Amy Carter...... where are you when we need you?

Y'all remember when Jimmie Carter was President of these United States for four very, very, very long years? Do y'all remember his sayin' that he went to his 10 year old daughter Amy for advice on handling the problem of nuclear proliferation in the world?

Maybe it's time he went back to her now for more advice! Politically, she has her adult feet firmly planted ten leagues to the left of her daddy, but her advice with regard to speaking out publicly would sure help him now.

She was once asked by a reporter; "Do you have any message you would like to share with the children of America?" Her answer was; "No!"

Now, if only her daddy would follow her lead and do the same thing. Forgetting that politics stops at the ocean's edge, particularly in time of war, this personification of the "Peter Principle" ("In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence") travels to the middle East to disparage his successor, President Bush and our relationship with Israel. He flies first class to South Africa and bad mouths both the President and the Vice President.

Now he grants, or hustles, an interview with the BBC (British Broadcasting System) heard 'round the whole damn world and flat accuses President Bush as authorizing torture of prisoners . He then goes on to disparage Vice President Dick Cheney, as "a militant who avoided any service of his own in the military."

Now I don't know about you Buckaroos, but back when Ole' Pecozbill used to teach salesmanship, Rule #1 was that you can't build up your product by tearing down the others. You got to sell your product on it's own merits.

Apparently Jimma' never learned this lesson and still believes he can rewrite history and rehabilitate the reputation of his failed presidency by whining to anybody who will listen in a vain attempt to make President Bush's look worse.

How sorry is that?????????