A footnote that most don't know about his pettiness and how vindictive he was. He had a beef with two Georgia state senators, and when Carter got to the White House, he used the Justice Department to go after them for alleged theft. After a while, one of the senators saw a famous psychiatrist who specialized in hypnotism. The senator said the barrage of accusations even had him questioning himself. He underwent extensive sessions, and the doctor told him that he had no suppressed memories of any theft and that he had never stolen anything. Carter arranged for the trial to be held near Plains, Georgia, to get a good jury draw, and as far as I know, it was the only time in our history that a sitting President testified in a criminal trial of a third party. Despite it all and Carter's testimony, the jury was unanimous in its verdict of not guilty, and anyone who is familiar with federal juries and the stacking of charges a U.S. Attorney can employ knows how unusual this is, how poor a case it was, one that smelled to high heaven.
Thank you, I was pretty young when Carter was president, and I didn't realize what a shitbag he really was. At least nowadays, we have independent media to fill in the blanks when our gov't constantly lies and covers up malfeasance.
I think most people felt that way in 1980. In 1976, they wanted relief from Watergate and Vietnam and all the things. They voted for the Southern Baptist Sunday School teacher who was going to give Washington a clean sweep. They even gave him a filibuster- and veto-proof Senate majority: 68 seats!
And he completely squandered it. Because he was infinitely worse than even the pretty awful Jerry Ford. He nearly lost the Cold War, by which I mean, the entire world.
So 44 states voted for Reagan, including nearly all the Evangelicals who'd voted for Carter four years earlier. And then 49 states re-elected him. in 1984 Reagan was actually only 10,000 short of a 50-state sweep.
Now you tell us
I think I've been making this point for about half a century, so...
A footnote that most don't know about his pettiness and how vindictive he was. He had a beef with two Georgia state senators, and when Carter got to the White House, he used the Justice Department to go after them for alleged theft. After a while, one of the senators saw a famous psychiatrist who specialized in hypnotism. The senator said the barrage of accusations even had him questioning himself. He underwent extensive sessions, and the doctor told him that he had no suppressed memories of any theft and that he had never stolen anything. Carter arranged for the trial to be held near Plains, Georgia, to get a good jury draw, and as far as I know, it was the only time in our history that a sitting President testified in a criminal trial of a third party. Despite it all and Carter's testimony, the jury was unanimous in its verdict of not guilty, and anyone who is familiar with federal juries and the stacking of charges a U.S. Attorney can employ knows how unusual this is, how poor a case it was, one that smelled to high heaven.
Didn't know this, either. So lawfare and weaponization of gov't really isn't new...
Thank you, I was pretty young when Carter was president, and I didn't realize what a shitbag he really was. At least nowadays, we have independent media to fill in the blanks when our gov't constantly lies and covers up malfeasance.
Sadly, this article barely scratches the surface.
And I voted for Carter! Hindsight can make you feel pretty stupid.
I think most people felt that way in 1980. In 1976, they wanted relief from Watergate and Vietnam and all the things. They voted for the Southern Baptist Sunday School teacher who was going to give Washington a clean sweep. They even gave him a filibuster- and veto-proof Senate majority: 68 seats!
And he completely squandered it. Because he was infinitely worse than even the pretty awful Jerry Ford. He nearly lost the Cold War, by which I mean, the entire world.
So 44 states voted for Reagan, including nearly all the Evangelicals who'd voted for Carter four years earlier. And then 49 states re-elected him. in 1984 Reagan was actually only 10,000 short of a 50-state sweep.
So don't feel too bad. You're far from alone.