How can Obama run away from the memory of Carter?

Question

How can Obama run away from the memory of Carter?

Answer 1

He seems to have no problem blocking out a lot of things.  He just admitted yesterday that the surge worked after recent repeated denials.  I think Obama is using Carter's play book.  They really are that much alike.

Answer 2

How selective you are is very interesting.

Since you bring up President Carter, I wish to state that Mr. Carter is a very decent, caring individual. And it was this trait of his that got him into trouble.

He trusted that everybody around him was decent and honest and he

got a terrible education. I am still his fan. He has made this world a bit better.

Answer 3

much easier than McCain can run away from Bush... since Bush is still in office...

I thought "presidents don't have a huge effect on the economy"

also, there are many more similarities with Bush/McCain than Obama/Carter policy wise...

Answer 4

all the presidents have run away from the words of Carter and he was right in his words to this lazy nation who would rather buy oil from someone who hates us and wishes us to have our people burn in buildings. we should have followed his words. you can look any where and find the words you wish to show but the words he told us back then was to get off oil and you know the story from there read his words find out what is so wrong with putting on a sweater instead of turning up the heater. makes good sense. on july 15th 2009 it will be 30 years he spoke about our energy crises and we still not done anything about it. why mobile exxon shell Atlantic rich-field Texaco so much more important than our future of our lives those stock holders bank accounts more important than what our founding fathers brought us to for this we will be held hostage for oil. 700 billion dollars and climbing. Jimmy Carters words speak loud today as they should have before the celebrity came to the white house and took our attentions to trickle down and iran contra star wars tearing down the worlds economy

Good evening. This is a special night for me. Exactly three years ago, on July 15, 1976, I accepted the nomination of my party to run for president of the United States.

I promised you a president who is not isolated from the people, who feels your pain, and who shares your dreams and who draws his strength and his wisdom from you.

During the past three years I've spoken to you on many occasions about national concerns, the energy crisis, reorganizing the government, our nation's economy, and issues of war and especially peace. But over those years the subjects of the speeches, the talks, and the press conferences have become increasingly narrow, focused more and more on what the isolated world of Washington thinks is important. Gradually, you've heard more and more about what the government thinks or what the government should be doing and less and less about our nation's hopes, our dreams, and our vision of the future.

Ten days ago I had planned to speak to you again about a very important subject -- energy. For the fifth time I would have described the urgency of the problem and laid out a series of legislative recommendations to the Congress. But as I was preparing to speak, I began to ask myself the same question that I now know has been troubling many of you. Why have we not been able to get together as a nation to resolve our serious energy problem?

It's clear that the true problems of our Nation are much deeper -- deeper than gasoline lines or energy shortages, deeper even than inflation or recession. And I realize more than ever that as president I need your help. So I decided to reach out and listen to the voices of America.

I invited to Camp David people from almost every segment of our society -- business and labor, teachers and preachers, governors, mayors, and private citizens. And then I left Camp David to listen to other Americans, men and women like you.

It has been an extraordinary ten days, and I want to share with you what I've heard. First of all, I got a lot of personal advice. Let me quote a few of the typical comments that I wrote down.

This from a southern governor: "Mr. President, you are not leading this nation -- you're just managing the government."

"You don't see the people enough any more."

"Some of your Cabinet members don't seem loyal. There is not enough discipline among your disciples."

"Don't talk to us about politics or the mechanics of government, but about an understanding of our common good."

"Mr. President, we're in trouble. Talk to us about blood and sweat and tears."

"If you lead, Mr. President, we will follow."

Many people talked about themselves and about the condition of our nation.

This from a young woman in Pennsylvania: "I feel so far from government. I feel like ordinary people are excluded from political power."

And this from a young Chicano: "Some of us have suffered from recession all our lives."

"Some people have wasted energy, but others haven't had anything to waste."

And this from a religious leader: "No material shortage can touch the important things like God's love for us or our love for one another."

And I like this one particularly from a black woman who happens to be the mayor of a small Mississippi town: "The big-shots are not the only ones who are important. Remember, you can't sell anything on Wall Street unless someone digs it up somewhere else first."

This kind of summarized a lot of other statements: "Mr. President, we are confronted with a moral and a spiritual crisis."

Several of our discussions were on energy, and I have a notebook full of comments and advice. I'll read just a few.

"We can't go on consuming 40 percent more energy than we produce. When we import oil we are also importing inflation plus unemployment."

"We've got to use what we have. The Middle East has only f

Answer 5

Now that he invited Carter to the DNC convention and let him open his mouth the only way for him to distance himself from Carter, is go in exile and become a budhist monk.