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still_one

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2. The relationship between Hillary and Carter isn't as frosty as the WP 2017 story implies, and here
Sat Dec 8, 2018, 01:23 AM
Dec 2018

is the big difference.

AFTER the primaries were over, and Hillary became the Democratic nominee, Jimmy Carter without hesitation endorsed, and voted for Hillary. He even solicited donations to her campaign after she became the nominee. Unfortunately, some so-called progressives did just the opposite, and undermined Hillary by encouraging others NOT to vote for her in the general election.

Jimmy Carter made a lot of major mistakes, even though I believe his heart was in the right direction. He deregulated the airline industry, cut off selling wheat to the Russians, and boycotted the Olympics, in which a lot of farmers, labor, and athletes were hurt by those actions, and effectively helped usher in the Reagan era.

The frosty relationship wasn't particularly between Carter and Hillary, but between Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter


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