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hedgehog

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2. He disappointed me as President - but has re-gained my respect

Reply to Mopar151 (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 25, 2012, 12:52 PM

Jun 2012

since then. I really think he was cut off at the knees by the Democratic establishment of the time. He was also unable to get his message out past the big three TV networks. I think if DU had been around back then, Jimmy carter would have gone down in history as one of the great ones instead of a might-have-been.

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Republicans mock and deride Pres. Carter Mopar151 Jun 2012 #1

He disappointed me as President - but has re-gained my respect hedgehog Jun 2012 #2

He never disappointed me, he kept his morals and ethics ,unlike the rest. bahrbearian Jun 2012 #4

Because why? He did not stop inflation caused by our wasted war in Vietnam? Festivito Jun 2012 #6

It's hard to recall the details 30 years later, but IIRC, hedgehog Jun 2012 #7

Was it his energy policy ? Stop imports, because they are a threat to national security? bahrbearian Jun 2012 #9

If anything, it was because I perceived him as giving in to hedgehog Jun 2012 #12

Good , I was afraid you might have voted RayGun. bahrbearian Jun 2012 #14

Excellent. And we're so close on polio, too. (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2012 #3

k&r n/t RainDog Jun 2012 #5

Good riddance. 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #8

JC continues to benefit the world he lives in long after he left office. lpbk2713 Jun 2012 #10

K & R Scurrilous Jun 2012 #11

It is worth google-image searching 'guinea worm' to see the significance of this. RadiationTherapy Jun 2012 #13