anamoirae
anamoirae t1_j98dfxm wrote
Reply to comment by Ok_Ninja_1602 in Naval Academy Renames Building After Jimmy Carter by langis_on
At the time he was president he got a lot of crap thrown at him. Mainly the reason why he was a one term president was because Reagan projected him as weak. I never saw him as weak I saw him as a man of conviction, something so very rare in politics. I am so glad to see him finally get the respect he always deserved.
anamoirae t1_j98it4f wrote
Reply to comment by mak_and_cheese in Naval Academy Renames Building After Jimmy Carter by langis_on
No that was part of it but mostly because of the hostage crisis in Iran. Reagan painted him as weak and unable to force Iran into turning over the hostages. He had lots of issues but one of the big things that Reagan pushed as a narrative was his weakness and Ol' Ronnie was a cowboy that was going to ride in a save everyone. I remember it well.