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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 04:48 PM Original message |
A Jimmy Carter primary was a bad idea because he actually had principles. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Jimmy was sunk with or without a Primary challenge. |
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banned from Kos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Carter had principles but passed NOTHING with a liberal Congress |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Are principles those things ones hangs on to no matter how many people are hurt in the |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. At what point does repeated "rational compromise" become irrational? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I believe the time is now..... |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. No, principles are ethical beliefs, as opposed to opportunism to sustain one's personal image |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sure it was |
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banned from Kos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. that is a good question for the OP. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. By far the biggest reason why Carter lost in 1980 |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. With the nightly count of days by Ted Koppel. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. The Iran hostage situation made Carter appear weak, and Americans *HATE* the weak. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. Jimmy was toast. The "popular wisdom" would be not to ride a dead horse if he had not drawn a |
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banned from Kos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Carter's presidency was so poorly timed that he got no SCOTUS appointment! |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 05:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. He was the only President of the 20th Century |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I agree with that but he was toast. The only way for him to have won was for Reagan to lose. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
14. that's an utterly ridiculous statement. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
17. The "primaries kill incumbents" argument is a fallacy |
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