( CNN ) -- Although a fierce critic of Barack Obama , former Vice President Dick Cheney does not support calls from some on the far right of his party to impeach him , saying it would simply create a distraction . `` I 'm not prepared at this point to call for the impeachment of the President , '' Cheney said in an interview with CNN 's `` The Lead with Jake Tapper . '' Cheney believes Obama is `` the worst president of my lifetime '' and that `` Jimmy Carter might have been a better President , '' but impeaching him is not going to accomplish much . Both Obama and Carter are Democrats , while Cheney is a conservative Republican who served two terms under George W. Bush . Calls for the Republican-led House to impeach Obama are coming from Sarah Palin and other harsh conservative critics at the height of midterm campaigning . His administration 's handling of the immigration crisis on the southern border has amplified the small chorus . However , such a step is considered far-fetched , especially after House Speaker John Boehner expressed disagreement with the premise in this case . Obama has clashed repeatedly and sharply with Republicans during his presidency . Cheney , however , did offer limited support for House Republican efforts to sue Obama over their claims he has abused his authority on a number of occasions by unlawfully going around Congress to carry out policy . They 're focusing their unusual legal action on a piece of Obamacare , a major political flashpoint between the GOP and the President and his supporters . `` I 'm glad to see the House Republicans are challenging him at least legally at this point . But I think that gets to be a bit of a distraction just like the impeachment of Bill Clinton did , '' Cheney said . Clinton was impeached over the Monica Lewinsky affair , but not convicted by the Senate . Defiant Cheney accepts no blame for Iraq . Cheney also said that the Bush administration left Iraq in reasonably good shape after years of war , and blamed Obama for not getting a security agreement from Iraqi leader Nouri al-Maliki to keep some U.S. troops there after combat operations ended to help ensure stability . Resurgent Sunni extremists have swept through parts of northern and central Iraq in recent weeks , exposing serious shortcomings in Iraqi security and governance . Obama has sent military advisers to assess the situation , but pledges no new ground troops . The debacle has opened another front for Republicans in criticizing the administration 's foreign policy . `` Obama 's failure to provide for a stay-behind force is what created the havoc we see in Iraq today , '' Cheney said . `` When we left Iraq was a relatively stable place . We defeated al Qaeda , we had a coalition government in place , '' he added . Asked whether some of the decisions made by him and Bush are responsible for the upheaval in Iraq now , Cheney deflected blame . `` I think it 's primarily Maliki , and Obama . That 's what I believe , and that 's what the history books will show , '' Cheney said . Opinion : Cheney 's amazing chutzpah on Iraq . CNN 's Edward Meagher contributed to this report . Watch The Lead with Jake Tapper weekdays at 4pm ET . For the latest on The Lead with Jake Tapper click here .
Former Vice President Dick Cheney interviewed on CNN . Cheney says Obama may be worse president than Jimmy Carter . The former vice president's comments come as the White House is trying to contain a growing controversy over whether Obama's birth certificate was issued in Hawaii or elsewhere and how he obtained it. NEW : Cheney takes no blame for Iraq , says today 's debacle mainly due to Obama .