Republican Admits to Sabotaging Jimmy Carter's Election

[Lakhota]

Reagan was an evil man!

 

[Rigby5]

Yes, this is huge!

This is ancient.
Oliver North admitted this 40 years ago.

 

[Rigby5]

Actually what Trump did was greed. He wrote off a bribe as a legal expanse to save on his taxes, and subsequently had to falsify his business records to substantiate the fraud.

He got caught. This is crime and punishment.

But perfectly legal.

 

[Soupnazi630]

This is ancient.
Oliver North admitted this 40 years ago.

no he did not

 

[Soupnazi630]

Reagan was an evil man!

Only to brainwashed morons.

to intelligent oeople he was the last good president

 

[Rogue AI]

He didnt realize it until later? The fuck? This is your proof? Some dude had a feeling about something...later? He never actually saw this meeting? He never heard anyone say it? Ok bro, whatever you say.

Feelings are evidence for liberals.

 

[Rogue AI]

A. Paying off hostage takers is a no no. Trading arms for them is worse

B. Not for cynical Republicans

But sending the same Iranians pallets of cash is just fine if it closes a deal to speed up nuclear proliferation. You're a hoot!

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

This is ancient.
Oliver North admitted this 40 years ago.

Link?

 

[basquebromance]

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Who is the little whiney bitch?

 

[BlindBoo]

while the hostages were certainly an issue Jimmy carter and the dems has wreaked the economy as well…he was joey xiden before joey was joey xiden

Much of what you've heard about Carter and Reagan is wrong​

Debunking our narratives of the late 70s and early 80s​

In the 70s, Carter’s liberal big-government policies resulted in runaway inflation. Reagan came in and defeated inflation, and produced an economic boom with deregulation and tax cuts. Reagan also embarked on a massive defense spending binge which, although it increased the deficit a lot, forced the USSR to bankrupt itself trying to keep up, and thus won the Cold War.”

That might sound like a straw man, but the narratives we tell each other about the past often consist of exactly such straw men. And debunking those narratives might feel like shooting at easy targets, but it’s helpful for taking a closer look at history.

Much of what you've heard about Carter and Reagan is wrong

Debunking our narratives of the late 70s and early 80s

noahpinion.substack.com

 

[struth]

Much of what you've heard about Carter and Reagan is wrong​

Debunking our narratives of the late 70s and early 80s​

In the 70s, Carter’s liberal big-government policies resulted in runaway inflation. Reagan came in and defeated inflation, and produced an economic boom with deregulation and tax cuts. Reagan also embarked on a massive defense spending binge which, although it increased the deficit a lot, forced the USSR to bankrupt itself trying to keep up, and thus won the Cold War.”

That might sound like a straw man, but the narratives we tell each other about the past often consist of exactly such straw men. And debunking those narratives might feel like shooting at easy targets, but it’s helpful for taking a closer look at history.

Much of what you've heard about Carter and Reagan is wrong

Debunking our narratives of the late 70s and early 80s

noahpinion.substack.com

Dembots love to rewrite history. hahha ya'll been doing it since you lost your war to keep your slaves

 

[bripat9643]

Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, who heard President Trump's July phone call with Ukraine's president and was alarmed, testified that he tried ...

An example of being in the room as a witness, not a participant.

You mean as a liar.

 

[BlindBoo]

Dembots love to rewrite history. hahha ya'll been doing it since you lost your war to keep your slaves

Despite his fiery rhetoric, Reagan during his two terms in office managed to pass only two pieces of legislation that make it onto Wikipedia’s list of significant deregulations — deregulating buses and savings & loans (oops). Carter, during his one term in office, passed seven major pieces of deregulatory legislation. Here’s Wikipedia’s list:

• 1977 – Emergency Natural Gas Act
• 1978 – Airline Deregulation Act
• 1978 – National Gas Policy Act
• 1980 – Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act
• 1980 – Motor Carrier Act
• 1980 – Regulatory Flexibility Act
• 1980 – Staggers Rail Act
• 1982 – Garn–St. Germain Depository Institutions Act
• 1982 – Bus Regulatory Reform Act

Much of Carter’s deregulation came toward the very end of his presidency, so Americans didn’t really feel the effects til Reagan was in office. This, in addition to campaign rhetoric and partisan stereotypes, might be why Reagan is generally remembered as the Great Deregulator. Really, it was Carter.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Much of what you've heard about Carter and Reagan is wrong​

Debunking our narratives of the late 70s and early 80s​

In the 70s, Carter’s liberal big-government policies resulted in runaway inflation. Reagan came in and defeated inflation, and produced an economic boom with deregulation and tax cuts. Reagan also embarked on a massive defense spending binge which, although it increased the deficit a lot, forced the USSR to bankrupt itself trying to keep up, and thus won the Cold War.”

That might sound like a straw man, but the narratives we tell each other about the past often consist of exactly such straw men. And debunking those narratives might feel like shooting at easy targets, but it’s helpful for taking a closer look at history.

Much of what you've heard about Carter and Reagan is wrong

Debunking our narratives of the late 70s and early 80s

noahpinion.substack.com

Carter didn't suck, he was awesome! Ask anybody. DURR.

 

[BlindBoo]

Carter didn't suck, he was awesome! Ask anybody. DURR.

One lesson, obviously, is that the narratives we tell about history are largely constructed after the fact, by actors who have a stake in painting a certain picture of the recent past. But another is that successful policy takes a long time to work. Carter deregulated, appointed a tough inflation-fighter to the Fed, and funded the USSR’s military opponents. But it wasn’t until the 80s that the economy boomed, inflation came down, and the USSR weakened and fell. In 1980, when Reagan beat Carter for the presidency, it still looked as if nothing was working and everything was still going wrong — even though the crucial policy steps that would turn things around had already been largely taken.

Another lesson, I think, is that American policy is driven less by ideology and presidential personality than we think. There was far more continuity than rupture between Carter and Reagan. (And we’re re-learning this lesson now, watching Biden continue Trump’s trade war, his hawkish approach to China, and even some of his restrictive immigration policies, while leaving much of his tax reform untouched.) We Americans tend to act as if every presidential election is a cataclysm that will determine the fate of the nation, and occasionally this is true — but usually, there’s probably less at stake than we think.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

One lesson, obviously, is that the narratives we tell about history are largely constructed after the fact, by actors who have a stake in painting a certain picture of the recent past. But another is that successful policy takes a long time to work. Carter deregulated, appointed a tough inflation-fighter to the Fed, and funded the USSR’s military opponents. But it wasn’t until the 80s that the economy boomed, inflation came down, and the USSR weakened and fell. In 1980, when Reagan beat Carter for the presidency, it still looked as if nothing was working and everything was still going wrong — even though the crucial policy steps that would turn things around had already been largely taken.

Another lesson, I think, is that American policy is driven less by ideology and presidential personality than we think. There was far more continuity than rupture between Carter and Reagan. (And we’re re-learning this lesson now, watching Biden continue Trump’s trade war, his hawkish approach to China, and even some of his restrictive immigration policies, while leaving much of his tax reform untouched.) We Americans tend to act as if every presidential election is a cataclysm that will determine the fate of the nation, and occasionally this is true — but usually, there’s probably less at stake than we think.

But another is that successful policy takes a long time to work. Carter deregulated, appointed a tough inflation-fighter to the Fed, and funded the USSR’s military opponents.

So, if he hadn't sucked so badly in every other way, he could have stayed in office long enough for people to see he did a few good things? Ok.

 

[gipper]

One lesson, obviously, is that the narratives we tell about history are largely constructed after the fact, by actors who have a stake in painting a certain picture of the recent past. But another is that successful policy takes a long time to work. Carter deregulated, appointed a tough inflation-fighter to the Fed, and funded the USSR’s military opponents. But it wasn’t until the 80s that the economy boomed, inflation came down, and the USSR weakened and fell. In 1980, when Reagan beat Carter for the presidency, it still looked as if nothing was working and everything was still going wrong — even though the crucial policy steps that would turn things around had already been largely taken.

Another lesson, I think, is that American policy is driven less by ideology and presidential personality than we think. There was far more continuity than rupture between Carter and Reagan. (And we’re re-learning this lesson now, watching Biden continue Trump’s trade war, his hawkish approach to China, and even some of his restrictive immigration policies, while leaving much of his tax reform untouched.) We Americans tend to act as if every presidential election is a cataclysm that will determine the fate of the nation, and occasionally this is true — but usually, there’s probably less at stake than we think.

There is always continuity between presidents, because they all serve the same masters.

Look at W and O. Blood brothers from different mothers...but you don’t know this.

 

[BlindBoo]

But another is that successful policy takes a long time to work. Carter deregulated, appointed a tough inflation-fighter to the Fed, and funded the USSR’s military opponents.

So, if he hadn't sucked so badly in every other way, he could have stayed in office long enough for people to see he did a few good things? Ok.

Bad policy also take time to fuck shit up. Nixon/Ford economic policy, Vietnam ending and Watergate set the stage for his first two years.

Had the hostages been released before the election he would have beaten Raygun.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Bad policy also take time to fuck shit up. Nixon/Ford economic policy, Vietnam ending and Watergate set the stage for his first two years.

Had the hostages been released before the election he would have beaten Raygun.

What weak ass thing was he going to pull off to get the hostages released?