If America were truly a "Christian" nation Jimmy Carter should have won reelection.

[rbrnmw]

Reagan was Hollywood whose wife consulted psychics. Jimmy Carter was a Sunday School teacher, who practiced what he preached. Just look at Trump's polling numbers. Republican Evangelicals are inconsistent at best.

[shenmue]

1. Amen

[SamKnause]

2. Republican Evangelicals are inconsistent at best.

The are hateful, spiteful, evil, ignorant, and insane.

I am tired of pussy footing around this issue.

All religious fanatics (globally) should be called out at every opportunity !!!

They should be publicly shamed.

They are a scourge on this planet.

[hedgehog]

3. I don't have time to look up exit polls from back then,

but for me, Carter was a disappointment at that time because he seemed to be giving in to what is now called the Third Way. What people knew of him was very much a product of the main stream media - the big three networks and a couple news magazines. I suspect that Reagen won in part due to a lack of enthusiasm for Carter. Just a reminder for us today to support the Democratic nominee even if our first choice doesn't get that nomination.

[jwirr]

13. One of the issues I remember was the idea that Jimmy Carter did not

know how to deal with the Washington insiders. I am not sure what that meant anymore but it was kind of the idea of city boy vs country boy. I seem to remember that it was a criticism about that fact that he believed in playing fair.

[hedgehog]

15. I was upset at the time because he didn't seem to be

denouncing torture in right wing Latin American dictatorships.

Then came Iran-Contra!

[jwirr]

20. I also had problem with him because of social issues but believe me it

was not long before my sister and I both started recognizing his worth after Reagan was elected.

[ruffburr]

4. Reagan-

And his cohorts rigged the election with Iranian co-operation , There are articles and documentary's about who and what happened, In other words Jimmy Carter was cheated out of office, That my friends is the beginnings of the neo-con take over of our government, We have been being Trickled on for 40years, Are you wet yet?

[Mnemosyne]

11. No, but still feel extremely pissed about it. nt

[Snobblevitch]

5. The only reason Carter lost was because of a poor economy.

"It's the economy, stupid."

[rbrnmw]

6. Asked a family member these 2 questions

1. Q: Why did you vote for GWB, you are on Food Stamps?
A: He is good Christian man.

2. Q: Why did you vote for Romney, a Mormon, who in your opinion is going to hell?
A: Obama is Muslim

[rurallib]

7. we are christian in that Christ believes and stands for what I believe and stand for

[Go Vols]

8. I voted for Jimmy,

it had nothing to do with the church.

[1939]

9. Carter came into Washington

as an outsider, a centrist, and a spot of sunshine after the Watergate turmoil. His administration was "leftist" only in his environmentalism. It was a very centrist administration. Teddy Kennedy mounted a primary challenge on Carter from the left in 1980. Carter had to fight his way through that before he could organize a campaign against Reagan. The White House staff had problems and Hamilton Jordan often fell down politically and failed to protect Carter. Jimmy Carter became more progressive and moved to the left after he left the presidency.

[jwirr]

14. That is kind of what I was talking about in post 13.

[loyalsister]

10. Reagan played that masterfully

The Billy Graham crusade was in full force in the 70s. Prosperity theology and end times horrors played right into Reagan's greed is good message right along with the hawkishness in the Middle East that served to reinforce the end times messaging.

[Mnemosyne]

12. Remember all the pre-empted shows to allow Billy Graham to spew? Ugh. nt

[loyalsister]

16. And they were held in giant arenas

It was really disgusting. I remember that my parents attended one and afterwards, my dad would yell "I am prosperity!!" whenever he was feeling discouraged.

[Mnemosyne]

17. Thankfully my mother and step-dad rarely paid attention. I just hated missing Jeopardy. :) nt

[Warren DeMontague]

18. yes, that's what we need, more Jesus in politics.

[Scurrilous]

19. Reagan also eschewed church attendance.

He did it (so he claimed) to protect his fellow church goers who might be put at some sort of risk (terrorists? ninjas?) if he sat among them on Sundays. Said the preacher was cool with it. The Lord too.