I bet we're all waxing nostalgic over Jimmy Carter's malaise comment,

[Baitball Blogger]

after Trump's wet fart in a library mention of World War III.

amarite?

[John1956PA]

1. Another myth propogated by the media. President Carter did not say that word.

If I recall correctly from watching the speech, President Carter used an analogy likening the economy (or some other aspect of our nation) to an athlete who must begin conditioning for a sports event. Nasty GOPers floated the word "malaise" and the media ran with it.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. And they have only escalated that strategy of

Misinformation and tearing down their foes with lies and innuendo.

[keep_left]

3. Carter's "malaise" speech, in which that word was never mentioned...

...can be viewed and downloaded at the following link.

https://web.archive.org/web/20090721024329/http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/3402

Carter's national address occurred on July 15, 1979; the title was "A Crisis of Confidence". In recent years, the speech has undergone a great deal of reevaluation, and it is now seen as a prophetic warning about many of the nation's destructive tendencies and social pathologies.