I'll go ahead and commit heresy by saying that Carter is one of our better presidents. In the past 50 years, he and Eisenhower are the closest we've come to a non-imperial presidency. And while both made major blunders, neither significantly undermined American liberty.
But of course, Johnson did sign the voting rights act, so it's all a mixed bag.
And then you have to take in to account that the Act was redundant in the first place.
Redundant? The 1965 Voting Rights Act was flawed legislation--and certainly, the Act has only gotten worse with time--but hardly redundant.
True. Of course, he was hardly alone in that regard...
Phil,
Boy, I couldn't disagree with you more.
Do you remember the double digit inflation?
Do you remember the gas lines?
Do you remember the American embassy personnel being held hostage?
Do you remember the attempt to get the Consumer Products Safety Commission to ban firearms?
Do you remember the crime rate was higher in 1980 than at any time in the preceding or succeeding twenty seven years?
Do you remember how the military had been so short of funds it couldn't train or maintain its vehicles?
Do you remember Carter's infamous statement about not fearing communism (and denouncing those who opposed communist expansionism)?
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