I think that Obama is probably a lot smarter than Carter. Whether he will stick with his current proposals if he experiences the realities of the world remains to be seen. As for Hillary, I think she is a lot more pragmatic and ruthless than Carter could ever even imagine being, otherwise why would 35 retired high ranking military men be for her? Hopefully we will survive whoever wins.
Regarding the oil crisis in the early 70’s, I believe that OPEC decided to cut production because they were angry at us, also it did not help that we reached “peak oil” about that time and had to start importing a lot more. And before you start screaming ANWAR, consider whether we want to extract all our easy oil and then have little left for our next 100 years when we may need the other products that can be made from it. Frankly I hate being in the position of importing 2/3 of our petroleum needs, and ANWAR simply would not come close to changing that figure.
“I think that Obama is probably a lot smarter than Carter.”
I have no love of Carter. He was absolutely the worst president ever. However, I don’t think that Obama is more intelligent. Carter is just more unaware of the world around him.
“Frankly I hate being in the position of importing 2/3 of our petroleum needs, and ANWAR simply would not come close to changing that figure.”
Whoever is doing the deciding about not drilling in ANWR and offshore in this country, ( And, no, I do not think that it is the enviro-whackos. I think the decision is being made by possibly think-tanks supported by oil companies. ) is making a very wise decision. It means that this country will have the last oil on the planet.
President Carter graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, was chosen by Admiral Hyman Rickover for the nuclear submarine program, and was assigned to Schenectady, N.Y., where he took graduate work at Union College in reactor technology and nuclear physics, and served as senior officer of the pre-commissioning crew of the Seawolf, the second nuclear submarine. Anotherwords, he was an nuclear physicist, something no one has ever accused Senator Barack Obama of being. He has a problem that many engineers have of poor human relations skills, but that's not to discount his intelligence. Admiral Rickover wouldn't let an idiot anywhere near his boats (he personally interviewed every officer that volunteered for nuclear submarines). I didn't care for President Carter and his policies, but let's not kid ourselves.
Perhaps, but Obama is already promoting the same failed foreign policy concepts. If he's smarter, it's not because he learned anything from Carters mistakes.
As for Hillary, I think she is a lot more pragmatic and ruthless than Carter could ever even imagine being, otherwise why would 35 retired high ranking military men be for her?
Gays in the military? Hillary would likely have a great deal of empathy for them...and their jilted wives at home...I'm not just saying that, either. I'm sure there are many high level homosexuals just waiting for an excuse to come out, yet in the military, it would cost them their career. I'm sure there's a large silent group waiting on their tippy-toes who will vote for Hillary on this issue alone.
Just yappin' and continuing the commentary... : )