Does anyone remember Jimmy Carter's infamous " malaise" speech of 1979? He told us we were all just going to have to do with less.
Today's Democrats seem eager to take us back to those days.
Originally Posted by CaptainMidnight
.For the record, here is the text of Carter's 1979 speech:
https://www.americanrhetoric.com/spe...confidence.htm
Originally Posted by CaptainMidnight
Thanks for the link, Captain. Think I'll pass on reading it. That speech was so awful that back in 1979 I turned off the TV after the first 10 minutes and ran out the door for a drink!
If you recall, Jimmy C built up huge expectations prior to the speech by "sheltering in place" (to use a now popular term) at Camp David for 2 fucking weeks - while he invited various "experts" and pollsters and spiritual leaders et alia to visit and help him plumb the depths of the American psyche to diagnose what ailed us, when most citizens were just looking for an end to lines at the gas pumps.
By November 1980, most voters decided the only thing really ailing us was a malaise-stricken POTUS who projected his own shortcomings onto the country at large. But hey, let's give the peanut farmer some credit - his "malaise" speech helped usher Ronald Reagan into office under a cheerful, optimistic counter-theme ("It's morning in America!") that not only got rid of those annoying gas lines, but also delivered 8 years of peace and prosperity!
Funny how the dim-retards never learn. They still believe in Blame American First (as Jeanne Kirkpatrick memorably tagged their philosophy) and the constant need for all of us to kneel and flagellate ourselves and issue mea culpas and pay reparations for all manner of past wrong-doings and seek atonement for our innumerable historical sins of both omission and commission. Nothing cheerful or optimistic in that messaging!
When Republicans see problems, they don't wallow in them or self-reflect helplessly or secretly seek to perpetuate them for political gain like the dim-retards do. Republicans try to fashion SOLUTIONS!
Maybe the DNC can exhume Jimmy Carter and invite him to be their keynote speaker for this year's convention! They can introduce him as President Malaise, while they all link arms and sing "Unhappy Days Are Here Again!"
Now that would make a great visual!