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There was definitely a perception at the time that Carter wasn’t doing enough, but we can ask ourselves whether that perception was justified.
by metabagel 2y ago
There was definitely a perception at the time that Carter wasn’t doing enough, but we can ask ourselves whether that perception was justified.
- macrocosmos 2y agoCreating that perception is part of the president’s job though. One of the president’s roles is as a figurehead and they set the tone for the country. Setting an overwhelmingly bad tone across an entire nation that was so bad I even know about despite being born after the man even was president is awful. So yes I’d say depressing and embarrassing hundreds of millions of people probably had a negative effect on the nation. I can see it on the older generation’s faces when they talk about Carter. It’s a sad face on otherwise cheerful people. I’m not going to gaslight them into believing he was actually great and they just didn’t know it.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoYes. And Carter was an honest president. Which ended in his downfall. He was a bad president in the sense that he couldn't do proper PR with smokes and mirrors like every president afterwards.