Carter didn’t destroy it — Lyndon Johnson did. Carter just happened to be there when the pigeons all came home to roost.
You missed price controls and the distribution of fuel which caused the long lines and strangled the economy. Interest rates and runaway inflation were the death knell, to this day, the fed remains deathly afraid of a repeat of runaway inflation.
I thought the Carter fireside chats were a nice touch. I also liked the “hey I’m a nuclear engineer” so I know about energy and we will be out of oil by the year 2000. I was there for Carter and Johnson, Carter was the screw-up, Johnson just started a war. Kennedy just chickened out when the going got tough and left them on the beach. Democraps all ... Nixon tried to fix it, then along came Jimmuh to really screw the pooch.
Kerry played the court jester and chief liar of the Vietnam war, a part many today are auditioning for, but failing miserably at it as we knock them on their lying asses.
Carter couldn’t formulate a policy that even made sense to him before he was done. Why do you think Carter lost in a landslide? Like with Louisiana, eventually even the dumbest figure them out.
Choose leaders wisely, you may regret it in the end.