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If that was Carter he would have worked to abolish slavery then went on to pick the friggin cotton.
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I was curious because he still has the need to fudge up foreign affairs as he did during the time he was in office.Originally posted by SlowwHand
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After Nixon a lot of people wanted a good down to earth honest guy. And Carter, for all of his many faults, was definately honest and un-corrupt.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?
Or were the Dems just afraid of losing???Stop Quoting BenComment
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As I remember the 1976 race (I was 14), the early smart money was on Henry "Scoop" Jackson, senator from Washington (or, as he was known around DC, "senator from Boeing"). Jackson was the kind of Democrat who would later make up the DLC wing of the party -- pro-business, hawkish, a social moderate -- and he seemed like the antidote to McGovern. The other strong contenders were Arizona congressman Mo Udhall and Indiana senator Birch Bayh. The problem was that all three were DC insiders in a year when DC was even more out-of-favor than usual (to put it mildly). Carter's outsider status really helped him.Originally posted by Bosh
After Nixon a lot of people wanted a good down to earth honest guy. And Carter, for all of his many faults, was definately honest and un-corrupt."I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George CarlinComment
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Priceless.I think he got more popular out of office.
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Is that a new expression?
I mean I've heard of a few bricks short of a load, but a peanut farm away from carter is a new one for me.Scouse Git (2) La Fayette Adam Smith Solomwi and Loinburger will not be forgotten.
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US presidents have included several figures who were good or even great men, but mediocre or even lousy presidents; Carter shares that honor with (off the top of my head) both Adamses, Madison, Grant, Taft, and Hoover."I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George CarlinComment
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Hoover is due for some deserved historical reconsideration, in my opinion. Carter is beyond hope, I'm afraid.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Washington had it made due to no frame of reference.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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I've always thought that. There's not much you can say about his presidency -- his handling of the Bonus Army alone pretty much trumps anything good there -- but his overall career was quite admirable, especially the European relief effort.Originally posted by DanS
Hoover is due for some deserved historical reconsideration, in my opinion."I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George CarlinComment
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I have to say that my opinion of Hoover is being improved by my deteriorating opinion of FDR.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Hoover's position has improved but only because Bush Jr has replaced him as the worst president ever.
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Well, lets just see what an Obamanation looks like.
I don't guess that's the first time that joke's been used is it?Long time member @ Apolyton
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