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In reply to the discussion: The Awesome Jimmy Carter Quote About Women That Everyone Is Sharing [View all]Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)40. Carter was not 'the best American President we had in the last 50 years'...
His accomplishments are limited, he was one of the first presidents to push through deregulation and worked so poorly with Congressional Democrats, he pissed away a chance to really define the country coming out of Watergate/Nixon.
Now, I think he's underrated and certainly not the worst, but I would say both Clinton & Obama accomplished more as presidents than Carter ever did.
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Playinghardball
Apr 2012
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Didn't Carter recently come out in favor of severely limiting women's right to chose an abortion?
DutchLiberal
Apr 2012
#2
Planned Parenthood funding for birth control is the greatest prevention of abortion there is.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#30
I hoped the Central Committee would introduce 'socialism by stealth', dammit.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#32
Carter was not 'the best American President we had in the last 50 years'...
Drunken Irishman
Apr 2012
#40
It is sad to see he is saying that BUT I have found a lot of people I know who are around President
Justice wanted
Apr 2012
#13
So he isn't the best model for perfect President in all aspects. From what I seen in history
Justice wanted
Apr 2012
#42
What he means is to make birth control free and freely available, promoting birth control use
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2012
#17
How about limiting the crimes of rape and incest? It would require increasing the social safety net.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#34
Oh, thank you. Than what was he up for and should have gotten? I could have sworn it was the Peace
Justice wanted
Apr 2012
#43
Romney needs to read this. since he was coercing his single babysitter to give
Laura PourMeADrink
Apr 2012
#19
Clinton triangulated as a strategy, not because he was "tied up by Whitewater"
DefenseLawyer
Apr 2012
#25