This was the very beginning of my active interest in politics, as unfortunately Carter was the person I voted for, back in my misguided youth. I foolishly held Nixon's pardon against Ford, and therefore voted for Carter.
As a result of my vote (and I am certain many votes for Carter similar to mine) we lost the Panama canal, Iran was given over to nut-balls and the Shah was betrayed, we didn't go to the Moscow Olympics, and those soldiers died in the desert. I also had to endure four years of Amy, Rosalyn, Billy, and asorted worthless people, including Warren Christopher.
This taught me the foolishness of single issue voting, and I will never, ever make that mistake again.
Whaddyathink Freepers? Carter, Clinton and 3 as yet named Socialists for Elian???
Might as well been me making that statement.
I genuinely wished I could deny having lived through those times.
While in all fairness what good could possibly be said of Gerald Ford...
A baffoon's, baffoon.
Let's just say, the 70s were some very confused years as far as this nation was concerned.
Jimmy Carter's *leadership*, by far and away & more than any other factor (~including disco), saw to that.