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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica?
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To: robnhood who wrote (7144)2/16/1998 8:25:00 AM
From: Zoltan!  Read Replies (2) of 20981
 
>>What about Carter, I don't recall anyone bad mouthing him, and yet I feel the American Public dislike him. No accounting for people's tastes.

Carter's problem was that he was incompetent and his policies left the U.S. economy in tatters and the country in a greatly weakened position internationally . In contrast, Clinton is corrupt but has been unable to have his policies implemented for the most part.

Jimmy has been trying to rehabilitate himself ever since, but as an incompetent he cannot do that in the policy arena ala Nixon and instead inhabits the realm of "good works".

Carter left office with the lowest public approval in U.S. history - 13%. By contrast, Nixon left office at twice that level - 26%. I guess Americans prefer the corrupt over the incompetent because the impact is greater felt.

That's fitting in a sense, since Nixon did more to elect Carter - a mediocre governor of a backwards state - than anyone else.

Also fitting is that there's a book just out detailing the U.S.'s 10 worst presidents and both Carter and Nixon make that cut. The historian notes that Carter, once elected, had no idea what he wanted to do, akin The Candidate.

Btw, interesting aside:

Carter made great PR impact at the start of his term by carrying his own valises. It has been since revealed that those bags were empty - a deception and an appropriate metaphor for the man.
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