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KT2000

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18. Absolutely

Reply to agincourt (Reply #16)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 09:40 PM

Aug 2018

At the time Carter was being criticized for jogging in the hot weather, saying he had lusted in heart when he saw beautiful women, wore a sweater for a fireside chat, beat back a rabbit that was attacking the row boat he was in etc. Fallows, the insider wrote his piece at a time when it was used against Carter mercilessly.
My own Democratic congressman said Carter did not have much support from the Democrats because he considered himself an outsider.
Just think where we would be if Carter had support in making the US energy independent.

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