The Carter Years: Part One, Two, Three + Epilogue.
Unf*cking The Republic
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🗓️ 16 December 2023
⏱️ 116 minutes
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Summary
Our series on The Carter Years looks back at the brief but remarkable tenure of President Jimmy Carter. In Part One we cover Carter's rise to the Presidency. Part Two peers into the first half of the White House years to understand the challenges that faced the new administration. In Part Three, trouble brews from within the Democratic ranks, and the global economy plus several bad actors abroad coalesce seemingly overnight to challenge the president. And lastly, the final installment of the series examines the events of 1980 and offers some final reflections on Jimmy Carter the man, and his legacy.
Chapters
Intro: 00:02:04
Chapter One: 00:08:18
Chapter Two: 00:14:29
Chapter Three: 00:23:07
Chapter Four: 00:31:59
Chapter Five: 00:46:56
Chapter Six: 00:56:31
Chapter Seven: 01:10:44
Chapter Eight: 01:18:52
Chapter Nine: 01:36:52
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 | 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. |
| 0:16.0 | But the bold and brilliant dream which excited the founders of this nation still awaits its consummation. |
| 0:26.4 | The challenge to us is to build a new and firmer foundation for the future for a sound economy, |
| 0:36.9 | 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 |
| 0:55.4 | gasoline to give them the automobile freedom they take as their due. |
| 0:58.8 | One of the agreements that President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin are signing tonight |
| 1:03.6 | is entitled, A Framework for Peace in the Middle East. |
| 1:08.4 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 1:41.2 | You've seen the map. |
| 1:47.0 | We've looked at the figures, and NBC News now makes its projection for the presidency. Reagan is our projected winner. Ronald Wilson, Reagan. |
| 1:52.0 | When people look back on what we did in the White House, I think there's a lot there of justifiable pride. |
| 2:01.1 | Justifiable pride. |
| 2:02.4 | Justifiable pride. |
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