MSNBC host Chris Matthews and the former president must have access to information the rest of us don't? Apparently the tea party leaders just want to "feather their own nests":

Update: In the same interview, former President Carter goes on to claim that Ronald Reagan only won the 1980 presidential election because of "third party candidate" Ted Kennedy. In reality, the third party candidate in the general election, John B. Anderson, received a whopping 6 percent of the popular vote while Reagan easily defeated Carter, capturing 50.7 percent to Carter's 41.Click here to see the video.