I was a senior in high school when he was govenor. One Easter we went to Stone Mountain for the sunrise service. We walked up the mountain and as we got to the top, he was getting off the lift.
He was a nice looking man with a warm smile--compare that to to his face today. Today I see the face of a bitter, angry old man. Seriously.
Failing to be re-elected must be the driving force in his life. At 81, he is the soreloserman of the Watergate/Viet Nam era. IMHO, he does not believe he lost the election based on the vote of an informed electorate. Dems never lose on merits, they lose because the election is stolen or the electorate is stupid.
I read an article recently where he actually took credit for the Reagan boom. His policies, not Reaganomics, were responsible for the upswing in the economy. Those high interest rates (17-21% motgage) were responsible for the boom in home ownership. I think the man is senile. He turned on Miller when Miller supported Bush.
When he came into office, gas was 50 cents a gallon at the Tenaco on 285 at North Peachtree. A gas war driving the price down to 25 cents per gallon was common.
Not long after the lines were long and gas was up to 1.00/gallon. Considering when I moved back to GA in 1998 gas was 88-1.00 gallon here, back then 1.00 gallon was alot of money.
I do not even claim him as a Georgian. I pass the exit for the Carter Center all of the time. I have never considered visiting it, not even when the Constitution (or was it the Declaration of Independence) was touring the nation.
***Bingo*** Very well said and bulls-eye accurate!