"The liberals in your family may say that now, but I'll bet my bottom dollar they didn't then"
I misread your previous post - I'm sure you are right that they supported Carter at the time.
The almost universal response I hear from lefties today is: "I voted for him because I thought he was a good man but he may have been too good a man for that job."
Uh huh. He's all love and sunshine. Makes you wonder what their excuses will be in 30 years for all the RATs they've voted for since.
Krinton: 'Well, I just thought he was a real friendly man who maybe stretched the truth once in a while in the service to good goals.'
Algore: 'Well, I voted for him because he really cared about the whole world. In retrospect, I suppose he was just too smart for the job.'
JF'ingK: 'Well, I voted for him because I trusted him as a real war hero and we need that kind of man during a time of war. All of the military is so corrupt and he is so smart and nuanced, no wonder they all hated him.'