Reply #128: Eh. He hired Kahn

[Recursion]

Here's a good take by MotherJones on the Carter-Clinton line of the Democratic Party and their embrace of the idea of deregulation: http://motherjones.com/politics/2008/03/its-deregulation-stupid

Here's a batshit conservative scholar admitting Carter started Reagan's anti-union, pro-corporate, anti-government momentum: http://mises.org/daily/535

Now, I give Carter some credit in that at that point a lot of government spending was wasteful and corrupt, just like I give Clinton some credit in that AFDC was fundamentally broken -- but they both got the answers wrong (deregulation on the one hand and TANF on the other didn't improve things).

I've heard interviews with Carter (back in the 90's) in which he said getting the ball rolling on deregulation was the part of his presidency he was proudest of.

My only point is that it's odd to see how DU, which has such hatred for the DLC, seems to have boundless love for Carter who was essentially the DLC's Godfather (or, for that matter, Gore, who was one of the first members).