James Earl Carter (Part One).
Unf*cking The Republic
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🗓️ 11 February 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Today we begin our look back at the brief but remarkable tenure of President Jimmy Carter. The late 70s is a fascinating period on a number of levels. Civil Rights groups had fractured into several pieces, the Vietnam era had come to a disgraceful close and the economy was beginning to falter after more than two decades of astounding post-war growth for the middle class in particular. The GOP’s grip on Washington was tenuous after Nixon’s resignation and the country wasn’t sure whether Ford was up to the task. For their part, Democrats were still healing from the ‘68 Convention and being sidelined by Nixon’s GOP. Out of the fog came a slow talking southern boy named Jimmy who shocked the world and secured the Democratic nomination for president. This is his origin story.
Chapters
Intro: 00:02:04
Chapter One: The Origin Story. 00:08:18
Chapter Two: A Good Old Boy Bids for the White House. 00:14:29
Post Show Musings: 00:23:22
Outro: 00:30:06
Resources
Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute: The Panama Canal and the Torrijos-Carter Treaties
The New York Times: Jimmy Carter’s Unheralded Legacy
The Atlantic: The Passionless Presidency
Vox: The Republican myth of Ronald Reagan and the Iran hostages, debunked
Politico: The Humiliating Handshake and the Near-Fistfight that Broke the Democratic Party
Book Love
Kai Bird: The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter
David Rockefeller: Memoirs
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Jimmy Carter, and I'm running for president. |
| 0:06.2 | Two centuries ago, our nation's birth was a milestone in the long quest for freedom. |
| 0:15.9 | But the bold and brilliant dream which excited the founders of this nation still awaits its consummation. |
| 0:26.3 | The challenge to us is to build a new and firmer foundation for the future for a sound economy, |
| 0:36.8 | for a more effective government, for more political trust, and for a stable peace. |
| 0:45.3 | Carter will face the biggest fight of his presidency when he tries to push his energy proposals through Congress. |
| 0:51.3 | For millions of Americans, this may be the worst weekend they've ever faced for finding |
| 0:55.3 | gasoline to give them the automobile freedom they take as their due. |
| 0:58.9 | One of the agreements that President Sadat and Prime Minister Began are signing tonight |
| 1:03.6 | is entitled, A Framework for Peace in the Middle East. |
| 1:08.2 | Some 60 Americans, including our fellow citizen whom you just saw, bound and blindfolded, |
| 1:13.6 | are now beginning their sixth day of captivity inside the U.S. Embassy in town. |
| 1:18.6 | Are you better off than you were four years ago? |
| 1:22.6 | Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores than it was four years ago? |
| 1:33.1 | Is there more or less unemployment in the country than there was four years ago? |
| 1:38.4 | Is America as respected throughout the world as it was? |
| 1:40.0 | The time has come. |
| 1:41.1 | You've seen the map. |
| 1:47.1 | We've looked at the figures, and NBC News now makes its projection for the presidency. |
| 1:50.0 | Reagan is our projected winner. |
| 1:51.6 | Ronald Wilson Reagan. |
| 2:00.8 | When people look back on what we did in the White House, I think there's a lot there of justifiable pride. Justifiable pride. |
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