"the catastrophic Carter presidency"?

I remember Carter establishing the Dept. of Energy. I remember Carter's emphasis on the need to find renewable (and cleaner) energy resources.

Carter was labelled a 'doomsayer' for talking about energy resource limits.   We were told that it was 'Morning in America'. (It was, in fact, closer 4:30 in th afternoon.)

I remember very clearly that on the day after the 1980 election - the very first working day for the new President-elect, Ronald Reagan lunched with the CEO of Texaco. The fix was in...

"catastrophic presidency" indeed!!