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In reply to the discussion: Wasn't Jimmy Carter hated by the left at one point too? [View all]dennis4868
(9,774 posts)30. Every single Dem President
has been hated by the left because they don't produce change in 10 minutes after taking the oath.
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I don't think it's a conspiracy, I think it's overt at this point... Obama bailed out the banks is a
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#11
Obama *didn't* bail out the banks... And isn't continuing to bail them out today
MannyGoldstein
Jul 2013
#85
RayGun Democrats? Even if they weren't far left they were center and dems had an ear
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#17
also, my point is I don't think the vast amount of these people are REALLY from the left...they are
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#24
My first thought as well. I'm willing to wager .01% of the left voted for reagan. nt
adirondacker
Jul 2013
#63
It just sounds too...orchestrated...I mean, Clinton?! Gore ran from Clinton?! Even teh GOP likes
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#8
...but to denegrate him to the point of electing raygun?! I mean, by NOW we have to figure out
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#14
They don't have 30 they have 24. It's roughly half. And I question the use of the word 'already'
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#88
Thanks for the correction. I wish I had the optimism that you have, though. I don't have
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2013
#96
There's a small segment of the population that's never happy about anything...
Scurrilous
Jul 2013
#12
...unnnn, we're all malcontents to some degree. This is Carter, Clinton and no Obama focused ...
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#15
I prolly should change the OP title, my point being is I don't think the vast amount of them were...
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#26
Back when he was "born again" and attracted Michele Bachmann to work on his campaign...
cascadiance
Jul 2013
#32
I know he's always been a good Christian. Hard to say though about other "born agains"...
cascadiance
Jul 2013
#37
Yep. That's right. It's easy to sit on the sideline and express disappointment on a message forum...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2013
#97
I imagine that's an eye-opening experience (working inside the beltway w/ politicians). n/t
X_Digger
Jul 2013
#99
Raygun = so what? I don't think so, tearing down the president and criticizing is 2 different things
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#64
Bullshit. The far Left split and weakened the party. Sometimes is is better to work
bluestate10
Jul 2013
#94
I have always been part of the "left" and there has never been a moment when I hated him.
1-Old-Man
Jul 2013
#50
Carter was despised by Tip O'Neill and Ted Kennedy - liberal heroes...
Drunken Irishman
Jul 2013
#51
Yep, if we could just get rid of the left this country would be a paradise n/t
Fumesucker
Jul 2013
#95
The left went for Ted Kennedy in 1980 and the party never united before the election.
Zen Democrat
Jul 2013
#60
Thanks for the informative post. I hadn't realized the friction between Carter and old guard. nt
adirondacker
Jul 2013
#65
The official Democratic Party is simply so far removed from a major portion of the rank and file.
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2013
#69
Sounds good to me, Gore running away from Clinton seems like he listened to the detractors
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#75
No, he listened to the Turd Way. Come on now, this was just a little while back.
TheKentuckian
Jul 2013
#92
What I remember..Mr.Carter was considered by nearly all as a Moral Man, but that isn't what...
Tikki
Jul 2013
#80
Yeah, remember when Democrats were so Democratic that Carter seemed like a rightist?
MannyGoldstein
Jul 2013
#86
The Democratic Party Beltway brats hated Carter primaried him and when he won they all
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#90
The Carter era, as I recall it, was marked by enormous political apathy
struggle4progress
Jul 2013
#93