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To: tejek who wrote (302173)	9/4/2006 9:48:44 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576163

The Dems began losing with Johnson and his civil rights initiatives (the Repugnicans adopted all the racists) and Vietnam war, then came Jimmy Carter. Nixon had left the economy in pretty sorry shape, never having paid for the Vietnam war, and Carter started trying to pay it down. The Iranians took our hostages, and Carter was helpless. Inflation ate any wage gains, and people felt their lives were hopeless, which Carter dealt with by telling us our days as top dog were over. A truly depressing President. Carter was responsible for millions of working Dems defecting to Reagan to become "Reagan Democrats".

To: tejek who wrote (302173)	9/4/2006 10:10:47 AM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1576163

"Were there a number of examples of corruption?" Yes. Abscam, for one. There were others. "Small incidents or large ones?" Compared to what we are seeing now, they were pretty small. The Republicans seem to be bound an determined to outdo the Democrats on this front. "but I wonder if the GOP takeover had as much to do with GOP spin and the trashing of the Dems as it had to do with Dem. corruption." Corruption was only part of it. The biggest factor was that people were dissatisfied and wanted a change. The Democrats were the party in power, so....