Burnt Orange Report

Jimmy Carter Felt Nation's Pain, too

By Byron LaMasters

I never knew that President Carter felt the nation's pain. I knew that Bill Clinton did, but I never knew about Carter. I was cleaning out my closet today (I meant to sort my political stuff over the summer, but never got around to it. So, I finally emptied about 5 boxes of political crap, consolidated it into one box and created three garbage bags. So, go me!). Anyway, one of the things that I found was a Jimmy Carter campaign literature ad from 1976 that a friend and BOR reader, Tim Z. sent me about a year ago. On one side of the literature piece it reads:

We can have an American President who does not govern with negativism and fear of the future, but with vigot and vision and aggressive leadership - a President who is not isolated from our people, but who feels your pains and shares your dreams, and takes his strength and wisdom and courage from you.

So, I've found the winning formula for Democrats running for President! They must be able to sincerely and honestly feel the nation's pain. Carter did it, and Clinton did it. Al Gore clearly "lost" because he was unable to show how much he felt the nation's pain. So, here's an opportunity for the Democratic nine (and Wesley Clark). If any of them can feel the nation's pain, a la Carter or Clinton, then it's pretty clear that that candidate should be the nominee, since clearly, only Democrats who feel America's pain can win a Presidential election.