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Originally Posted by Burke Salad
Didnt Carter have a famous speech warning Americans about there over spending and gluttonous apetite for products and lifestyles that could never be achieved? It was way ahead of it's time and made a ton of sense. History should be kinder to Carter if you ask me.
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As a president Carter was a disaster, he was far too trusting of a person.
He flubbed the Iranian Crisis.
He trusted Brezhnev on arms control and Brezhnev not only didn't abide by it, but once he had the measure of the American President he invaded Afghanistan.
The Nato leaders had little respect for Carter. I think that the French President had a very dim view of Carter and said it publically.
The American economy plummeted under Carter with Inflation going through the roof as well as unemployment.
He was really not suited to be the president.