Word: carterized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sometimes wish that reasoning were better understood. When Jimmy Carter appeared on TIME's cover three times during the 1976 primary season, some readers complained that we were trying to propel the ex-Georgia Governor into the White House. In fact, the covers reflected our judgment that Carter's assault on the presidency was the biggest story of the emerging campaign. Ronald Reagan first turned up on the cover in a similar fashion in 1966 as a candidate for Governor of California who seemed likely to go further...
...Almost as if anticipating facile and unflattering comparisons with Jimmy Carter, the Dukakis camp goes out of its way to insist that the Governor has learned to set limited and attainable priorities. Paul Brountas, who has replaced former Campaign Manager John Sasso as the candidate's closest confidant, contends that Dukakis failed in his abortive first term because "there were far too many legislative initiatives." Brountas predicts that the domestic agenda of Dukakis' first year in the White House would consist of perhaps a "half dozen manageable programs." Seated one row behind a dozing and generally far vaguer Dukakis aboard...
...Dukakis' staff following the Ferraro campaign Sasso and another gubernatorial aides urged Dukakis to run for president, saying his optimism and record would offer the Democratic Party a fresh alternative to the "doom and gloom" approach Sasso blamed for the crushing defeats of Mondale in 1984 and President Carter...
...ethics in government, Dukakis would be wise to follow Carter's lead. Carter's one ethical liability, Bert Lance, was never convicted of any crime. This administration certainly outdid his record with its influence-peddling officials, ideologues-gone-astray, and just plain crooks--from Michael Deaver, Lyn Nofziger, and Edwin Meese to Oliver North, John Poindexter, and William Casey to Anne Gorsuch, Rita Lavelle, and Raymond Donovan. Carter got Lance to resign, even after he was found innocent, while Reagan ignored rampant corruption...
Despite his faults, Carter was clearly in charge and on top of all policy decisions. He came forth when he erred, rather than trying to shift the blame to Congress or to his subordinates. No one can say the same of Reagan. If Dukakis wants to be known as a president possessing hands-on, competent management skills, instead of one proclaiming empty miracles, Carter is America's most recent example...