PrivateCarr@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 days agoTrump Drops Below Biden, Hillary, and Even Ghost Jimmy Carter in Popularity Contestmedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoWhen Carter was named candidate it almost fractured the Dem party… Because Jimmy F’n Carter was too conservative and Dem voters felt it was a beginning of a long pivot away from the left Like, you know how Trump’s talking about kicking people off welfare so they’d get jobs? That was a big part of Carter’s stump speeches too. People really don’t understand how much we’ve fucking lost as a country.
minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoI think I need a source on that. That doesn’t seem like a Carter thing to do, but I’d like to know more. Like, you know how Trump’s talking about kicking people off welfare so they’d get jobs? That was a big part of Carter’s stump speeches too.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoHow about a 50 year old campaign commercial? https://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1976/welfare Means testing is never worth it, but “moderates” still push for it today
minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoThat’s really surprising and sort of sad. Thanks for the source.
When Carter was named candidate it almost fractured the Dem party…
Because Jimmy F’n Carter was too conservative and Dem voters felt it was a beginning of a long pivot away from the left
Like, you know how Trump’s talking about kicking people off welfare so they’d get jobs? That was a big part of Carter’s stump speeches too.
People really don’t understand how much we’ve fucking lost as a country.
I think I need a source on that. That doesn’t seem like a Carter thing to do, but I’d like to know more.
How about a 50 year old campaign commercial?
https://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1976/welfare
Means testing is never worth it, but “moderates” still push for it today
That’s really surprising and sort of sad. Thanks for the source.