[SmithPatterson]

I stumbled across this...it was interesting to refresh my mind on the ineffectiveness of Jimmy Carter. Thought Freepers might like to read it as well.

[commish]

And with that speech any possible glimmer of reelection went *poof*

[Uncle Vlad]

Over 10% unemployment.
Soviet Union on the move all over the world.
Prime rate over 20%.
Gold trading at over $800 an ounce because our currency was so devalued.
444-day Iranian hostage crisis.
Demoralized military.
Demoralized citizenry.

The idea that people on the left want to enact policies that would return us to those days is just horrifying.

[Uncle Vlad]

Massive recession. Over 10% unemployment.
Soviet Union on the move all over the world.
Prime rate over 20%.
Gold trading at over $800 an ounce because our currency was so devalued.
444-day Iranian hostage crisis.
Demoralized military.
Demoralized citizenry.

The idea that people on the left want to enact policies that would return us to those days is just horrifying.

[SoDak]

Compare this to the optimistic speech given by President Reagan at the convention that year. That's when I became a Republican for life at the age of 13.

[colorado tanker]

What a hopelessly confused and ineffectual little man. But so insufferably self-righteous.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

This speech is famously summarized - quite fairly - by a word which is not even in it. "Malaise."

This is a special night for me. Exactly three years ago, on July 15, 1976, I accepted the nomination of my party to run for president of the United States.

Imagine giving a presidential speech devoted to worry! A speech completely devoid of leadship, with nothing in it but a bunch of quasi-inpirational mumblings attributed to others. And taking the trouble to mention how special a date it was to him because he won the Democratic nomination.

If Ronald Reagan had gotten just a few more votes in the Republican National Convention of 1976, the night Jimmy Carter won the Democratic nomination would have forever remained the high point of Jimmy Carter's career. And we would have been spared this speech and much other grief.

[urbanrepublican]

HERE'S A LINK TO AUDIO.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jimmycartercrisisofconfidence.htm

THE TEXT DOESN'T DO JUSTICE TO HOW MEAN AND NARROW THIS MAN TRULY WAS AS PRESIDENT.

[leprechaun9]

From Reagan's War by Peter Schweizer, page 228:

This comment is part of a discussion of the anti-war/disarmament effforts that were growing:

"These were of course the sort of criticisms that were common in American politics. But Soviet officials were encouraged by the fact that similar opinions were being whispered to them by some American leaders. Former president Jimmy Carter dropped by Soviet ambassador Dobrynin's residence on a day in late January 1984 to discuss the state of the world. Carter was concerned about Reagan's defense buildup, Dobrynin recalled. The former president went on to explain that Moscow would be better off with someone else in the White House. Otherwise, 'there would not be a single agrement on arms control, especially on nuclear arms, as long as Reagan remained in power.'"

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Nice post. Stupid speech.

[smonk]

I couldn't understand the mumbling idiot. the southern accent was always quite pronounced, but I'm from Mississippi, for heaven's sake; I could always manage to translate.

Has he has a stroke or something? Or did he finally lust somewhere besides [on] his heart?