Posted on 11/19/2005 12:11:48 AM PST by F14 Pilot
Probably, I will never understand!
"How could Carter become the US president?!
Probably, I will never understand!"
Ford barely lost. I think there was just too much fallout from Nixon to overcome.
Is that like Cooter?
A natural reaction from American voters following the Watergate? Also remember that leftism was very fashionable in the 1970s - it was at its height of influence on all fronts (at least today economic leftism is on the retreat) and free market beliefs were confined to "eccentric" individuals like Milton Friedman, Pinochet-era Chilean economic ministers, or colonial Hong Kong civil servants.
Nonetheless, even with this set of factors Carter had to campaign emphasising he was no leftist, and even under this set of condition Gerald Ford almost pulled a victory. It just shows that full-frontal leftism has less market in America than Britain or any Western European country for instance.
Disaster ping!
I'm not an American and I wasn't born when Carter became the US president, but if you read a natural chronology of what happened at that time you would have guessed Carter would have walked to a landslide given Watergate and perceived Vietnam matters (like it or not, much of the understanding was shaped by the MSMs). But even under the "optimistic scenario" Carter only managed pull a narrow win. Probably a lot of Americans understood what the US Left's tricks were, even under the then "high points" of leftist influences.
Carter had/has ideas and opinions. Ford, nothing. Hard to beat even a bad something with a nothing. Carter tried and wanted to win bad. Ford didn't, thought he'd be annointed.
Jimmy Carter, for sure, proved one thing--anyone can become president of the United States.
MY OPINION:
Carter was, is and always will be his own bitter enemy.
He was a failure as a leader and he never grasped that
reality. Living history is not kind to Carter, nor should
it be. History books will judge Carter as one of the biggest
presidential failures. Carter, like BJ Clinton, does need to
look in the mirror to see the face of failure.
It is the same case with New Zealand. The Labour Party's biggest backers, as the name suggests, are labour unions. Basically they support whoever Labour politicians.
Curiously in Canada the unions largely support the far left NDP while the centre-left Liberal Party is not as widely supported. Nevermind, even without the unions the Canadian Liberal Party will still be returned to power given the left-leaning sentiment that permeates Canada.
Do they mean Danny Cater? Red Sox traded Sparky Lyle for him in 1972. The worst baseball trade ever made.
Really? He thought he'd be annointed? By who?
We don't do that annointing stuff around here.You must be thinking of some place else.
Unions had their place once to make sure the workplace was safe, then somewhere along the way they did things like put guns to the heads of businesses to get their way and got into governments.
Currently they cannot compete in the real world and only the government ones are going well IMO. Well for them, we are being ripped by them. Among the worst is our teacher's union.
Have a nice night, it's a bit after midnight here in California and I am a getting too tired to chat.
Have a nice weekend.
In 1960 you could not have convined 1% of the pop. there would ever be a Prez. like Carter or Klinton. If you proposed to write a book/novel on this you would be told, "Fiction must be believable. It won't sell."
Especially the pardon. I remember hearing from many people that if Ford pardoned Nixon they would sit out or vote Peanuts.
What a mess Peanuts was/still is even worse. God bless you President Reagan, and thanks for scooping that mess out!!!
Me? I never voted for him.
peanuts
LOL!
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