I Don't Think Willard Even Remembered/Knew About Carter's Failed Rescue Mission [View all]

[stopbush]

I think he made that remark simply because he went for the usual GOP whipping boy when it comes to "horrible" presidents, ie: Jimmy Carter. It's part of the coded language they use. "Even history's monster of a president would have made the same call."

Now, he's stuck with it, because the press has pointed out that Carter DID make that call, but that things went badly. Mitt can hardly turn around and say he wasn't referring to the failed rescue mission, because that would show him to be an ignorant panderer who was crassly using President Carter's good name as a RW shorthand.