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In reply to the discussion: Carter in Oscarland: The Rehabilitation of the 39th President [View all]graham4anything
(11,464 posts)30. See post 21 for a piece of forgotten REAL history
Jimmy Carter was if anything 40 years ahead of his time, which is why President Obama is President today.
Jimmy Carter was a visionary, and Reagan/Bush should have gone to prison for what they did
It was treason after all that Reagan did.
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graham4anything
Feb 2013
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As I recall, it was a foregone conclusion that Carter would lose. The Party leaders asked him not to
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#14
Reagan ONLY won 50.8% of the vote. That is not a landslide in popular vote.
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#16
Look at the map. It's a landslide. He won almost every state in the electoral college vote.
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#17
baloney. a faction of the democratic party actively *sabotaged* carter, as did the republicans.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#34
"Fracture makes for losing." And I add, election of republican Presidents, which screws all of us
bluestate10
Feb 2013
#25
I remember the Republicans harping on that. That didn't matter to me, tho. I was focused on the
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#20
Carter got blamed for inflation when it was alive and kicking before he came along...
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2013
#15
I just worked with Jimmy - he thinks Obama is too far to the right also! And there's no need,
grahamhgreen
Feb 2013
#7
President Carter stated the movie "Argo" is a complete distortion of what happened...
Spazito
Feb 2013
#13
Jimmie Carter was a visionary. We are in the fix that President Obama is having to fix
bluestate10
Feb 2013
#23
Reagan ran on 'cheap gas' that made us slaves of the Saudis. We've paid for it ever since.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#33
baloney. carter was sabotaged both by the republicans and a faction in the democratic party
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#35
volker "ended inflation" by deliberately provoking a recession to break labor. i would have
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#36