Worst president since Carter

bedspirit

bedspirit

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Canna Sylvan said:
Intelligent? That has to be the funniest thing I've ever heard. Carter was a crazy son of a bitch. He thought alien killer bunnies were out to assassinate him. :dunce: He really fucked us by banning breeder reactors because they're too dangerous of a potential WMD, double :dunce: :dunce: So if you believe in global warming, he caused it! It's his fault we're so reliant on fossil fuel still. You have two choices, he was either an idiot or a total asshole who was paid off by Big Oil for his own greedy self. You pick.

http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/light-not-heat/2009/11/24/blame-jimmy-carter-for-global-warming/
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I was looking for a burden that Carter left us with. Something that would justify calling him worse than Reagan, the Bushes and Clinton. Because in my estimation, each guy left us shit that we are still dealing with making the impact of their presidencies longer than just the 8 years they served. I should probably exclude Bush Sr. because I'm not sure he left much behind either.

This breeder thing is relevant, but I don't know if stacks up to what the other guys did. It's also a complicated issue that not everyone would agree with you on. The three mile island accident probably hurt the nuclear power industry more than Carter's ban on breeder reactors.

I notice that the article you linked to was written before Fukushima. The public gets freaked out by nuclear accidents and I suspect an article like that would not go over as well if it were published today.
 
Mr Neutron

Mr Neutron

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bedspirit said:
Somewhere on here a dude posted that Obama was the worst president since Carter. Anyone else find that statement to be ridiculous? Maybe I need to brush up on my Carter history, but I don't think he left much of a footprint on the country. He deregulated beer so that we could all brew our own, but other than that, are we still paying for the fuck up that Carter left us?

Now, I'm not arguing the guy was great. His presidency was plaqued with a crap economy, of course it was shitty when he got in there, and then shitty things happen while he was there, and I'm not sure his policies helped much. The comparison to Obama is not what I object to, the qualifier "worst". The implication being that the presidents who followed were better than Carter.

The guys who followed left us problems we still have today.

Reagan had a huge impact, the worst of which, at least to me, is cutting the fuck out of taxes and increasing spending. That deficit is still with us today.

Bush Sr...I don't know, having kids, I guess.

Clinton passed NAFTA and repealed Glass Steagall.

Bush ushered in a new era of authoritarianism.

Those things are still with us today and probably aren't going away. Given their impact, I'd much prefer Carter. The economy turned around shortly after he left office and we're not dealing with any horseshit he left behind.
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I'd say BO is the worst president since the last one and they have all been bad for the past century, at least.
 
Harrekin

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ink the world said:
While your graph really should end the argument it won't. Fact, logic and reason have no meaning to the far right.

It won't be long until Clayton Bigsby or one of his like will be here screaming about birth certificates, socialism, Kenya or some other nonsense.
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Slowest Federal Spending INCREASE.

Not lowest spending or reduced spending, just slower spending.

Stick a band-aid on the bullet wound...good work Doc!

Obvious misrepresentation of statistical data is obvious.
 
Mr Neutron

Mr Neutron

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rollitup said:
The gas lines happened when Nixon and Ford were in office, not Carter.
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Not true.

rollitup said:
The Republicans are the cause of our problems, and if you don't see that, you are not paying attention.
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Yup and marijuana has no medicinal value, fiat money is a good idea, you CAN spend your way out of debt, stealing is OK when it's our overlords doing it for your own good and the number one myth... Democrats are different from Republicans.
 
Harrekin

Harrekin

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ChesusRice said:
Stemming the flow of blood is the first thing you learn in first aid

The Republicans want to shoot the patient in the head then rifle thru his wallet and declare success
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To stem the flow of blood from a wound you use surgical gauze and dressings (ie effective policy).

Barry has offered a band-aid (ineffectual policy with nominal positive effects).

Stop trying to defend his bad policy or are you that obsessed with personality politics? You Vladamir Putin or something?
 
Mr Neutron

Mr Neutron

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Harrekin said:
To stem the flow of blood from a wound you use surgical gauze and dressings (ie effective policy).

Barry has offered a band-aid (ineffectual policy with nominal positive effects).

Stop trying to defend his bad policy or are you that obsessed with personality politics? You Vladamir Putin or something?
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No, he's just another Democrats are the light of the world and Republicans are all of Satan.
 
Canna Sylvan

Canna Sylvan

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The recession is over? Someone needs to tell the employers, banks, stores and my wallet. All of them are under the impression we're experiencing stagflation.
 
canndo

canndo

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Harrekin said:
To stem the flow of blood from a wound you use surgical gauze and dressings (ie effective policy).

Barry has offered a band-aid (ineffectual policy with nominal positive effects).

Stop trying to defend his bad policy or are you that obsessed with personality politics? You Vladamir Putin or something?
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Extending the Bush tax cuts was.. therefore, ineffectual policy right?
 
Mr Neutron

Mr Neutron

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canndo said:
Extending the Bush tax cuts was.. therefore, ineffectual policy right?
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It prevented further collapse but yeah, pretty much ineffectual. They should have made the tax cuts deeper and across the board or better yet, a tax holiday... no income tax for one year. Give people a taste of what true freedom is like.
 
canndo

canndo

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Mr Neutron said:
It prevented further collapse but yeah, pretty much ineffectual. They should have made the tax cuts deeper and across the board or better yet, a tax holiday... no income tax for one year. Give people a taste of what true freedom is like.
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Regardless of what it might do to the debt?
 
UncleBuck

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Mr Neutron said:
It prevented further collapse but yeah, pretty much ineffectual. They should have made the tax cuts deeper and across the board or better yet, a tax holiday... no income tax for one year. Give people a taste of what true freedom is like.
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trickle down didn't owrk.

conclusion: MORE TRICKLE DOWN!

simply stunning logic.
 
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