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Post by christianqchung »

DonHopkins wrote: post #62
christianqchung wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After Ted Kennedy killed a woman[1], he never should've tried to run for president. And I say that as a Cape Cod native. When he finally died in 2009 he was literally replaced in the Senate by a Republican, throwing the Democrats into chaos. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident

As the bumper sticker went: "More people died at Chappaquiddick than at Three Mile Island." On the "October Surprise" topic that other posters have asked for more information about -- it's a fascinating story that ultimately leads to the Iran-Contra scandal: Here's a transcript of a 1987 broadcast by The Other American's Radio about the October Surprise: https://www.donhopkins.com/home/catalog/text/october-suprise...…

This is very informative, thank you. I've always been curious exactly what went wrong with the hostage situation, and this seems like reasonable analysis to me.

Re: Jimmy Carter has died

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Post by neilv »

Carter did many lifetimes' worth of good service to others.

With his passing now, he'll just miss one of the fundamentally opposite administrations taking control.

Re: Jimmy Carter has died

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Post by zxcvbnm69 »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #56
hylaride wrote: post #50

One could argue he set the stage for the 1980s economic boom by making short term sacrifices that cost him re-election. It was his administration that did market-oriented deregulation around airlines and trucking industries (meaning you didn't need to have a licence to ship goods across state lines and go through monopoly trucking companies to get your goods to market) as well as appointed Paul Volcker as Fed chair w…

I’m really worried that we just elected a president who clearly fixates on short term gains rather than long term planning. Biden did not mess that up, even if he is a one term president like Carter. It is nice to have adults in control, even if that is increasingly politically untenable.

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Post by briandear »

bb88 wrote: post #77
hylaride wrote: post #50

One could argue he set the stage for the 1980s economic boom by making short term sacrifices that cost him re-election. It was his administration that did market-oriented deregulation around airlines and trucking industries (meaning you didn't need to have a licence to ship goods across state lines and go through monopoly trucking companies to get your goods to market) as well as appointed Paul Volcker as Fed chair w…

And Reagan also had the Iran Contra controversy which was selling arms to Iran to fund the Contras in Nicaragua. When asked in a deposition about what he knew, Reagan famously said, "I don't remember". It may have been a legal tactic to avoid culpability, but it could also have been real and highlighted the man's cognitive decline. Or worse, his advisors knew about the cognitive decline, kept information from him, an…

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Post by gadders »

acdha wrote: post #40
gadders wrote: post #31

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What’s your reasoning there? The Soviet economy wasn’t especially dependent on the American presidency.

"In later years, however, former Soviet officials cited SDI as a factor in the eventual collapse of their country, for it showed that the Soviet Union was politically unprepared for and economically incapable of competing in a new arms race with the United States, especially one led by someone as unrelenting as Reagan."

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ronald-Reagan/Relations...

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Post by LorenDB »

kamikazeturtles wrote: post #9

Of all the presidents I've seen in my lifetime, I think President Carter might be the only one who felt genuine and didn't exhibit narcissism.

I may be speaking out of turn here as somebody born in this century, but after reading the book The Man I Knew I have held a high regard for George H. W. Bush. He, like Carter, was a great human who really cared about others.

Again, for all I know, he could have presented himself differently during his term in office, but after his term was up, his life seems genuine to me.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55648822-the-man-i-knew

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Post by messe »

briandear wrote: post #106
bb88 wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And Reagan also had the Iran Contra controversy which was selling arms to Iran to fund the Contras in Nicaragua. When asked in a deposition about what he knew, Reagan famously said, "I don't remember". It may have been a legal tactic to avoid culpability, but it could also have been real and highlighted the man's cognitive decline. Or worse, his advisors knew about the cognitive decline, kept information from him, an…

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Why is that relevant in this context?
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