Carter takes lead again in race of worsest-ever ex-presidents

The Der Spiegel interview featuring Jimmy Carter gave the ex-president another golden opportunity to cement his record as worst ex-president ever.

I'm not going to waste my time dissecting his slew of ridiculous statements since I expect that the right-hand side of the blogosphere will be all over it. My favorite comment so far comes from Geek Girl Blonde.

Ah. The old canard that holding absolute beliefs naturally leads to treating other people with indignity and disrespect. What, the Abu Ghraib guards were all Sunday School teachers? They were getting regular communiques from Jerry Falwell? They looked at their WWJD bracelets and decided to sexually humiliate the prisoners?

Carter is being ridiculous. If fundamentalism per se were a sure route to violence and inhumanity, then we'd be dealing with a terror wave of militant Baptists and radical Amish.

Indeed.