Kevin Mattson

One of the things that they would do at these gas lines is that the gas attendant would take a poster and say, last car and put it on the window of where if they went past that they would run out of gas. And people would jump into the cars, take the signs, put them back 25 spaces so that other people could get gas. And it was kind of like individualism coming to the fore in a really ugly way.

I mean, the threats of violence, the actual violence, people just looking for their self-interest. I think that kind of was one of the key things that made Jimmy Carter really worry about individualism and consumerism is that it could lead to such awful fights that were being engaged in by normal, ordinary Americans.

I mean, the threats of violence, the actual violence, people just looking for their self-interest. I think that kind of was one of the key things that made Jimmy Carter really worry about individualism and consumerism is that it could lead to such awful fights that were being engaged in by normal, ordinary Americans.

I mean, the threats of violence, the actual violence, people just looking for their self-interest. I think that kind of was one of the key things that made Jimmy Carter really worry about individualism and consumerism is that it could lead to such awful fights that were being engaged in by normal, ordinary Americans.

That's, I think, the foremost issue that's on Carter's mind that's happening in the streets of the country at this time.

That's, I think, the foremost issue that's on Carter's mind that's happening in the streets of the country at this time.

That's, I think, the foremost issue that's on Carter's mind that's happening in the streets of the country at this time.

He did install solar panels on the White House, and I think it was kind of a practical thing. I mean, it would reduce energy costs, obviously, and reliance upon foreign oil. It reminds me also of an early episode in Jimmy Carter's presidency, and he's fairly famous for this, where he sits with a cardigan sweater with a fireplace next to him.

He did install solar panels on the White House, and I think it was kind of a practical thing. I mean, it would reduce energy costs, obviously, and reliance upon foreign oil. It reminds me also of an early episode in Jimmy Carter's presidency, and he's fairly famous for this, where he sits with a cardigan sweater with a fireplace next to him.

He did install solar panels on the White House, and I think it was kind of a practical thing. I mean, it would reduce energy costs, obviously, and reliance upon foreign oil. It reminds me also of an early episode in Jimmy Carter's presidency, and he's fairly famous for this, where he sits with a cardigan sweater with a fireplace next to him.

And he basically says, turn down the thermostats because we're wasting energy.

And he basically says, turn down the thermostats because we're wasting energy.

And he basically says, turn down the thermostats because we're wasting energy.

It symbolized both I'm the president of the United States, but I'm going to do something. He's doing stuff concretely in his own behavior. I mean, I can't read how Americans would respond to that, but I think they would think at least he's not a hypocrite. He's actually putting his money where his mouth is.

It symbolized both I'm the president of the United States, but I'm going to do something. He's doing stuff concretely in his own behavior. I mean, I can't read how Americans would respond to that, but I think they would think at least he's not a hypocrite. He's actually putting his money where his mouth is.

It symbolized both I'm the president of the United States, but I'm going to do something. He's doing stuff concretely in his own behavior. I mean, I can't read how Americans would respond to that, but I think they would think at least he's not a hypocrite. He's actually putting his money where his mouth is.

And there's something to that that I think makes Jimmy Carter attractive as we look back upon both him and what's followed in his wake.

And there's something to that that I think makes Jimmy Carter attractive as we look back upon both him and what's followed in his wake.

And there's something to that that I think makes Jimmy Carter attractive as we look back upon both him and what's followed in his wake.

The distrust that he's, I think, talking about there amongst the general American public is really strong. And he's basically saying, we made mistakes. I made mistakes. We're all making mistakes, which again shows the kind of radical nature of this speech is that he's sharing the blame. But he's also saying that things like Watergate and Vietnam, you can't just slough them off.