President Jimmy Carter, October 11, 2007

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On the October 11, 2007 show The Young Turks interviewed former President Jimmy Carter.  In this excerpt President Carter talks about which election he'd rather do over, 1980 or 2000.

Watch the full interview here. The transcript for the 1980 vs. 2000 election question is below the fold.

Cenk Uygur: If you had to redo the 1980 election, where Ronald Reagan won, of course up against you, or redo the 2000 election where George Bush defeated Al Gore, which one would you redo?

President Carter: Well knowing what I know now, and knowing the wonderful experiences I’ve had at the Carter Center in the last 25 years, I would say I would redo the 2000 election. That, you know, I think has had a profoundly adverse effect on our country, and I’ve had a personal gratifying experience with my wife and many other people at the Carter Center. That in time, that has healed the disappointment that we felt in not getting elected in 1980.



You can also find President Carter's book "Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope" here.
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Paul Adolph Volcker (none / 0)

I always felt that appointing Paul Adolph Volcker cost him the election in 1980 more than anything else. He really had no other choice to appoint a Fed Chairman who wanted to take a very different direction than the Keynesians. In the short term the interest rates hikes only made things worse and they hit hard right at the 1980 election.

 

You should have asked him about the impact that Fed policy had on that election. 

by acroso on 10/11/2007 05:21:58 PM EST

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