Jimmy has never forgotten the ass-whumping he received in 1980. He still can’t believe that Reagan beat him. He’ll never forgive the American people for giving him what he sees as a personal humiliation.
And he had the unmitigated gall to actually ask the Soviet ambassador for the USSR's assistance in the 1980 election -- on the premise that he would be "easier" to deal with than Reagan.
Loser...if not a traitor...