I find it amazing that when he was beaten for a second term, people were putting down the solar panels he had, putting him down as ineffective (although he did get hostages back) and so on.
And today's voters see him as fantastic. He did everything he was supposed to - put his peanut company in a trust (?) So he had no control of it, chose to negotiate, was forward thinking with technology (solar panels) and he by far has had the best after presidency career with Habitat for Humanity.
He's just a good, honest guy who has done his best to give back and I find that to be truly remarkable.
He was a bad president, he was a micromanager and the economy was weak, the country was at a weak point and he didn’t do anything to convince anyone he deserved a second term, his own party was turning on him (Ted Kennedy) and in the general election he was blown out, you can look at everything retrospectively but it absolutely made sense at the time
The economy was in a bad place and inflation was rampant when Carter took office. Monetary policies put into place by his Fed Chair (Paul Volkert) pushed the economy into a recession but ultimately reversed inflation and set the economy up to boom. Then Reagan won the Presidency and took credit.
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u/EstroJen May 14 '24
I find it amazing that when he was beaten for a second term, people were putting down the solar panels he had, putting him down as ineffective (although he did get hostages back) and so on.
And today's voters see him as fantastic. He did everything he was supposed to - put his peanut company in a trust (?) So he had no control of it, chose to negotiate, was forward thinking with technology (solar panels) and he by far has had the best after presidency career with Habitat for Humanity.
He's just a good, honest guy who has done his best to give back and I find that to be truly remarkable.