re: Y'all remember when Jimmy Carter went into Hospice care?

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Gerald Ford

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The economy was suffering from inflation under Ford (his campaign slogan was W.I.N., Whip Inflation Now), it's easier to beat an incumbent when the economy is down. But people forget that because it doesn't fit the narrative of Carter being the worst president.

Everyone ITT are selling G.W. Bush short. His failures are epic. If Carter didn't respond to the Iranian terrorists well, how did Bush respond to the Saudi terrorists? The economic collapse in late 2008 dwarfs Carter's economic problems. Carter shut down the government over the Democratic House wanting deficit spending. Carter eventually gave in, but Bush ran up trillions of after being handed a balanced budget by the previous administration. And no one ever gives credit to Carter for appointing Paul Volcker who single-handedly beat inflation by raising Fed rates in spite of Reagan crying for him not to because it would lead to a recession - which it did.

It's like the nation is subconsciously trying to forget Bush was ever president.