Obama Is A Peanut Farm Away from Carter

[The Mad Monk]

From the state of the current Administration, to the level of Obama's actual experience, to the current economy and its oil tie-ins, to his views on international relations, there appears to be many parallels with Carter.

Are we heading into the late seventies all over again?

[Nikolai]

I wouldn't know. But do you think this is a good thing then? I know Carter is seen as a great guy by some people, but less so by others.

[Riesstiu IV]

At this point I'm convinced a peanut would be a better president than what we've had to endure these past 8 years.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Nikolai
I wouldn't know. But do you think this is a good thing then? I know Carter is seen as a great guy by some people, but less so by others.

I think he got more popular out of office.

[Ninot]

I think most political scientists would agree that Nixon-Ford are much more liberal in policy when compared to Bush. It would be much more striking if Obama were elected than when Carter was elected, I'd figure.

[snoopy369]

Wasn't Carter a governor before becoming President? That's generally considered a lot of experience... worth more than being a Senator for much longer.

[Admiral]

Carter ran a very ineffective White House, but there is no reason that Obama would govern in a similar fashion to Carter.

[snoopy369]

I'd be very curious to know why the Dems ran Carter. This was 1976; the Dems could have run an actual peanut and beaten Ford. Why did they choose him? Was Carter seen as being a great candidate? Or was there just nobody else? Or, were there others but they had baggage or somesuch?

Or were the Dems just afraid of losing???

[Ninot]

Maybe most smart democrats realized that the country was in bad shape, and didn't want that on their record?

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Ninot
Maybe most smart democrats realized that the country was in bad shape, and didn't want that on their record?

Fat lot of good that did them.

[snoopy369]

Indeed... they've had precisely one president since 1980, and he was a republican in all but name (he even had a sex scandal )

[Winston]

Obama Is A Peanut Farm Away from Carter

And lots of rabbits still lurking in them lakes.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by snoopy369
I'd be very curious to know why the Dems ran Carter. This was 1976; the Dems could have run an actual peanut and beaten Ford. Why did they choose him? Was Carter seen as being a great candidate? Or was there just nobody else? Or, were there others but they had baggage or somesuch?

Ford was a good albeit ineffectual guy.

I can't remember who ran against Carter for the Dem. nomination. I do remember that the way the primaries lined up that year, candidates from Dixie had an advantage.

Carter had a good resume. He'd been a successful governor, and before that, he was involved with nuclear submarines. So he was obviously bright. He was a born again Christian and came across as a good guy.

That was the only Presidential election in my lifetime where I was voting for someone and not against someone.

Carter wasn't a that bad of a President. He was ineffectual because he let himself get bogged down in detail and had troubles making a decision.

[Theben]

Originally posted by Zkribbler

Carter wasn't a that bad of a President. He was ineffectual because he let himself get bogged down in detail and had troubles making a decision.

That sounds like a serious problem for a president.

From what I remember, his main problems were the hostage crisis and the price of oil (which was largely out of his control).

[Asher]

The best government is a government that does nothing.