Richard Nixon disgracing himself was part of that picture. Result, a publicly shamed GOP that did not find its stride until Reagan stepped forward at the end of Jimmy's first and only term. A dogcatcher could have beat out the nebbish Gerald Ford.
No disagreement here.
My point though, is that no on, I mean no one will now admit to voting for Jimmah Cottah.
If all the people that insist they didn't vote for him, really didn't vote for him, then he got elected with about 12 votes, total.
The truth is, that Jimmah Cottah was and is such a miserable failure at every thing, that no will acknowledge their stupidity in falling for the POS the last time around.
I've met a lot of "Hell, no, I never voted for Bill Clinton!" folks, too.
That number seems to be growing, as time passes.