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June 1, 2008 by cushJimmy Carter redux
May 26, 2008 by cushJames Earl Carter was elected on a wave of rejection of the Republicans back in 1976. I remember quite well the daily harangue of the Republicans, a harangue which is all too familiar in today’s media. Jimmy was going to bring “change” to Washington and America, along with “hope” for America and the world.
Jimmy was going to clean-up Washington, and set our foreign policy right. No more tough talk from conservative warmongers who were seeking confrontation with the all too real Soviet Union with its own ideas of expanding its dictatorial reach in Africa, the Middle East, Central and South America. Jimmy was going to bring rational discussion to the table, and bring peace to the world through “soft diplomacy.”
Well, at the end of his four years, Americans were in a malaise, which Jimmy blamed on…Americans! His foreign policy blunders ( in some circles these would be called cluster f—-) led to the takeover of Iran by radical Muslims, one of whom was our “friend ” Ahmadinajad; the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; the attempted takeover of Nicaragua by Daniel Ortega and his communist thugs and the near takeover of a tiny island, Grenada, by Maurice Bishop, another communist. I have personal experience with the Grenadian debacle, as I was there prior to the “intervention” by Ronald Reagan.
Jimmy set America up with his grand mishandling of the Iranian takeover, allowing American diplomats to be held prisoner by the radical Muslims for over 300 days. Not until a President with backbone came along were there any hints these hostages would be released. We are still paying for Jimmy’s mis-management, with Iran thumbing its nose at the West, building its nuclear weapons (that they’re not really building).
Jimmy then set out to really show the Soviets who was tough; he pulled American athletes out of the Olympics. The Soviets responded by winning more gold medals then everyone, and continued to laugh at this president to his face. They also continued with their attempts to communize the free world and supported the Iranian mullahs as they spit in our face.
James Earl Carter’s greatest “achievement” was his trashing of the US economy. By the time he left office, interest rates were as high as 22%. We were experiencing “stagflation”, a period of inflation with no growth in the economy. And, much like Barack Hussein Obama, he told Americans we needed to learn to do with less, that we Americans were spoiled and too affluent. Just what Americans wanted to hear.
Which brings me to the point of this entry….but I’ll have to continue later…
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