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Welcome to Jimmy Carter’s 2nd term
« on: July 13, 2011, 01:37:44 PM »
Charles Hurt hits it pretty good here.

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HURT:  Welcome to Jimmy Carter’s 2nd term

By Charles Hurt
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The Washington Times

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

It has taken three decades, but Americans are finally living through Jimmy Carter’s second term.

Now we’ve got Jimmy Jr. barking at us from the White House about eating our peas and ripping off our Band-Aid. He might not even let us have our Social Security checks.

These are just the latest in a long line of nagging lectures. Already, we have been taught how we should sneeze into the crook of our arm. We need to drive less. And we need to caulk up those drafty houses of ours.

What ever happened to the soaring rhetoric and big bold ideas President Obama promised us in that historic election of his?

Is this what he meant by a new kind of politics? If so, no thanks. Oh, and it is not new. Jimmy already dragged us through all this once and we just barely survived it.

The rest is here:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/12/hurt-welcome-to-jimmy-carters-2nd-term/?page=all#pagebreak

I wonder if we'll see it on RedState and on Townhall?  My guess is yes.

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Re: Welcome to Jimmy Carter’s 2nd term
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2011, 01:47:04 PM »
Well, there is one big difference between then and now...this time we're all racists.

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Re: Welcome to Jimmy Carter’s 2nd term
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2011, 01:55:50 PM »
Quote from: delilahmused on July 13, 2011, 01:47:04 PM
Well, there is one big difference between then and now...this time we're all racists.

Cindie

And this time its permanent.
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Re: Welcome to Jimmy Carter’s 2nd term
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2011, 02:14:42 PM »
I sure hope to God we don't see Jimmy getting a third term.
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Re: Welcome to Jimmy Carter’s 2nd term
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2011, 02:17:17 PM »
In 1979, Carter told people in the northeast to put on a sweater.  Back then, heating oil was about 70 cents a gallon.  

Today, it's $3.50 a gallon.  Obumbles doesn't HAVE to tell us to put on a sweater, we do it anyway because we sure as shit can't afford the heat.
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Re: Welcome to Jimmy Carter’s 2nd term
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2011, 02:18:53 PM »
Haven't a lot of us been saying that since 0bama was elected?  :banghead:
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Re: Welcome to Jimmy Carter’s 2nd term
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2011, 02:30:15 PM »
"We" had to elect it .. to see whats inside.
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Re: Welcome to Jimmy Carter’s 2nd term
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2011, 02:59:35 PM »
Even worse than Carter since the recession could go on for some time.
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Re: Welcome to Jimmy Carter’s 2nd term
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2011, 03:14:08 PM »
Quote from: Ptarmigan on July 13, 2011, 02:59:35 PM
Even worse than Carter since the recession could go on for some time.

This is what I was referring to as permanent.

With Carter we had a misery index we were able to grow out of with proper leadership (Reagan).

This time the agenda, regulations, laws etc., are being implemented to be forever, if not reversed in this next election.

Not slowed down ... but reversed.

If we get Romney or Huntsman we are screwed. They are not marxists but they will not reverse anything of substance.
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Re: Welcome to Jimmy Carter’s 2nd term
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2011, 05:30:38 AM »
Carter actually popularized the misery index to use against Ford, only to watch his socialist policies push it up and be used against him by Reagan. Someone (come on Herman Cain, you can do it!) needs to make sure that the GOP nominee starts running that one again, using the same calculations Jimmah used back then.  I read somewhere that it's higher now than when Jimmah was in office.
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Re: Welcome to Jimmy Carter’s 2nd term
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2011, 01:13:29 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on July 13, 2011, 02:17:17 PM
In 1979, Carter told people in the northeast to put on a sweater.  Back then, heating oil was about 70 cents a gallon.  

Today, it's $3.50 a gallon.  Obumbles doesn't HAVE to tell us to put on a sweater, we do it anyway because we sure as shit can't afford the heat.

Yeah, and unfortunately inflating your tires won't work for this.

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Re: Welcome to Jimmy Carter’s 2nd term
« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2011, 01:33:19 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on July 13, 2011, 02:17:17 PM
In 1979, Carter told people in the northeast to put on a sweater.  Back then, heating oil was about 70 cents a gallon.  

Today, it's $3.50 a gallon.  Obumbles doesn't HAVE to tell us to put on a sweater, we do it anyway because we sure as shit can't afford the heat.

Went from $3.60 to $4.00 overnight here.
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Re: Welcome to Jimmy Carter’s 2nd term
« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2011, 02:20:02 PM »
The Misery Index has its own website now:

Misery Index

Not quite topping the Jimmeh marks but its early yet.
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Re: Welcome to Jimmy Carter’s 2nd term
« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2011, 09:29:55 PM »
Quote from: redwhit on July 14, 2011, 02:20:02 PM
The Misery Index has its own website now:

Misery Index

Not quite topping the Jimmeh marks but its early yet.

But the way the official unemployment numbers has been changed since Carter. They should use the same calculations.
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