Was Jimmy Carter a great president in both domestic and foreign policy or a liberal dreamer?
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I would say so, Jimmy Carter has been called upon several time to act as minister for foreign affairs. America is lucky to have had him as a President. This guy above me is wrong again. President Ford gave Iran the Nuclear technology they have right now. Iran isn't a treat to America anyway, and nobody is listening to the warmongering Republicans on the Iran Issue anyway.
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Hard times can make a great President.  Lincoln is considered great because of what he accomplished in a very bad time.  He freed the slaves and brought the country back together.\n\nPolitics can color judgement on this too.  FDR is considered great by Democrats.  He certainly changed the way our nation operates.  And I would concede that he was a great wartime President.\n\nBut, being a conservative, I'm going to have to say that Reagan was the best.  He changed the world by bankrupting European communism.  He had some success in deregulating our country, and his economic policies never get enough credit for pulling our country out of the stagflation trap of the late 70's.
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Jimmy Carter was the worst president of the second half of the century, he nearly ruined America with an energy crisis sham, and staggflation. Not to mention his unrealistic emmision standards set back the American autimotive industry so far that it has yet to completly recover. He may have been a good man, but he was a very bad wizard.
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Jimmy Carter .\nHigh taxes , high inflation , high interest rates , Unanswered acts of terrorism against the US , Slashed military budgets and manpower , Gasoline shortage and high prices , high unemployment ,
135178
No, in fact quite the opposite. He was a classic liberal who believed very stongly in the values of honesty and integrity as the basis of government. In fact with his 14 points and the setting up of the League of Nations, he hoped to extend this to international relations, replacing the old system of balance of power and secret alliances with one that was based on open, honest relations between states.
165916
I did a report on Ulysses and he seemed to be a better general than a president. I can only assume FDR was better.
168280
From what I remember from American history, though perhaps my memory fails, he was a very expansionistic president and he would send U.S. troops to places they shouldn't really have been. Perhaps he was the first president to give the impression of the U.S. as a sort of "bully" in this aspect, and even to day the U.S. has problems sending their troops where they don't belong. Overall though, he was one of America's finest presidents I beleive. Hey, nobody's perfect.\n\nYes, I did a quick check and that's right. He called it "New Imperialism."
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Reagan. He gave America back it's pride. Had another weak president followed Carter, Ford, and Nixon this country would be much less than it is.
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I do. I voted for him in my Haynesfield Elementary (Bristol, Tennessee)  6th grade election. As I recall everyone else had Jimmy Carter fever and the entire class voted for him. I suppose I was already a Liberal at age 12. \n\nGood habits start early!!
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Lincoln is a good answer as he guided this country through the darkest period that being the Civil War. However I would like to submit for you consideration John F Kennedy. He - almost single handedly - averted world war three and a nuclear holocaust. It was during the Cuban missile crises of 1962. The military leaders were chomping at the bit to invade Cuba and bomb the missiles. Kennedy had the foresite to see that such an action would prompt Russia to invade Berlin as a retaliation. That would invoke the NATO defense agreement and we would have been at war with Russia. Consequently we would not be having this dialog. Kennedy used a level head, tact, and guts to stare not only Russia, but his war happy generals in the eye and not flinch. A deal was struck with Russia in that we removed our - obsolete - missiles from Turkey and they would remove their - up to date - missiles from Cuba. Thus we are alive and well. That to me puts John Fitzgerald Kennedy over the top. World disaster averted through strong leadership and cool calculating under pressure. The missiles in Turkey were scheduled to be removed anyway.
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Jimmy Carter. Reagan took office in '81.
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President Carter was a good man, bad president.  He should have taken out the Iranian government and any US loss of civilian life would have been simply collateral damage.  I would have died for that cause rather than let it fester like it did.  Carter also had high unemployment rates, a stagnant economy and double digit inflation.
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Jimmy Carter, who defeated Ford in the 1976 Presidential election.
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It's not fair to judge a President until his term is over.\n\nCarter is generally recognized as the reason there's a radical Islamic movement in the world today.  He badly mishandled Iran back in the 1970s.  He was an inept fool, and widely considered to be the most unqualified President in the nation's history.  I guess no one remembers DOUBLE DIGIT INFLATION.\n\nNow he plays footsie with brutal anti-American dictators.  Carter hates the U.S., and he shows it every time he opens his mouth.
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1. Abraham Lincoln--kept the nation together in its most difficult time and was comitted to stopping the spread of slavery.\n\n2. George Washington--gave the country a chance to grow and set many precedents for the future of the country.\n\n3. Franklin Roosevelt--Saw the country through the Great Depression and World War II, promoted essential anti-poverty measures.\n\n4. Harry Truman--Established the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan (both would prove critical in ending the Cold War), integrated the Army and put the Civil Rights movement on the national stage.\n\n5. Thomas Jefferson--Doubled the size of the country with the Louisiana Purchase and ensured that the government stayed in the hands of the people.
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He was very likeable as a president (sometimes too likeable!)   He did a great job with our economy, he talked a lot to the American people, he liked his job, was good at his job, and was very smart.  He married a brilliant woman, who, through all of his mistakes, looks as if he truly loves her, and she truly loves him.  He was the first president to give an office to the first lady in the West Wing.  He really had set us up for a future, going into this millenium.  And then, disaster struck...
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He is a loud mouth commentator that will say anything to anyone just to be heard.  In my grandmothers words, "man speak with forked tongue."  He was Jimmy Carters guy!  It makes me laugh when I remember that...Jimmy Carter lol