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The Beave | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I told myself that after looking at history.
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Brunswick | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Who wrote the history, and who created the circumstances around Carter?
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The Beave | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Lots of different people. 

Lots of other people. I know Carter didn't come to be president in a vacuum, but, he was weak as a president, in a bad way. (a weak president can be a generally good thing if it means less laws are enacted, in total. )
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Brunswick | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 My impression is he was subverted much like Grant
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The Beave | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes, that's part of the reason, for sure.
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Brunswick | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You might say for the same reason as trump
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The Beave | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Pfft. Trump clotheslined himself with his truly awful appointees. He had no one to blame other than himself 🙄
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Brunswick | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Same as Grant