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22. Huh? How did it do an injustice to Carter? nt

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Carter in Oscarland: The Rehabilitation of the 39th President [View all] graham4anything Feb 2013 OP

k&r for James Earl Carter, Jr. He makes me proud to be a Georgian. n/t Laelth Feb 2013 #1

A full comprehension of history isa wonderful thing, thank you for this OP. Ninga Feb 2013 #2

Jimmy Carter: ‘Argo’ Was Good, But Inaccurate (VIDEO) ProSense Feb 2013 #3

Yeah, he gets a bad rap. But the economy trumps everything. Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #4

This is not true at all. graham4anything Feb 2013 #5

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

Reagan bankrupt America for decades. It most certainly did NOT work graham4anything Feb 2013 #19

It did indeed change the trajectory. It went too far the other way... Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #38

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

YUP! graham4anything Feb 2013 #26

It wasn't (just) the economy. 52 hostages were still in Iran. (n/t) thesquanderer Feb 2013 #6

and if not for the illegal treasonous covert deal Reagan made... graham4anything Feb 2013 #10

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

Don't rewrite history ProSense Feb 2013 #9

Kicked and recommended for Jimmy. Uncle Joe Feb 2013 #8

This country did not deserve Jimmy Carter tabasco Feb 2013 #11

+1 freshwest Feb 2013 #32

I think the Argo team has bought the Oscar. ananda Feb 2013 #12

Huh? How did it do an injustice to Carter? nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #22

President Carter stated the movie "Argo" is a complete distortion of what happened... Spazito Feb 2013 #13

Reagan paid off Iran disndat Feb 2013 #18

Remember "debategate" disndat Feb 2013 #21

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

and there is more ... padruig Feb 2013 #24

Carter's image is ALREADY rehabilitated.. BWCC Feb 2013 #27

1977 1978 first part of 1979 was the happiest time in American history graham4anything Feb 2013 #28

Carter was a VERY complicated President.. BWCC Feb 2013 #29

See post 21 for a piece of forgotten REAL history graham4anything Feb 2013 #30

baloney. carter was sabotaged both by the republicans and a faction in the democratic party HiPointDem Feb 2013 #35

He "gave up" the Panama Canal? tabasco Feb 2013 #37

Congress did not approve requested price controls undeer Carter Progressive dog Feb 2013 #31

volker "ended inflation" by deliberately provoking a recession to break labor. i would have HiPointDem Feb 2013 #36