re: #192 sagehen

I blamed it mostly on the Iranian hostage crisis.

Ted Koppel, an hour of “America Held Hostage — Day xx” EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT. for more than a year.

Before cable, when there were only 3 networks…

It is true that Carter essentially shut down his administration until the Iran Hostage crisis was resolved. It definitely showed him as weak.

And, of course, the Iranians, encouraged by this, kept the crisis going until Reagan took over. The released the hostages.

What I also remember is that about this same time, the economic reforms of the previous 4-8 years finally started to kick in. Add to that a heavy layer of propaganda from the Reagan Administration and their co-conspirators that it “Morning in America”.