“Jimmy Carter remains the ‘Most unfavorite’ ex president for many people of either party.”
That’s unfortunate.
He has been highly underrated IMHO.
He had hints of SJW and was clearly left of center...
But ask yourself this question: How did his foreign policy differ from POTUS Trump’s? How did his domestic policy differ?
I don’t think that PDJT would have let the Iranian debacle happen.
How did his domestic policy differ? Trump is strongly pro-American and pro-business. He ignited an energy revolution the likes of which we have never seen and turned the US into a net exporter of energy. Next up he is going to open ANWR for drilling and stop CA from setting its own mileage rules. He has reduced regulations by the semi truck load.
Carter cowered under OPEC, set the national speed limit at 55 mph, talked about limits, wore sweaters in the oval office to set the tone, and created miles long gasoline lines.
Seriously You really think there’s any similarity at all? I’m guessing you must have been about 4 to 8 years old when Jimmy was pres.
Really?
(1) Gas lines;
(2) Allowed a stable Iran to lose control to Islamist terrorists who have been wreaking havoc ever since;
(3) Totally ineffective in addressing the Iran hostage situation;
(4) 20% interest rates.
I'm sure there are more.
I think Odumbo did more lasting damage than Carter did, but the four years of Carter were the most miserable of any four years during my sixty years.
Well, for starters he’s very pro Arab and anti Jew/Israel. Even more so now than then
Energy policy
Adding regulations
Adding more federal bureaucracy (useless Dept of Energy)
Very indecisive, top down management
Mariel boat lift - lot of crime victims in Florida after he allowed that fiasco
I truly believe that Trump would have not been so wishy washy as was he when the Iranians invaded our embassy.
His domestic policy was designed to cripple American energy production.
He made micro management decisions which cost American lives during the Iranian hostage crisis and indeed had he continued backing the Shah Iran would never have become a potential nuclear threat or an enemy.
Screw Carter, and everyone who defends him.
In foreign policy, Carter projected weakness, seemingly on purpose. Carter put in big cuts in defense. Trump has increased defense. It was that very obvious weakness that resulted in the embassy in Iran being taken hostage - which is why I’m astounded by people here saying Trump should signal we won’t do anything in response to anything Iran does. He stopped the Ford administration’s plan to deploy intermediate range ballistic missiles in Europe to counter the Soviet Union’s deployment of such missiles aimed at Western Europe. Reagan once again went forward with the plan, over huge protests by European leftists and “peace movement” types. In response the Soviets signed a treaty removing their own missiles in exchange for Reagan removing our missiles - known as the “zero zero” option. It was a stunning illustration of Reagan’s theme of “Peace through strength”. Carter would never have had the strength to go through with it in a million years.
Domestically Carter signed the bill to put the Alaskan ANWAR off limits to oil drilling, which has remained off limits ever since. He put in the idiotic 55 mph speed limit. He refused to deregulate oil (not only prices but other things the government was controlling) resulting in those preposterous gas lines and west coast oil shortages. To his credit he did deregulate other things. And of course he was resolutely opposed to a tax cut.
I entirely disagree.
1. He effectively arranged for France to allow the exiled Ayatollah to return to Iran, and then overthrow the Shah.
2. He created the largely independent, politically oriented, excessively paid Senior Executive Service: Deep State Central.
His evil, destructive legacy lives on, like that of LBJ, in my opinion.
His 25% luxury taxes destroyed the boating industry. He gave us a 55 mph speed limit, wage freezes, gas shortages, long lines at gas stations, odd/even fill up days and Iranian hostages....OPEC pwned him.