Yeah, it worked out for us in the end. Without Carter's monumental incompetence, we never could have had elected someone as Conservative as RR. And had it not been for Watergate, it is unlikely a Rat would have been elected in 1976 (Carter barely won as it was.)
Eh, given the Oil shock, the economic problems (which Nixon's RINO policies would not have done any better job on) I suspect a Dem would have won in 1976, but not the doddering ninny from Georgia; one with a better chance of keeping himself in office; could have been (shudder) Ted Kennedy. A lot would have been different without Watergate, Ted may have actually run.
Yeah, it worked out for us in the end. Without Carter's monumental incompetence, we never could have had elected someone as Conservative as RR.
True, but without Carter's monumental incompetence, the Shah would have survived to promote a moderate brand of Islam. Radicals might not have undermined the moderate state of Lebanon. Saddam could not have used the Iran/Iraq war to build his military machine. The U.S. would not have had to dignify Saudi Arabia with the title 'ally', and the House of Saud would not have had carte blanche to export their hateful version of Islam. In a lot of ways, our current situation is a product of Carter's craven willingness to jettison a loyal ally and a force for progress in the region because Khomeni and his chanting thugs were the press' flavor of the week.
If Carter was the price we had to pay for Reagan, it was a heavy price.