Remember What a dork people thought he was in 1979 ?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

20. "it's the voters who put Republicans in office"

It's the South that put Carter in office. He was a "good ol boy".

Vietnam became Nixon's war and the Republican's too since they backed his decisions. Watergate and, contrary to the Beltway myth, the pardon by Ford poisoned the public from Republicans. Inflation was the big issue as prices nearly doubled on everything and the only solution Ford offered was to claim it was the publics fault for failing to shop. He suggested we all wear "WIN" buttons which stood for "Whip Inflation Now". To this day the Republicans talk about the economy as if it's all about psychology and not math. All through Carter all we heard was "All politicians are crooks, Nixon just got caught".

Then the Republicans spent the whole time trying to claim Carter was at fault for the economy to the point where Ford's gas lines are remembered as happening under Carter.

After Reagan got in he spent eight years blaming Carter for his failed policies and so did Daddy Bush. I swear, I ran into a Republican once who blamed Carter for "losing Vietnam".