Why Carter Morphed Into a Traitor
(from a reply to melvin-udall
I don't think that Carter, when he came into office, was "anti-American and evil." As proof of this, notice how he actually governed in the last two years of his term -- he tried to parry the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and he did treat the Iranians as his enemies (though he handled both situations with great incompetence. He actually authorized the program that became SDI, and otherwise presided over a military buildup, in the last half of his term.
The problem is that since losing the 1980 election Carter has been praised the most for the most anti-American of his policies, and Carter is a weak, weak man who lives for praise from the liberal elite. So he retconned himself into a tranzi traitor, because he got patted on the head every time he spoke as such. Eventually, he Became the Mask.
Sad, really. Either America will fall (in which case he'll be remembered as a failure who contributed to the decline of the Republic) or she will recover (in which case he'll be damned by his later utterances). But then, it's what he deserves for his willingness to betray his own country in the pursuit of pats on the head.
I don't think that Carter, when he came into office, was "anti-American and evil." As proof of this, notice how he actually governed in the last two years of his term -- he tried to parry the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and he did treat the Iranians as his enemies (though he handled both situations with great incompetence. He actually authorized the program that became SDI, and otherwise presided over a military buildup, in the last half of his term.
The problem is that since losing the 1980 election Carter has been praised the most for the most anti-American of his policies, and Carter is a weak, weak man who lives for praise from the liberal elite. So he retconned himself into a tranzi traitor, because he got patted on the head every time he spoke as such. Eventually, he Became the Mask.
Sad, really. Either America will fall (in which case he'll be remembered as a failure who contributed to the decline of the Republic) or she will recover (in which case he'll be damned by his later utterances). But then, it's what he deserves for his willingness to betray his own country in the pursuit of pats on the head.