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In reply to the discussion: Who was old enough to vote for Jimmy Carter [View all]PufPuf23
(9,870 posts)Voted Carter in 76 and 80.
Register GOP to vote for Anderson in CA GOP primary to slow Nixon Reagan. Only non-Democratic vote ever made and knew would vote Democratic in actual election.
Voted Brown in 1980 primary and Carter for POTUS.
Was a Fed employee 1969 (career status 73) to 1985 with US Forest Service. After a Cal BS, Feds paid me to go to two programs that totaled 30 units of grad credit but owed the agency 6 years or had to pay back the cost. Under Reagan, the end of 6 years was quit date. The change in agency was massive and Reagan proceeded to break the USFS planning system and enrich the timber industry. A majority of USFS employees continued to whistle while they worked; many of the managers hired and educated with veteran benefits were resistant to the modernization of environmental laws and working with women and minorities. Reagan systematically deconstructed what had been birthed under Nixon and brought to maturity under POTUS Carter. What occurred became even more apparent to me over the years only to mostly disappear down the memory hole.
POTUS Carter has the best and most enduring heart of any POTUS in my dwindling life.