Talk:Jimmy Carter

Reagan Conspiracy

How about the well researched, and most probable conclusion that Reagan negotiated with Iran to keep the hostages until after the election. Therefore practically changing the outcome of the election by all accounts and causing Reagan to win. If Reagan hadn't done the negotiations Carter would have been hailed as a national hero, and would almost by all accounts win re-election.

Malaise speech

The text says the speech was well-received by the public. It then goes on to say that recent commentators have seen the speech in a more positive light and quotes a full paragraph from US News and World Report to that effect. So, was it loved by the public and hated by the commentators at that time? Is the article incorrect when saying it was well-received at the time? Has it not ever been received in a positive light? Was it a reason he didn't get elected in 1980? Whatever the case is, the article contradicts itself and needs to be fixed.--Gloriamarie (talk) 19:22, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

I've never heard one good comment about it. HuskyHuskie (talk) 22:41, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Question for those with books on the Carter administration on Treas. Secretary Miller

Awhile back I was editing the article on G. William Miller, Carter's 2nd Treasury Secretary. The cabinet shakeup described is easily sourced and did happen, as is some conflict between Miller and Blumenthal, but some lines in the article (before I edited it) suggest that Miller was angling for Blumenthal's job. I tagged 'em with citation needed because it sounds completely plausible yet also potentially controversial. Still, nobody's cited it yet. Anyone know more about this? For reference, here are the lines...

Miller was Fed chairman for just over a year when Carter appointed him Secretary of the Treasury in August 1979, replacing Michael Blumenthal as part of a major cabinet shuffle in which five Cabinet members were replaced.[11] Blumenthal had previously clashed with the administration, and Miller desired his post.[citation needed] Miller leaked certain unsavory personal details about Blumenthal to Carter, and soon Blumenthal was gone.[citation needed]

SnowFire (talk) 07:17, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

External links

There are vastly too many ELs in this article. I will be removing them shortly, if no defense as to why so many are here, and how they conform with WP:EL is given. SDJ 02:52, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

You're right about the number of links. But if you are to review them and order them (such as in the Ronald Reagan article), you might think about including this very good overview by the British academic & political commentator, Professor Vernon Bogdanor of the University of Oxford: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/event.asp?PageId=45&EventId=809 Jamesfranklingresham (talk) 10:43, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Gandhi on Palestine (from Gandhi wiki article)

Gandhi also expressed his dislike for partition during the late 1930s in response to the topic of the partition of Palestine to create Israel. He stated in Harijan on 26 October 1938:

Several letters have been received by me asking me to declare my views about the Arab-Jew question in Palestine and persecution of the Jews in Germany. It is not without hesitation that I venture to offer my views on this very difficult question. My sympathies are all with the Jews. I have known them intimately in South Africa. Some of them became life-long companions. Through these friends I came to learn much of their age-long persecution. They have been the untouchables of Christianity [...] But my sympathy does not blind me to the requirements of justice. The cry for the national home for the Jews does not make much appeal to me. The sanction for it is sought in the Bible and the tenacity with which the Jews have hankered after return to Palestine. Why should they not, like other peoples of the earth, make that country their home where they are born and where they earn their livelihood? Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French. It is wrong and inhuman to impose the Jews on the Arabs. What is going on in Palestine today cannot be justified by any moral code of conduct.[77][78] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.213.22.193 (talk) 01:16, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Re-factor

I factored out the Presidency section into Presidency of Jimmy Carter in order to follow the structure of other contemporary POFUS articles. The previous article size was about 140kb and now it is down to about 80kb so perhaps we can get this to be a GA again.--Spellage (talk) 04:55, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Public perception/public image

At inauguration in DC, when Jimmy Carter showed up on screen, I recall hearing people shout out things like, "An honest man!". Bush, Clinton, and Reagan all have "public image" sections and I thought Carter could use one too. How a President is remembered is easily the most fascinating aspect to me. It shouldn't be too hard to find articles, polls, etc... Anyone want to help out/get me started?--Loodog (talk) 17:07, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Article improvement

Anyone interested in partnering up to improve this article to at least GA status (if not FA)? There's a plethora of good reference information available via the Jimmy Carter Library. //Blaxthos ( t / c ) 17:33, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Why is the presidency section so short?

A lot of key events happened during Carter's time in office. The section on his presidency needs to be expanded to discuss some of his policies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.211.196.122 (talk) 09:19, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Public image section

I removed a part about him being widely regarded as a better man than president. Loodog, you said that is verbatim in the article?? Thanks, --Tom 22:28, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes. "The main political beneficiary of the Watergate scandal, Carter is widely considered a better man than he was a president."--Loodog (talk) 22:37, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

That is a different article than the one I removed? Anyways, no biggie. Cheers, --Tom 13:34, 11 February 2009 (UTC)ps, if you want to revert me, just include this link please, thanks, --Tom 13:39, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I guess the problem was I typed everything up from a combination of sources and just cited everything at the end, so it wasn't really clear what came from where. I'll put it back in in a way that's more clear.:)--Loodog (talk) 13:54, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Cool. --Tom 14:52, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Three Mile Island needs to be added.

I noticed that throughout the article, it was not at all mentioned what he did to stop the nuclear melt down at "Three mile island" and he should be given credit for it. Joey3r (talk) 00:26, 6 March 2009 (UTC)