Comments on: Yup, he’s the next Carter

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:40:47 +0000

The trouble with Obama is that he is not chocolately enough. The white in him is making him act like Carter.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:31 +0000

Well, it is true the recession in the early ’80s was caused by an effort to get inflation under control. I know it’s customary to lay the inflation at Carter’s feet, but from what I understand it was a result of money the government printed for Vietnam coupled with a steep rise in energy prices. Jimmuh is an ongoing embarrassment to the country, but I’m not sure he can take the blame for the crappy economy in the late ’70s.

The most you could say is he didn’t raise rates to get inflation under control. But I’m not sure how much direct control the president has over interest rates, and Carter did appoint Paul Volker, who most people credit with strangling inflation, to the top post at the Fed.

By: Dawn Summers

Dawn Summers — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:17:03 +0000

hahahaha Jamie understands me.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:06:37 +0000

Dawn, you’re missing the rebuttal Republican argument. It goes like this:

Reagan’s unemployment numbers in 1983 were a direct result of Carter’s policies, even 3 years later. Obama’s unemployment numbers in 2009 are a direct result of Obama, all the time.

Sound about right?

By: Petitedov

Petitedov — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:01:53 +0000

Somehow in my head it’s still 2006 and not 2009. But, um, Reagan CUT taxes….your boy Obama not so much. Let’s see how well he does in about six months. BO is def. Carter II, just worse.

By: Dawn Summers

Dawn Summers — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:35:11 +0000

No! “Republicans”! Sheesh!

By: Pearatty

Pearatty — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:31:35 +0000

I imagine the point is that Ronald Regan was president in 1983, not Jimmy Carter? Except that it’s kind of lost, because who suggested that it was Jimmy Carter in the first place? You.

By: Dawn Summers

Dawn Summers — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:22:27 +0000

Oh no. And Democrat girls are bad at math too! ALCESTE!! Where are you???!

By: Grammar Queen

Grammar Queen — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:09:27 +0000

Grammar Queen is at a loss for how to garner meaning from this post.

By: Dawn Summers

Dawn Summers — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:56:21 +0000

Sadly, this post says Republican girls suck at math.

By: Karol

Karol — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:33:52 +0000

Yeah, I have no idea what this post says. Where’s the grammar queen?

By: Dawn Summers

Dawn Summers — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:30:18 +0000

Bahhaa. Never. No how. Not. A. Chance. But as always, thank you for commenting.

By: Petitedov

Petitedov — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:29:10 +0000

Are you slowly turning into a Republican? Cause on twitter you def. just defended Nixon.
Welcome.