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That’s an impressively reductive way to describe the 1979 oil crisis.

• WalterBright 3y ago
  Want proof? The very first act Reagan did in office was to sign an Executive Order that repealed all the oil and gas price controls. The gas lines disappeared literally overnight! And I mean literally in the literal sense of the word. It was amazing. Poof! I remember the next day well. I pulled into a gas station right up to a pump, filled up, and drove home. Aaaahhh! Gas lines never returned. Reductive, true. Accurate, absolutely. Carter just didn't have a clue.
  • selectodude 3y ago
    Carter was running against traitorous Americans. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/politics/jimmy-carter-october-surprise-iran-hostages.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/politics/jimmy-carter-...
    • WalterBright 3y ago
      I let my subscription to the NYT lapse because of their unrelenting propaganda. In any case, Carter's ineptness at foreign policy left an opening for his opponents. Not that that justifies his opponents, but it's still ineptness. P.S. Carter is a nice guy and well-meaning, and I like him a lot. I'm glad he's been given a long life. He was just not a good President.
    • pstuart 3y ago
      This is not news, and certainly is in character with that administrations. The failure of your dialog here is further evidence that partisanship does not serve us well.