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Thirty years ago Wednesday, President Jimmy Carter delivered a speech — “The Crisis of Confidence” — that became one of the most pilloried in modern American history. ... Now the media is presenting the "Malaise" speech as something genius in its own right, and blaming the firing of The Jimmy's cabinet as the reason...
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Jimmy Carter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. Pres...
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Primary Sources: The "Crisis of Confidence" Speech ... Jimmy Carter delivered this televised speech on July 15, 1979. ... Good evening. This is a special night for me. Exactly three years ago, on July 15, 1976, I accepted the nomination of my party to run for president of the United States.
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"Jimmy had made several speeches on energy... ... He was bringing the American people into this spiritual process that he had been through, and presenting them with an opportunity for redemption as well as redeeming himself." Though he never used the word -- Caddell had in his memo -- it became known as Carter's "malaise" speech.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivered this televised speech on July 15, 1979. Carter also admonished the American people, claiming that "human identity is no longer defined by what one does but by what one owns." Though he never used the word, this became known as Carter's "malaise" speech.
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In the summer of 1979, America faced an energy crisis punctuated by long gas lines and frayed national nerves. President Jimmy Carter was scheduled to address the nation about its problems on July 5, 1979. But he canceled the speech on the ...
http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/2009/07/24/why-j...
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Likewise, I have been unable to find much of anything to complain about in Mattson’s book, which, notwithstanding its title (“ ‘What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President?’: Jimmy Carter, America’s ‘Malaise,’ and the Speech That Should Have Changed the Country”) is blessedly concise.
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Leave it to Chris Matthews, a former speechwriter to Jimmy Carter, to actually commemorate the 30th anniversary of the former president's infamous "malaise" speech.
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"What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President?": Jimmy Carter, America's "Malaise," and the Speech that Should Have Changed the Country ; By Kevin Mattson; Hardcover, 272 pages; Bloomsbury USA; List Price: $25;
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