[Miss Marple]

Mondale is writing his own history. Here is what I remember from the four years of Carter:

1. They were like Dog Years...each one seemed like seven.

2. High interest rates...16% or even higher for home mortgages.

3. Giving the Panama Canal away.

4. Stabbing the Shah in the back, and ushering in terrorism as a state policy.

5. Totally inept dealings with the Soviet Union, amazement that they invaded Afghanistan, and retaliation by keeping us out of the Olympics.

6. Gutting the intelligence agencies.

7. Pardoning draft-dodgers.

8. Total demoralization of the American public, and Carter BLAMED US for it!

9. I became a Republican and would have voted for Bozo the Clown over Carter.

THE WORST PRESIDENT IN MY LIFETIME!!!

[STARWISE]

How can I forget. We had one home under construction, 2 mortgages .. I think we were at 21% .. not to mention the long gas lines.

[AliVeritas]

I remember 21% interest re: mortgage

Odd/Even gas lines

Almost freezing to death re: Oil prices

[samantha]

I was still a Democrat then, but voted against Carter and for Reagan, no contest. I waited until 1992 to change to Pubbie, and have never looked back..

[Arizona Carolyn]

21% mortgages wasn't unheard of and 17-18% the norm. ALl of which makes me wonder what made people think when we hit 6% we'd have a falling of our housing market. I cannot remember such high rates or such low rates in my lifetime and anyone not appreciating this wasn't around back in the late 70's.