Jimmy Carter doesn't do politics

[spanone]

that's why he'll go down in history as one of the most noble of all Presidents. imho

[virgogal]

1. Noble ex-president-----lousy president. I remember his term well.

[tabasco]

4. Yeah, Reagan was a lot better.

The traitorous reich-wing and corporate masters destroyed Carter's presidency.

You are gullible.

[madokie]

16. Thanks

You saved me from having to type the same damn thing. President Carter was a great President and if not for the reich-wing noise machine would have been a damn fucking great President. In spite of the repuklicons he was able to do what he did.

[mdmc]

29. another thing we agree on

hope all is well..

[madokie]

39. Yes it is

hope the same with you.

[Freddie Stubbs]

32. Carter's failed presidency paved the way for Reagan's election

[Sebastian Doyle]

37. No, Poppy Bush's treasonous backroom deal to extend the Iranian hostage crisis

paved the way for Reagan's election.

Carter was left with the huge job of cleaning up after both Vietnam AND Watergate. It was too much for anyone to pull off in 4 years. Unfortunately, the policies begun in 1981 (and continuing to this day) have left our current President with a far bigger mess than the one Jimmy had. And he doesn't have the right people working on it, in most areas either, unfortunately.

[Freddie Stubbs]

48. If Operation Eagle Claw had been a success no one would be blaming Carter for Iran

And don't forget that there was a recession in 1980.

[wuushew]

43. Please list the failures...I am ignorant

Panama Treaty= win
Camp David accords = win
B-1A cancelation= win
Energy policy = win
drug policy = relative win
arms reduction talks = win


Where was the fail?

[Freddie Stubbs]

47. The economy = failure

Voters tent to be in a "throw the bum out" mood during and after recessions.

[mdmc]

5. (Obama excluded) Carter has been the best president in my lifetime

Carter didn't give us easy answers. He gave us real answers, real solutions. Not easy answers.
Ray-gun gave us easy answers. Bush and Clinton gave us easy answers.
Jimmy Carter was the last decent man to be President (again, Obama excluded).

[malaise]

19. 100% correct n/t

[spanone]

6. yea, he did lousy things like putting emphasis on human rights and negotiating israeli/egypt

peace treaty. camp david accords. dept. of energy. dept. of education.

i wasn't nearly as disappointed in President Carter

[virgogal]

12. I was raising 6 kids at the time and remember the gas lines and the inflation.

Carter was so busy looking at the big international picture that he ignored the people that voted him in.

I was a lousy four years IMHO.

[mdmc]

21. those were not good times

but he did give us real solutions to those harsh problems.
Were the years that followed better?
Look at the world that the corporatist have left us.
Is it really better?
I think that Carter gave us real solutions to complex problems.
Everyone since then (Obama excluded - too soon to condemn) has given us easy answers. Trickle down answers.
IMHO, of course. I am younger and do not know the ways of the world as much as you might know.

But I must add that I never felt left behind by Carter. I have always felt left behind - from 1980 on. ALWAYS.

[Minimus]

28. He was trying to get us off oil and out of debt.

I did not feel ignored by him at all.

And what is so wrong with looking at the big picture?

He is a humanitarian and he walks the walk. I adore him.

[Winterblues]

30. That all developed under Ford, Remember his campaign slogan

WIN..Whip Inflation Now.. Carter inherited the mess and then came the Iran Hostage Crisis. Notice though because Carter didn't go all Rambo on those Iranians every hostage came home safely...I believe if a Republican had been in office at the time every one of them would have been killed plus about a million Iranians.

[Hippo_Tron]

35. The President doesn't have a whole lot of control over those things

Reagan didn't wave a magic wand and make gas prices go down. OPEC collapsed because of the Iran/Iraq war. And inflation was brought down mostly because of Paul Volker, who was appointed by Carter.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

13. I always wondered where we could have been by now

If we'd only paid attention to just his energy policies.

Carter said we needed to conserve energy and learn austerity. Reagan ran against him by saying, "no we don't, let's party".

Reagan had the solar panels Carter put on the White House removed. So. Who was correct?

[WI_DEM]

14. I remember his term well too--he accomplished a lot and was ahead of his time

especially on energy policy. If we had followed his lead we would be much better off as a nation today. But he didn't handle the political part of being president well. That hurt him.

[HughMoran]

15. How right-wing media spin of you

What a dumb thing to say in this day and age. Wow - the ignorance just drips off that statement.

[virgogal]

22. Hey,I lived through it,was an adult with a family,and remember it

well--------I don't need any media guidance to form and express and opinion based on my experience.

[Ron Green]

27. I lived through it too, and disagree with you completely. I'd like to know what,

in your experience, makes you say that Carter was a "lousy" President.

[virgogal]

42. Here's why---it was tough for a family of 8.

http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/01/the-economy-is-... /

I just remember them as difficult years and Carter was the man at the top.

[HughMoran]

51. Yes, I was there too

...and I was even a Reagan Democrat due to my entering college at the time and I was worried about the economy. However, that was the worst vote of my life and I've never voted for a Republican since. I've also matured enough to realize that blaming Carter for the state of the nation at that point in history is incorrect and would require me to not have matured since 1980. I'm surprised that you haven't re-examined your misperceptions about Carter. Listen to "Our Endangered Values" on tape - narrated by Jimmy himself, then see if you feel the same way.

[lunatica]

31. I disagree

He was one of the best Presidents this country has had.

[tabasco]

2. Damn right.

The idiot freepers reveal their moral decadence when they revile this great man.

[malaise]

3. I love Jimmy Carter

big time.

[mdmc]

7. How did you come up with your DU handle?

Your one of the best DU'ers out there.. Peace and low stress my friend

[malaise]

17. LOL

my general feeling of malaise re the planet under Bush, but I was very familiar with Carter's speech re the Crisis of Confidence.

The Wingnuts called that the Malaise speech but it was one of the great speeches of all time - if only people had taken him seriously re both the oil crisis and the crisis...

[mdmc]

24. I've always watched your posts here

I thought ya chose that name because Carter never said the word "malaise" in that speech. I've often wondered about your DU handle. Now I know the story!

[malaise]

26. I love your peace and low stress line

There are more than a few of us here who try to live that line.

[spanone]

9. President Carter said what he said about racism because he believed it...not for politics

a rare species in politics

[malaise]

18. No one will ever say that Carter didn't speak the truth about

South Africa, Israel, George Bush or racism. What I love most about Carter is that he is fearless. He should be taken way more seriously but the corporate hacks refuse to have a discussion on anything that condemns their modus operandi. So they attempt to ridicule him. Fuck them.

History will be very kind to Carter and the same is not true for the tools at M$Greedia.

[spanone]

20. that's what prompted this post...

the 'news' was saying how this was politically what the Obama administration DID NOT WANT right now, especially after a week of joe the liar.

[malaise]

25. Like they care

They don't want this discussion.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. He is a great man, and he was a good president

but the propaganda bely that.

Yes, there was the malaise... here is a clue, that was the price the nation paid for trying to pay for both guns and butter. That should a lesson for the current white house, but lets not go there.

[BootinUp]

10. Exactly. If you don't believe Carter you are wrong

99% of the time.

[undeterred]

11. One of the best human beings who ever lived.

And I consider him qualified to offer an opinion on racism in this country.

[malaise]

23. Actually he's qualified to offer an opinion on most things

in the country, but since he's from Georgia I'm betting he's supremely qualified on that subject.

[bigwillq]

33. Nope. Obama will be the most noble.

Yup, Obama. And don't you dare disagree with me.

Ok, got to go play chess now.

[spanone]

34. with all due respect, he'll have to prove himself...i'm sure you're right, though.

i think they will both carry that distinction.

[bigwillq]

44. I'm just being silly.

We will have to wait and see on that one about Obama.

[spanone]

45. i knew it ......

[susu369]

36. Georgia is my home

and I may have been a teenager, but I well remember my relief when Jimmy Carter became Governor after that laughingstock Lester Maddox. He brought honor back to the office.

President Carter is one of my heroes.

[spanone]

38. 'ol lester was a scary piece of work...hard to believe he got elected to anything

[malaise]

41. KO about to show evidence on why Carter is right

Go Keith

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[Libertas1776]

46. Jimmy Carter

will be remembered as a great American. He has done umpteen great things for the country and the world as a citizen, more than he could have accomplished as President.

[MrScorpio]

49. He's an elder statesman

That puts him way above the political fray

[roamer65]

50. Most of the economic problems during his term...

were a result of Nixon's horrible economic policies. Carter had to try to clean up after Nixon's massive inflation of the money supply and delinking of the dollar-gold peg.

[Odin2005]

52. Jimmy is the man!

[deaniac21]

53. Greatest President ever! Not a political bone in his body.

[mdmc]

54. thanks for the OP

[butterfly77]

55. Go Jimmy go!

Kick&Recommended..

[HopeOverFear]

56. Now follow his example....where you see racism....call it out