[Warlord]

But Carter was an engineer. Look how well that worked out.

[SatinDoll]

Carter was a stores officer on a submarine. He wasn’t any engineer that I know of.

[sam_paine]

But Carter was an engineer. Look how well that worked out.

Rubbish. The Navy recruits people to operate nuclear sub power-plants, and they call them "nuclear engineers." Closer to "train engineer" than design engineer.

Respectable trade career, but not an engineer who applies hard science to solve practical problems.

And don't try to sully the term "peanut farmer" by that association either! =)

[Moonman62]

But Carter was an engineer. Look how well that worked out.

So was Hoover. Reagan studied economics and sociology at Eureka College.