Carter was a good man but not a great president. However, the economic woes weren't entirely his fault. The oil embargo in response to the Iranian hostage crisis hurt but the gas shortages were the result of panic buying and hording. The stagflation was a structural problem cured by Paul Volcker who served under both Carter and Reagan. Volcker's monetary policy didn't kick in until after Carter left office and we know that James Baker got Reagan elected by going to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and promising to sell them banned weapons if the Guard didn't release the hostages until two hours after Reagan's inauguration. The money from the illegal weapons sale financed the counter-revolution in Nicaragua (Iran-Contra).

Your partisanship blinds you to the truth, Motley, and makes your judgement suspect.