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Related: About this forumHe Saw It Coming. Why Didn't We?
Watch President Carter explain the current mess we now live in.
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He Saw It Coming. Why Didn't We? (Original Post)
liberalnarb
Sep 2017
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Reagan was the personification of what Carter was warning about in this speech.
liberalnarb
Sep 2017
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democratisphere
(17,235 posts)1. Extreme redumbliCON corruption, malfeasance and propoganda
have no limits or boundaries. Who knew it would ever get this bad.
elleng
(130,865 posts)2. $$$
Warpy
(111,252 posts)3. What he didn't see was that inflation was increasing thanks to OPEC
and wages were falling far behind, thanks to a corrupt media that allowed politicians to blame American workers for causing it.
That's what he didn't say.
Skittles
(153,150 posts)4. what happened? Reagan happened
liberalnarb
(4,532 posts)5. Reagan was the personification of what Carter was warning about in this speech.
Skittles
(153,150 posts)6. it sickened me how many Americans fell for his schtick
I was pretty young and I remember that being the first time I realized how easily people could be fooled
liberalnarb
(4,532 posts)7. From first glance he came across to me as a slimy creep.
I don't understand the infatuation people had... I REALLY don't understand the infatuation some people still have.
Skittles
(153,150 posts)10. I easily saw throught him and his snobby wife
ugh
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)8. With the economy going into the 1980 election, Reagan, or any other GOPer, was a sure thing.
Not saying better.
barbtries
(28,788 posts)9. the answer is republicans.
i've always believed that Jimmy Carter is the most underrated president of my lifetime. Life would be very different if he had been listened to and respected as he should have been. jmo