2008 Candidate fight

[pac-man]

I didn't read/hear about McCain saying that, but it doesn't completely surprise me. Carter's first term was disrupted by a troubled economy, an oil/energy crisis, and gridlock between he and congress over government spending. So, it's almost an understandable analogy by McCain. However, these are different times.

Personally, I think it's a sign of what kind of old curmudgeon John McCain is; making reference to an administration that has been out of office for 30 years is not going to get any young voters on his side.

What did President Carter do wrong? Some would say he did nothing wrong, others would say he did nothing, and that's what was wrong. OPEC caused the oil shortages, he couldn't stop that nor could anybody in his position at the time. The inflation and overall economic downturn that happened during his tenure was staggering, but again, he couldn't prevent it (oil prices, unemployment, etc. all in the wake of the war and Watergate) and his attempts to slow it down led to an inevitable recession. I've heard a lot of people label Jimmy Carter as a lame duck, so I guess he was more ineffectual than he was flat out wrong.