[God luvs America]

LOL. I was 16YO in November of ‘79. Carters incompetence is what made me into a conservative. Few were rallying around that dope in late 79

[Tell It Right]

Agreed. IMHO, Carter's "rise" in popularity was fake poll rigging engineered to create "news" of Carter's political comeback.

Almost everybody saw through the lie even though it was in the era before Algore invented the internet or Rush Limbaugh started his program. Even with no news source besides fake news people could see Carter wasn't becoming more popular.

[jmacusa]

In 1976 I was 23. I voted for Carter in ‘76.

I had a VW bus, hair down to my shoulders, tie dye shirts, smoked pot, was plainy drums in bar bands and followed the Grateful Dead all over most of the East Coast.

That was long time ago. Don't live like that anymore. Sober now, drive a compact car and drink coffee. Ah, youth fades away and gold turns to gray...

[Sam Gamgee]

Americans were smarter as a people in 79 and much much more conservative in my opinion. Now half the population is woke.

[SoCal Pubbie]

I turned 22 around that time. Nobody gave Carter a pass. This writer is nuts.

[wally_bert]

I was 8 in 1979 and thought Jimmuh was a fool.