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Yet the damage is much worse than what happened under the Carter administration. For all of his deep flaws, Mr. Carter was a competent technocrat. His ideas were wrong and dangerously naive — especially regarding Soviet communism. But Mr. Carter had executive experience before entering the Oval Office. He had served as governor of Georgia. He presided over a major peace agreement between Egypt and Israel. Most importantly, Mr. Carter had respect for the dignity and integrity of the presidency. He never trashed his opponents the way Mr. Obama does. Mr. Carter had sympathy for Christian America. In short, he didn’t make Americans wonder if the president despised his country — at least while in office.

Mr. Obama repeatedly warned that unless the debt ceiling was raised to go beyond the 2012 election, the country’s credit rating would be jeopardized. He predicted that a downgrade would lead to fiscal Armageddon — high interest rates, austerity cuts, more unemployment and potential economic collapse. Yet a long-term debt deal was signed amid signs the nation’s Triple-A rating would be downgraded anyway. What was Mr. Obama’s response? He partied.

The president celebrated his 50th birthday by throwing a big bash at the White House. Trendy celebrities — Tom Hanks, Chris Rock, Stevie Wonder, Jay Z — showed up to eat, drink and be merry. Mr. Obama even danced barefooted while gorging on barbecued ribs and champagne. With the economy crumbling, financial markets melting and millions jobless, hurting and hungry, the president cared mostly about having a good time. He lectures the country by day while partying at night.

Mr. Obama is the most arrogant, self-absorbed and self-obsessed president in U.S. history. Nothing is ever his fault. He blames everyone and everything for America’s economic woes — Tea Partyers, Wall Street, Japanese earthquakes, insurance executives, oil companies, millionaires and corporate jet owners. He lashes out at imaginary enemies without ever taking personal responsibility. In his mind, he is — and always will be — the Anointed One.

There is only one solution: Drive him from office. Americans should forge a mass grassroots movement demanding that Mr. Obama step down — immediately. Through bumper stickers, picket signs, posters, T-shirts and rallies, tens of millions of citizens should express the same message: Leave. It is highly unlikely he will step aside, but such a movement would cripple the president’s authority and possibly blunt him from doing further harm. It also would puncture his boundless ego. A widespread manifestation of no confidence would break him — politically, morally and psychologically — in order to save America. Mr. Obama is out of his depth. He lacks the character, intelligence, skills and experience — the basic competence — to be the leader of the free world.

Resign, Mr. President.