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Originally Posted by host
ngdawg....I don't "feel" that Gore is not an appropriate choice for the peace prize....I am convinced that it is an reasonable award for Gore, because of the circumstances of his nomination for the prize, and by the impressive sentiment in support of his nomination:
....and now...again....about your Carter comments....if your opinion of Carter is a feelings based conclusion....kindly say so....if not....where on earth is the support for your argument that Carter "had no business being president"? Why won't you post it? You make it impossible for me to consider the validity of your opinion....and I've attempted to lead you to what I've read that influences my opposite argument....I suspect that you haven't even clicked the links to my old posts and read the articles that document Reagan's deliberate efforts to reverse Carter's prescient and promising leadership in planning, legislating, and executing his plan for US energy independence.... it is so irritating to read post after post containing short, sweeping statements that contradict my research, and the historical record....posts brimming with a confidence that seems obnoxious and taunting, given that they are not supported....
....Did Carter assess the greatest challenges that America would face after his presidency, and design and implement a comprehensive plan to meet those challenges....or....didn't he? I have shared everything that I've dug up about Carter's vision and accomplishments, and what was later done to thwart them and to discredit him.....and you've complained that I've shared too much...and you've offered nothing in response.... I'm tired of that kind of crappy dynamic.....here.....
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You're correct, I don't click your links. For every accomplishment you dig up, it'd be extremely easy to dig up a failing. You chose to not do so, but we are aware of what the man has done, both pro and con.
As Cyn has stated, our remembrances of the Carter Administration begin and end with long lines at the gas pumps, American hostages in the Middle East, the economical disasters, including but not limited to inflation, rising interest rates on credit and falling interest rates on savings(political opinions state he almost cost us the COld War with that stuff), increasing taxes to cover Social Security funding and witnessing a UFO. It's common knowledge that he won the presidency, not on his strengths alone, but because of the disgrace of Nixon and Ford's decision to pardon him. His weaknesses, including the inability to bring home the hostages, were why he didn't get a second term.
I find it ironic, by the way, that this man who also claims and is seen to be a staunch environmentalist, started a fertilizer business back when he was also a 'peanut farmer'.