>When President Biden&nbsp;appeared on camera&nbsp;to pay tribute to former President Jimmy Carter, he sounded almost as if he were thinking of himself in these final days in office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&ldquo;In today&rsquo;s world, some look at Jimmy Carter and see a man of a bygone era &mdash; with honesty and character, faith and humility,&rdquo; Mr. Biden said in breaking away from his Caribbean vacation on Sunday after&nbsp;the former president&rsquo;s death. &ldquo;It mattered. But I don&rsquo;t believe it&rsquo;s a bygone era.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mr. Biden, too, has been dismissed as a man of a bygone era, an old-school politician in a new-school world, an octogenarian president playing by rules he learned in the 1970s when he served in the Senate and Mr. Carter was in the White House, rules that did not help him in today&rsquo;s fast-paced, smash-mouth political arena. He is, in this view, a man out of time &mdash; Mr. Carter&rsquo;s time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;As he said, Mr. Biden does not accept that and believes that &ldquo;the fundamental human values&rdquo; his generation brought to the table still apply. Yet when he spoke of Mr. Carter&rsquo;s &ldquo;honesty and character,&rdquo; he left no doubt that he meant that in contrast to his predecessor and soon-to-be successor, Donald J. Trump, the first former president ever convicted of felony crimes and found liable for sexual abuse and business fraud.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The rest of the article continues in that tone, but note that last part: Thanks to a barrage of lawfare during the 2024 election, the &ldquo;decent&rdquo; Joe Biden &mdash; speaking of himself when he called Carter &ldquo;decent&rdquo; &mdash; tried to have his chief opposition branded as a criminal, always at the hands of prosecutors who were either appointed by Biden&rsquo;s Department of Justice or ambitious members within Biden&rsquo;s party.<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, he and the rest of his retinue called Trump and extremist and racist &mdash; just like Jimmy Carter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/politics\/1980\/09\/17\/carter-says-reagan-injects-racism\/e7ccb250-106a-47ef-ae67-2826ba938acc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">did<\/a> with Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election. (Lawfare wasn&rsquo;t a thing yet, because nobody would have thought of charging the opposition with a silly charge of improper accounting when he signed a non-disclosure agreement with a chatty adult film actress, but one digresses.)<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the piece, of course, deals with how Biden will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/justice-hunters-pardon-may-just-cost-joe-presidential-library-dreams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">navigate his post-presidency<\/a>, which is kind of laughable when you consider that the reason he didn&rsquo;t seek another term is that he barely knows he&rsquo;s still president.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, this might make him able to better fade into the background, which is good; Carter was celebrated as a sort of contract diplomat, but he was a man who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3181150\/jimmy-carter-friend-dictators-and-champion-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">loved dictators<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/opinion\/article-835379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">loathed<\/a> the Jewish state of Israel (and perhaps even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2024\/12\/jimmy-carter-was-a-terrible-president-and-an-even-worse-former-president\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=homepage&amp;utm_campaign=hero&amp;utm_content=related&amp;utm_term=second&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawHgKfxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYdgNzqimIrbVmkokZyFUyBz1HnjvccsGiqtqaVgLNVxF6iPmFfNUj7Hgw_aem_byzZb3l4LSpnEHClNAhgRg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jews themselves<\/a>, full stop).<\/p>\n<p>He did less than nothing to advance the cause of world peace, for which he was given a Nobel Peace Prize &mdash; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/blm-nominated-nobel-peace-prize-causing-destructive-riots-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surest sign of geopolitical moral turpitude<\/a> in modern existence. History, one hopes, will be less kind to Carter&rsquo;s post-presidential Southern hospitality to tin-pots like Saddam Hussein, Yasser Arafat, and Kim Il-sung than the Nobel committee was.<\/p>\n<p>Not that this makes Biden&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cover-bidens-mental-decline-went-even-deeper-previously-thought-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weekend at Bernie&rsquo;s<\/a>&rdquo; term in office any better, either. Stuff seemed to happen to Biden in exactly the same places, but for entirely different reasons; we now know thanks to a pre-Christmas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/biden-white-house-age-function-diminished-3906a839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> report that as early as the Afghanistan withdrawal disaster, the president was disengaged about the reality of the situation and not talking to Congress regarding the collapse of the coalition government to Taliban forces.<\/p>\n<p>In truth, thanks to the COVID-19 campaign insulating him from any real scrutiny, he was probably never fully engaged or <em>in compos mentis<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyt-publisher-biden-admin-extremely-upset-liberal-paper-reports-age-problem-everyone-can-see\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">during the run-up to his presidency<\/a>, much less the presidency itself. That&rsquo;s why inflation, Afghanistan, and Middle Eastern crises were imposed upon him: Not because of the impotency of Carter, but because his presidency was run by a small bubble that insulated him from the problems they caused.<\/p>\n<p>But again, note that the long game of history has little to do with the contemporaneous media narrative. For the moment, Jimmy Carter was a great man who just had, you know, a lot of stuff&nbsp;<em>occur<\/em> to him while he was on his watch. And Joe Biden can do the same rehabilitation to his reputation in the years to come! Forget about the fact that the outgoing president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rep-walorskis-mom-tells-biden-jackie-right-face-media-banned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">literally can&rsquo;t remember who&rsquo;s living and who&rsquo;s dead<\/a>, he&rsquo;ll be an envoy to solve the civil war in Narnia or whatever. It&rsquo;ll happen, just you watch.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter&nbsp;<em>do<\/em> have something in common, something the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pride-month-goes-out-with-a-whimper\/\" title=\"Pride Month Goes Out with a Whimper\">media isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t going to say right now because it&rsquo;s impolitic: Both were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scott-jennings-sets-delusional-cnn-panel-straight-truth-bidens-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bad presidents<\/a> and also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-biden-never-good-man-proof-disgraced-not-celebrated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not great people<\/a>, at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-biden-makes-decision-whether-pardon-hunter-extremely-proud-son\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as public figures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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It&#8217;s common to avoid speaking negatively about the deceased, particularly if they belong to the Democratic Party, so this reaction was anticipated. What stood out in these tributes was the portrayal of Carter&#8217;s troubled presidency from 1977 to 1981 as largely a series of unfortunate events beyond his control. They argued that he wasn&#8217;t responsible for inflation or crises like the Iranian hostage situation and gas shortages\u2014factors attributed to bad timing rather than his actions. The narrative suggested that Carter did what he could during his presidency and enjoyed a commendable post-presidency as a respected elder statesman.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s generally considered inappropriate to criticize recently deceased figures, especially those who have reached such an advanced age, many media outlets quickly began drawing parallels between Carter and current President Joe Biden after his passing. Biden&#8217;s remarks honoring Carter included implicit critiques of Donald Trump, emphasizing qualities like &#8220;decency&#8221; that he believed Trump lacked.<\/p>\n<p>International headlines reflected this sentiment: various outlets highlighted Biden\u2019s comments about how Trump could learn from Carter\u2019s example of decency in leadership. The comparisons extended further; both presidents were depicted as having faced challenges imposed by external circumstances rather than their own decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The media narrative suggested that historical forces often conspired against Democratic presidents while Republican leaders actively shaped events\u2014a theme prevalent in coverage surrounding both men\u2019s presidencies. For instance, reports noted similarities between the crises faced by Carter and those currently confronting Biden\u2014economic issues and geopolitical tensions remain relevant decades later.<\/p>\n<p>In summary, while hailing Jimmy Carter&#8217;s legacy following his death, many commentators also used this moment to reflect on Joe Biden&#8217;s presidency through a similar lens\u2014suggesting both leaders were victims of circumstance rather than architects of their fates\u2014and raising questions about their effectiveness in office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2385015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/joe-6.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,35907,33457],"class_list":["post-2385014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-jimmy-carter","tag-media-analysis"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/joe-6.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2385014"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2385018,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385014\/revisions\/2385018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2385015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2385014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2385014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2385014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}