On another topic listed above, I don't think you can overly blame Gerald Ford for Jimmy Carter. That is on Nixon. Yeah GF lost to JC, but under what scenario would any R candidate won after the Nixon debacle.
But if you want to play that game, we can thank Jimmy Carter for Ronald Reagan.
Nixon pussed out, he was great but pussed out.
Poor Gerry had to fill the breech.
Yeah, they are people who skateboard.
I think the word you are looking for is stereotype.