If Obama gets elected and you live in a major city with ports and significant commerce, make sure your will is updated.

Carter is an anti-semite and would have sold Israel down the river if he had a second term.

Carter was a micro-manager and had trouble taking advice. He made a recession much worse with his policies. I remember getting 18.5% on a CD.

Jobs were non-existent. My Dad stayed employed but I remember living on eggs and peanut butter during certain stretches.

I made extra money selling coffee and doughnuts to drivers in the gas lines. I had a big igloo dispenser of coffee with doughnuts on my wagon. I walked up and down all the lines in town.

It wasn’t a good time in America. People didn’t feel proud of their country, and Carter’s depressing speeches didn’t help.

I thank God for the US Olympic hockey team in 1980. That was the beginning of the turnaround. Then Reagan came along and made us proud to be Americans again. He was the best President in my lifetime.

Sadly the young people today do not study or understand history. Plus they are brainwashed with Liberal pablum from our media, colleges and Hollywood. They have no idea how dangerous their support of Obama is.

I have no desire to have a virtual political intern as the next President of the US. The consequences could be dire. You want another WTC type of attack, then vote for Obama.

On May 20th, 2008 at 7:45 pm, nyk said:

Far better than President Barak H. Obama ie, Jimmy Carter II

Truth be told, I wasn’t around for Jimmy Carter’s presidency but I honestly — all kidding aside — cannot imagine it, or a second version of it, could be worse than what we have now.

Oh my. That’s what happens when the media rewrites history for you.

Yes, everything the preceding writers wrote and more.

He sold out the Shah of Iran, our best and most valuable ally in the middle east, and let Ayatollah Khomeini take over and establish an Islamofascist state. That worked out well, didn’t it? I know Iranians that fled Iran during the “revolution” and there is no way that country has improved in any way since.

Here is the Carter “malaise” speech, which should be instructive:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/filmmore/ps_crisis.html

The only good thing about the Carter years are that they led directly to the Reagan years. Period.

You are paying high prices for fuel, sure. Even when adjusted for inflation, but when you consider that you can still buy all you want, that should be indicative of the true, fabricated (by speculators) nature of this “crisis.” In the Carter years, you literally could not buy more than a certain amount, and then, only if you had less than half a tank of fuel (they would poke their heads in and look). I remember spending my whole lunch hour waiting to pick up a few gallons of regular.

Here is the Misery Index by president:

http://www.miseryindex.us/indexbypresident.asp

A truly accurate index would be to measure this by control of Congress, which would show the true effects of liberalism, but, of course, they don’t do that.

It’s true, there were gas shortages, and we were fortunate that we had an old gas tank and pump on our property, which my Dad kept full and never used unless it was absolutely necessary, like when the gas stations closed down for lack of anything to sell. His foresight paid off, as we always were able to have gas when we needed it.

My mom used to be a stay at home mom, but inflation sent her to work as soon as we were all in school. We grew vegetables and fruit during the summer, and we canned in the fall for winter, and we never knew hunger.

It seems so far away now, as we have had a great deal of comfort and a robust economy for so long – nothing in the past 35 years compared to those belt tightening times. But our parents were from tougher times, so they knew how to deal with it.

I doubt if my generation has half the self-reliance, industry, and sacrifice that our parents had.

Double digit inflation and having to compete for “Mc Jobs”.

A working student, I vividly remember “walking” to my “job” as a gas station attendant in Southern CT at 5:45AM and having to do a “wake up knock” on the windows of the folks who had parked overnight at the pumps so as to be the first to buy their $5.00 worth of gas that likely wouldn’t take them to NYC and back for two days.

Folks were exchanging plates on their cars, odd and even so that at least one of their cars would have enough gas to go to work.

“America Held Hostage, Day XXX” opened Nightline each evening, as adherents of the “religion of peace” held our diplomats (non-combatants) hostage for what seemed an embarrasing eternity which ended as soon as Reagan was inagurated.

Sadly, the some of young set recognizes only the last 8 yrs. as a frame of reference.

I earned $2.35/hr. and was grateful to have any job.

Yeah, it was much better back then. Things could not possibly be worse than they are now.

Probably will hold my nose and vote for him in the fall, but I didn’t have to today…

The bigger news, however, was on the Republican side. McCain only got 72% of the Republican vote – running unopposed. Despite McCain being the nominee and despite having no opposition, 28% of Kentucky Republicans still voted for another candidate.

As I recall, over 20% of the vote in NC and WV went to candidates other than McCain.

Call it what you want. But I’d call this a problem for McCain. It is a pretty clear indication that a lot of Republicans out there ain’t buying what he’s selling. At this point, it would be dangerous for McCain to assume that those voters will “come around” in November. This is McCain’s last shot at the brass ring.

Maybe he can ask Mark McKinnon – oops. Forgot. McKinnon made good on his promise to leave to avoid “hurting” Obama. I’ve seen some boneheaded moves in my time, but to have a guy like McKinnon in the middle of your campaign knowing he supports the other guy was a total lack of judgment. The Obama camp will certainly make some hay out of that gaffe.

Do not even get me started on his economic policy or trade policy and/or his energy policy. OMG..

Truth be told, I wasn’t around for Jimmy Carter’s presidency but I honestly — all kidding aside — cannot imagine it, or a second version of it, could be worse than what we have now.

nyk,

Let me help you imagine, and I will leave ideology out of it. I’m sure you’ve seen Help Wanted signs the past few years. In fact, you are so used to seeing them it doesn’t even create an impression and you don’t notice them. Now imagine never seeing them. Ever, even in fast food joints since in the rare cases one was put up it never stayed there more than 20 minutes. I was only a teeneger but I remember this aspect quite well as it was extremely difficult to find ANY kind of work. Does that sound better or worse than what we have now?

Truth be told, I wasn’t around for Jimmy Carter’s presidency but I honestly — all kidding aside — cannot imagine it, or a second version of it, could be worse than what we have now.

nyk, it was grim. Worst recession since the great depression if I remember correctly. Short term interest rates went over 20% – imagine buying a car or house at mafia rates – gas prices jumped and supplies were short. You were only allowed to purchase gasoline on “odd” or “even” days depending on your license plate, and you waited in long lines that stretched down the street.
Heating oil prices jumped and Carter’s answer was to put on a sweater while wearing a goofy grin. He seemed weak so Iran grabbed our diplomats and held them for over a year. Carter finally launched a botched raid trying to rescue them and it only symbolized his inept administration. The last year of his administration this country’s morale was in the toilet. Bush won’t go down as a wonderful President either, but I can assure you Carter II would depress you no end.
Obama’s gaffes are no laughing matter to me, because it reminds me of what “inept” in the White House looks like.
Seriously, all kidding aside.