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True, Carter was one of the worst Presidents of the 20th century, especially due to the fact he let fascist regimes run circles around him and sucked up to communist tyrants, like when he sold out the Panama Canal and stood helpless while the Iranians took our guys hostage. The LONE exception, of course, is when Carter grew a spine during the 1980s Olympics and told the Soviets to go shove it. He might have been re-elected if he did that for four years, but fortunately we had Ronaldus Maximums replace him and tell the truth to the "evil empire" for the next eight years.
>> Carter calls for a boycott of the Moscow Olympics on Meet the Press in 1980. He urged that the Games be moved to another country, postponed or canceled unless the Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan. <<
Amazingly, Carter actually went through with his threat and made an official announcement confirming the boycott on March 21 after the Soviets called his bluff. The boycott was a remarkable success in embarrassing the communist regime. Rather than the boycott falling on deaf ears, over 62 nations followed the U.S. lead and participated in the Olympics boycott. Additionally, as a form of protest against the USSR intervention in Afghanistan, 16 other countries sat out the opening and closing ceremonies of the games, making their athletics march in the Opening Ceremony with the Olympic Flag instead of their national flags, and the Olympic Flag and Olympic Hymn , thus replacing the Soviet anthem during those presentations. Altogether, only 81 nations participated in the Soviet Olympics— the lowest number since 1956. It was a huge slap in the face to the communist regime and an embarrassment to the USSR propandanda mill, and the backlash they faced was the beginning of the downfall of the once great Soviet empire.
>> Dreams were stolen in 1980 <<
That would be news to thousands of talented atlethics who participated in The Olympic Boycott Games (titled the Liberty Bell Classic) , an well-watched event especially created by the U.S. to give those hard-working athletics from boycotting nations an alternative to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. It was a nationally covered event hosting the same sports as the Olympics, but held at event held at the University of Pennsylvania.Participating nations included the United States, Canada, Taiwan, Eygpt, Thailand, West Germany, Sudan, Kenya and many others. It began on July 16, shortly before the 1980 Summer Olympics opened on July 19. In several events, the times were better than those in Moscow, such as American Renaldo Nehemiah's time of 13.31 in the 110m hurdles ahead of East German gold medal winner Thomas Munkelt's time of 13.39. Participates in the Olympic Boycott Games were awarded the same style of Gold,Silver, and Bronze medals to honor their sportsmanship. A similar event was held in 1984 by boycotting countries of the 1984 Summer Olympics, called the Friendship Games.
>> Forward by former Vice President Walter Mondale" <<
Gotta hand it to Fritz Mondale, the only man in U.S. history to be defeated in all 50 states, to make Jimmy Carter look good. Lemme guess, Fritz thinks things would have soooo much better if we had simply sucked up the Soviets in 1980, but as second-in-command of the United States he was powerless to stop #1. Poor guy.
Boycotts CAN force change in evil regimes:
1980: 
USSR
1990:
Free Russian state
1979: 
Russians enter Afghanistan
1989: 
Russians leave Afghanistan