I was medically discharged from USN in '78 and went to work for a "black ops" contractor at NRL in DC. Jimmy was the reason I left govt service. First off, he limited contractor pay raises to those of the govt/military. I had an outstanding eval in 1979 and received a 4/10 of 1% pay raise. It was a damned insult. Then, he decided that all contractors had to pay for parking on govt. facilities. That was another $68 out of my pocket. I couldn't deal with it anymore. Told my boss at TRW that I was out of there. The attrition rate was staggering during the late '70's.
Plus, I'm living in Northern Virginia trying to buy a house and the interest rate is 21%. Good Effing Luck!!!
As a combat vet, I was totally embarrassed by what that idiot did wrt to a hostage rescue. I was more embarrassed that he let it happen to begin with, and didn't respond with immediate, crushing force (sorta like dubya did).
A friend of mine from "WACA" (White House Communications Agency), who did presidential duty, told me that Rosalyn was an absolute harridan and that Jimmy would sit in his study after hours and knock back Jack Daniels like they were going to quit brewing the stuff.
Maybe the 61% vote is from people who think he does such a great job building free houses for poor people. I wouldn't give him 11%. And I'm one who lived through his BS...
So he did have one redeeming quality.