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Originally Posted by guyy
Phooey.
Why do self-professed liberals defend this phony?
Nixon's price controls were not the problem. The problem was Carter's avant-la-lettre Reaganism. His message: Suffer, the market is rational. The guy was Reagan in a cardigan. Fuck him.
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I dont think I defended Carter in my post. I have never ratedl him highly as a president.
I tried to set the record straight on what I thought was rewriting history on much of the cause of the gas lines in the early-mid 70s.
If you dont think the OPEC oil embargo in 1973-74 and Nixon's price and production controls were largely responsible, what Carter policies do you blame...something more than avant-lettre Reaganism, please.
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Nevermind...I dont want to make this about Carter. Save it for a presidential history thread.