President Barack Carter

[Geee]

American Spectator:

A combination of Ebenezer Scrooge and the mad bomber.

This was Ronald Reagan's joking description of how President Jimmy Carter's campaign sought to portray Reagan as the fall campaign of 1980 finally got underway.

And make book on it.

Some version of this old liberal game will be run on Mitt Romney by Barack Obama, starting now. The only difference, perhaps, is that Richie Rich may serve as the substitute for Ebenezer Scrooge.

Don't believe me?

Let's begin with a video tour comparing the President Jimmy Carter of 1980 with the President Barack Obama of 2008 and today. It's as if Obama were just pumping fresh stale air into Carter's old lines about Ronald Reagan. Take note: the villains -- big oil, tax breaks for the rich, heartless Republicans -- are always the same. And as Americans have learned the hard way, the results that flow from the Carter and Obama policies have been the same as well.