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Being disappointed in Carter and how he bungled the hostage crisis in 1980 is not remarkable. This was a mainstream view. A reason Reagan won in a landslide.


11 posted on 03/03/2026 7:48:16 AM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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The lore at the time was that it was a very close election that broke only last few days after the last debate. Key to 39:00 https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-iba-synbg&hsimp=yhs-synbg&hspart=iba&param2=9dUI1n2R0BLDxNuWfiP4aSFOTltNdSPoIx38%2BUf%2FiXrvPdoGmStdlfwLFZYDvqkAJrWWk4yNReCLnBD%2FqPsDZd7olTZcV8HMx1G%2Fk786sE2Tis1g8dJd8zxVWs%2BbKztBnq1TfqUiqPYK9pXifXmJFyorDuCsYXJE71Y6G5tfejBnoSl1JtcSLcy1hUa70hxLuz5JRMOVwXIr8xb5n%2Fg9urAACDjaL2zMg5g6NW9tO1os6O%2BnKmPaa0l7iG1kcJZkdt7Dk8GcZQxk1RnnNwE1Yg%3D%3D&param3=HpCyCT2cXaKG4CVDR00rqo2oG1rIHjMij4XuH%2FTb7Mq5%2BD7nKHV7HbklYj%2BJk78VAMExs1k%2F9QliVY%2FNlpWG49mx8LRYJHFWpAbKZYEizkPnN1TmX1sGupSkW6i7Ys4UQ5h1q73Q0vJK6%2B3DJ8kCALgtv2FD5f2uTPV5XRjcEJYAfAznYkxNEFqj5a02X%2FRDu5TBL%2BTE6EV77u1lTT3Kmh7l4hPcvHC5jPVNfuzWMCe1NBEfGB1lC3fn4ejv2AHkU8u20QdgbmWRctKUngx0Yypvk9kQ4PSZEzJzXyyO5otkAJK4QnykWMkHDypImgRe&p=1980+reagan+carter+debate&type=f2%3A%3B.6850610d4680680b2811f3dcdca6be379af%3B5.ac48575a81c403f69399e8a8e3b01611ec4ceacc0ec960448b74805219ec715ff444160f185fa8ab2401c83e99daa20124ae21340aa21cf0597fe7f06662a25#id=3&vid=c773774fff9dcc0064e5c155e627d098&action=view


15 posted on 03/03/2026 8:02:16 AM PST by sopo
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