i don't believe that mikesez is even old enough to even LIVED under Carter...... Carter was a weak President right out of the gate....... Resulting in HIGH unemployment (I know, I couldn't find a decent job anywhere in my area and I worked construction at the time), Double digit inflation and the misery index that Carter kept refering too in all his speeches.......1976 to 1980 was a tough period for the US. The Vietnam war had really just ended the year before, the cold war was in full swing, and the USSR was flexing it's military might all over the place...Carter was weak to begin with, all these factors made him look even weaker in the eyes of the world.... It was a period that required a strong leader... Carter wasn't it.

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