Scandalous outrage

Why didn't Jimmy Carter attend the Pope's funeral as part of the official US entourage? Evil Bush machinations, of course:

"I think it's an outrage," said Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter's national security adviser, who said he has not spoken with his former boss about the funeral. "It's scandalous. He should have been included in the official party. I suppose in the White House there was some resentment that the president was so critical of Bush at the convention."

Or, maybe Carter declined to go. Who cares, Carter is, and always has been, an embarrassment. Perhaps worse, he's downright creepy. Imagine being stuck on a plane for a trans-Atlantic flight with the guy. Scary.