[Madame Dufarge]

I was more worried about America's future during the Johnson or Carter years..

I found that strange, also.

The rest of the article lays out the case that Obama is more dangerous than Johnson and Carter, and yet he was more worried then than now? It doesn't make any sense.

[neverdem]

"I was more worried about America's future during the Johnson or Carter years.."

I found that strange, also.

The rest of the article lays out the case that Obama is more dangerous than Johnson and Carter, and yet he was more worried then than now? It doesn't make any sense.

Remember how Johnson and Carter made such a hash of domestic and foreign policy with the threat of nuclear armageddon looming over the horizon. They were abject disasters. Only folks in D.C. and the largest cities are worried about nuclear detonations as a remote possibilty now.

It makes sense if you consider the current threat of nuclear war, IMHO.

[maryz]

Obama is more dangerous than Johnson and Carter, and yet he was more worried then than now? It doesn't make any sense.

I think his point is that, under Johnson and Carter, he worried about America's future -- with Obama, he's not sure that it'll be America!

[zzeeman]

I think that the author was trying to convey his thinking that “worried” and “anxious” aren’t the right words to describe his current concern. See preceding sentence. Taken in isolation, that sentence is strange, but in its proper context it is more understandable.