It seems that the only way Jimmy Carter can make the news these days is to lie, plagiarize and condemn. Under the theory than any publicity is good, he seems happy to oblige.

"I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history," Carter told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in a story that appeared in the newspaper's Saturday editions. "The overt reversal of America's basic values as expressed by previous administrations, including those of George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon and others, has been the most disturbing to me."

Carter spokeswoman Deanna Congileo confirmed his comments to The Associated Press on Saturday and declined to elaborate. He spoke while promoting his new audiobook series, "Sunday Mornings in Plains," a collection of weekly Bible lessons from his hometown of Plains, Ga.

"Apparently, Sunday mornings in Plains for former President Carter includes hurling reckless accusations at your fellow man," said Amber Wilkerson, Republican National Committee spokeswoman. She said it was hard to take Carter seriously because he also "challenged Ronald Reagan's strategy for the Cold War."

The revolting bigotry and self-righteousness of Jimmy Carter is hard enough to take, but his lack of dignity is so embarrassing it makes one want to turn away. Carter created the genocide in Cambodia, was the mid-wife to al Qaeda and the Taliban and lost Iran to the Mullahs. If you are in your late fifties, you probably remember the Carter economy, the wicked interest rates, the gas lines, the "malaise".

Bush doesn't even get within shouting distance of a record so dismal.

Carter will die soon, unlamented and damned with faint praise in the eulogies that will struggle to find something good to say. No amount of denigration of his successors is going to change that.

The winner and still champion of the "worst president" sweepstakes in modern history.