James Earl Carter (Part Three).
Unf*cking The Republic
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🗓️ 27 February 2023
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Summary
On the heels of multiple domestic and foreign policy successes, the Carter Administration headed into 1979 brimming with hope and optimism. And the American people were mostly supportive of their humble president who helped return some dignity and sanity to the Oval Office. But trouble was brewing from within the Democratic ranks, the global economy and several bad actors abroad that would coalesce seemingly overnight to challenge the president.
Chapters
Intro: 00:00:25
Chapter Six: Carter on the World Stage. 00:01:54
Chapter Seven: Fallows’ Peripeteia. 00:16:08
Chapter Eight: Mudslide. 00:24:15
Outro: 00:41:53
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
HISTORY: Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT-II nuclear treaty
Book Love
Kai Bird: The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter
David Rockefeller: Memoirs
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, Jimmy Carter, look. He was a nice man. He was a terrible president. |
| 0:06.5 | And I know the resilience of our Constitution and the strength, the strength of our nation, |
| 0:14.3 | as does President Carter, who I spoke with last night, who cannot be with us today, |
| 0:20.1 | but whom we salute for his lifetime |
| 0:22.5 | and service. |
| 0:24.7 | A terrible president or a noble man with a lifetime in service. |
| 0:29.0 | As usual, retrospectives are written along partisan lines, but Jimmy Carter is somewhat of an |
| 0:33.9 | exception. |
| 0:35.1 | Carter has been demonized in Republican circles as one of the worst |
| 0:38.5 | presidents to ever hold office. Nice guy, lousy leader. Likewise, he's been shunned by Democrats, |
| 0:45.4 | who refused to pick up the torch to defend his tenure. Better left in the past. For his part, |
| 0:51.7 | Jimmy Carter simply didn't play the game. |
| 0:58.5 | He spent precious little time defending his presidency or attempting to burnish his image. |
| 1:02.1 | He didn't immediately embark upon a revisionist campaign. |
| 1:08.6 | He simply retreated into private life and used his stature to promote peace, build shelters for the poor, and offer his thoughts in numerous books and interviews, |
| 1:11.8 | but never with the intent to write a historical inaccuracy or rehabilitate his legacy. |
| 1:18.8 | This is the story of a political pundit who looked at the world around him and just said, |
| 1:25.7 | fuck it. Gives the middle finger to authority and says kiss my ass |
| 1:30.0 | but instead of a revolution he started a podcast just what the world needs started a podcast |
| 1:37.5 | another basic white guy who started a podcast but it's fun because he curses All through the podcast |
| 1:45.1 | On the fucking the Republic |
| 1:47.0 | With his motherfucking fucking podcast |
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