Dick Cheney slams Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter in interview. Cheney: Obama is worse than Carter

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said President Barack Obama is “one of our weakest presidents” and worse than Jimmy Carter.

“Obviously, I’m not a big fan of President Obama,” Cheney said in an interview that aired Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “I think he’s been one of our weakest presidents. I fundamentally disagree with him, philosophically. You’d be hard put to find any Democratic president that I’ve disagreed with more.”


“Worse than Jimmy Carter, from your perspective?” ABC’s Jon Karl asked him.

“Yes.”

Cheney, whose hard line on terrorism came to define his public image, gave the president some credit.

“I wouldn’t say he’s been soft on terror, but I think he’s made a number of mistakes,” he said. “Bin Laden, fine. A lot of that intelligence that laid the groundwork for what ultimately led to the capture of bin Laden was a result of programs we had in place in the Bush administration.”

Cheney, who left office with a 13 percent approval rating, also said he would go fishing rather than attend the Republican National Convention in Tampa.