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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:39 AM Original message |
I wonder if it's such a good idea for Americans to be reminded of the Carter years just now |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. I remember the Carter years very well |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Your experience wasn't isolated, I'm sure you know. |
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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. Those that look at the Carter peridency through rose-colored glasses |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Those interest rates needed to be high to kill the inflation |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. yes they also killed the ability of person's like myself |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. If you are looking for someone to blame, look no farther than Nixon |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. That inflation was caused by previous Republican administrations |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Exactly, Obama needs to be more like Carter |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. You've got to be kidding! |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. yep that will finish off Obama for sure |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Are you trying to compare personalities or policies? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I'm mainly critical of the way he got along with (actually did not get along with) his Democratic |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
49. I never want to go thru the Carter years again! |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Who did you vote for in the General election? |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. yes I did |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. It took me about 20 minutes to pull the lever. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I remember thinking I wasn't sure who I was voting for |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, and John B. Anderson were the Presidential candidates in 1980... |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I know |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. 'near as bad'? what? nt |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Not saying. Anywhere near as bad. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. ... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. He's not bad enough to make *me* puke. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. post hoc ergo prompter hoc. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. He lost to Ronald Reagan. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. There were several reasons why he lost to Raygun |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Well, I do give dirty tricks some credit. But I deeply disagree about Carter's abilities and legacy. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Everyone is entitled to their opinion |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. You are also throwing around unsubstatiable claims. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I guess you don't remember stagflation |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. How specifically did Carter end stagflation? |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I guess you've never heard of a guy named Paul Volcker |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Volcker ended stagflation, not Carter. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Wow! You actually think the president does everything personally? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Memory serves. Carter stunk. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Yet another history lesson |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. I imagine a few individuals place a heavier priority... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. The masses did not see Jimmy Carter as a good man, believe me. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Habitat for Humanity |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. Explain Your Remark |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. He sure hated Ted Kennedy |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. You do understand that his problem with Kennedy stemmed from |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Ask yourself why Carter had internal dissension. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. So dissatisfying - |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I'll give him the energy policy and the Begin-Sadat accords. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
40. And he initiated the war against the Left in Central America. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Kennedy considered him to be a "country bumpkin" |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Tell me which Democrats he's demonstrated giving a shit about. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Carter truly hated Tip O'Neill too |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
37. America likes Carter. They feel bad about voting him out. Make them worry that they will feel bad |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Except on Afghanistan and the mujahedeen. |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Where is your proof |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. He told John Stewart recently that he was the Tea Party of his day |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Complete agreement |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. You'll probably appreciate this little item from his new book |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I always thought he was smart |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
57. disagree,, |
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