Remembering Jimmy Carter

This is too great.



Let's focus on the word "change." We've all heard this word a hundred times over this election cycle, as Barack Obama has adopted it as a campaign slogan. Don't be fooled, folks. Obama has coined this term merely as an opposition word; simply to mean "anti-George Bush" and, given the unpopularity of the current president and the war in Iraq, many people give a warm welcome to change. Using this sentiment, Obama has created a facade to mask something that would otherwise be very familiar...

Let's be hypothetical for a minute.

Say Walter Mondale had used the mantra of change; that he had focused on reversing the incumbent administration. That wouldn't have worked too well, given the unpopularity of the previous president, Jimmy Carter. America knew how damaging Carter's policies were and how they failed during the 70's. Walter Mondale wanted a return to the Carter-era of super sized government, but America knew what that would cost. Enter Ronald Wilson Reagan, who brought genuine change that led to a restored faith in the presidency via limited government, competent and effective economic policies, and a strong foreign policy. The People had gotten the right kind of change with Reagan and in return they ushered in the largest electoral victory in the country's history.

Fast forward to the present: With the Gipper gone and Jimmy Carter's term seemingly forgotten, the ability to hark back to those failed policies seems restored. And I assure you folks, that is precisely what Barack Obama intends to do when he says change.