The Unforgettable Mr. Peanut

The current CW is that running against Bush won't win the Dems any elections.  That is a reminder of Carter Exceptionalism, since Republicans were able to run against him until 1992.

Comments

[Melinda Romanoff]

Carter was Bush's fault too!

Wait, wrong Bush...

[Boatbuilder]

Actually, Tom, until 2012. (And let's all hope that it ends then).

[peter]

Please no links to Sully's place without a fair warning. The guy gives me the creeps, and is the reason I discontinued my print subscription to the Atlantic.

[RichatUF]

And Kevin Mattson is trying to rehabilitate Carter and his scolding of America.

[Cecil Turner]

Whilst Obama does a pretty fair imitation.

[Soylent Red]

There must be some way to get Obama to do a nationally televised speech in a sweater.

[clarice]

Not just any sweater--a Mr Rogers type sweater..and make sure hthe totus knows the word "malaise".

[JM Hanes]

"There must be some way to get Obama to do a nationally televised speech in a sweater."

And jeans.

[Sue]

And not just any jeans, but his infamous "mom jeans".

[William Teach]

It's rather amazing that Jimmy Carter actually looks somewhat good when compared to Obama, eh?

It reminds me of that old Steve Martin bit from the album "Let's Get Small" about how great the banjo is, and how it makes everything OK. Of course, I am really dating myself, especially if no one knows what the heck I am talking about.

[DrJ]

WT, I gave a talk to a respected neurological institute with the title "Let's Get Small." It was on nanotech.

I guess that means I'm old too.

[Soylent Red]

Of course, I am really dating myself, especially if no one knows what the heck I am talking about.

I have this album. On vinyl.

[MikeS]

There must be some way to get Obama to do a nationally televised speech in a sweater.

Get a sweater factory to hire someone. When Obama shows up to claim the credit, make him put on the sweater.

[Ignatz]

--There must be some way to get Obama to do a nationally televised speech in a sweater.--

--Get a sweater factory to hire someone.--

I don't think he meant a show in China.

[Sue]

I wonder if now that the bloom is off the Obama rose if some investigative journalist will have the cajones to vet the man that should have been vetted 3 years ago?

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

Judge Him by the People With Whom He Surrounds Himself

An in your face chart.

[Dave (in MA)]

Jimmy Carter never said "malaise" during the Malaise Speech, though it was in a draft of the speech.

[BR]

Very interesting link, Sara. Especially "TED at January 25, 2010 5:38 PM" noting the amazing gaps in Obama's history and how much of his educational records are sealed. And that there's not even a photo of him in his graduation class' book! Could that be true?

I'd like to know more about Khalid al-Mansoor / Obama / Black Panthers.

[BR]

Khalid al-Mansour.

[Jack is Back!]

The Immaculate Deception?

[cathyf]

And that there's not even a photo of him in his graduation class' book!

Well, to be fair, at my college there was a rumor that they published yearbooks, and I think I once noticed a sign next to a room in Ida Noyes Hall that said "yearbook" but I never actually saw such a thing, and never had a college graduation picture taken. So the lack of that particular thing is not so odd.

[stan]

Once Reagan won the election in 1980, the GOP ran against Kennedy far more than Carter. They ran against the "blame America first" crowd. They didn't have to raise the specter of Carter's memory. There were dozens of Democrats pushing wacky leftist bromides in real time.

[daveinboca]

Every time I see Iran on the news and the complete mess in Gaza, I think of that political gift that keeps on giving---James Earl Peanut.

[JorgXMcKie]

Indeed, Carter never used the word "malaise" in that speech. I seem to remember him stating, however, that the problem was "You-all average Americans just suck!" I may be misremembering, though.

[Ken Hahn]

The Democrats ran against Herbert Hoover until they started running against Richard Nixon. And Against Nixon until Bush. Why would they change now?