Kevin Mattson

You can really hear the war language there, you know, mobilize, I'll be your leader, but we have to sacrifice and pay attention to one another. What he wants to aim for is to build a kind of simpler society, maybe one where consumption wasn't so widespread and taking things over. But also at the same time, it's got to push back against our over-reliance upon foreign sources of oil.

You can really hear the war language there, you know, mobilize, I'll be your leader, but we have to sacrifice and pay attention to one another. What he wants to aim for is to build a kind of simpler society, maybe one where consumption wasn't so widespread and taking things over. But also at the same time, it's got to push back against our over-reliance upon foreign sources of oil.

You can really hear the war language there, you know, mobilize, I'll be your leader, but we have to sacrifice and pay attention to one another. What he wants to aim for is to build a kind of simpler society, maybe one where consumption wasn't so widespread and taking things over. But also at the same time, it's got to push back against our over-reliance upon foreign sources of oil.

I think that that has to just be called a contradiction. I mean, the speech opens up with such a long treatment of all the problems that the country faced historically. To turn it around on the kind of optimistic note, if anything, that's the part in the speech that every time I read it, I'm like, you know, you've set out a pretty difficult course to chart.

I think that that has to just be called a contradiction. I mean, the speech opens up with such a long treatment of all the problems that the country faced historically. To turn it around on the kind of optimistic note, if anything, that's the part in the speech that every time I read it, I'm like, you know, you've set out a pretty difficult course to chart.

I think that that has to just be called a contradiction. I mean, the speech opens up with such a long treatment of all the problems that the country faced historically. To turn it around on the kind of optimistic note, if anything, that's the part in the speech that every time I read it, I'm like, you know, you've set out a pretty difficult course to chart.

And to just kind of slough it off and say, well, we have the confidence we can do it. We've done it before. I think that's the part of the speech, at least for myself, that rings slightly hollow.

And to just kind of slough it off and say, well, we have the confidence we can do it. We've done it before. I think that's the part of the speech, at least for myself, that rings slightly hollow.

And to just kind of slough it off and say, well, we have the confidence we can do it. We've done it before. I think that's the part of the speech, at least for myself, that rings slightly hollow.

There is a whole slew of letters in the Carter Library, and all of them basically say that I'm going to do something. I'm going to take your lead. And with that language of war, I'm going to take your lead and I'm going to do something basic to my everyday life. I'm going to walk to work. I'm going to bicycle.

There is a whole slew of letters in the Carter Library, and all of them basically say that I'm going to do something. I'm going to take your lead. And with that language of war, I'm going to take your lead and I'm going to do something basic to my everyday life. I'm going to walk to work. I'm going to bicycle.

There is a whole slew of letters in the Carter Library, and all of them basically say that I'm going to do something. I'm going to take your lead. And with that language of war, I'm going to take your lead and I'm going to do something basic to my everyday life. I'm going to walk to work. I'm going to bicycle.

I'm going to do all these things that are going to help us get through this energy crisis. And the speech boosts Carter's polling by about 10%. People react favorably and say, yeah, I'm ready to do this. I'm ready to join in. I want to be a part of the cause.

I'm going to do all these things that are going to help us get through this energy crisis. And the speech boosts Carter's polling by about 10%. People react favorably and say, yeah, I'm ready to do this. I'm ready to join in. I want to be a part of the cause.

I'm going to do all these things that are going to help us get through this energy crisis. And the speech boosts Carter's polling by about 10%. People react favorably and say, yeah, I'm ready to do this. I'm ready to join in. I want to be a part of the cause.

Yeah, that's right. I mean, 10 days or so later after giving the speech, Jimmy Carter fires his entire cabinet. And it's much to the shock of people who are saying, wait, what's this all about? He's projecting now a style of being like disorganized. So his polls dropped down. So he's got like, you know, maybe about 10 days in which the poll numbers are looking good. And then suddenly they crash.

Yeah, that's right. I mean, 10 days or so later after giving the speech, Jimmy Carter fires his entire cabinet. And it's much to the shock of people who are saying, wait, what's this all about? He's projecting now a style of being like disorganized. So his polls dropped down. So he's got like, you know, maybe about 10 days in which the poll numbers are looking good. And then suddenly they crash.

Yeah, that's right. I mean, 10 days or so later after giving the speech, Jimmy Carter fires his entire cabinet. And it's much to the shock of people who are saying, wait, what's this all about? He's projecting now a style of being like disorganized. So his polls dropped down. So he's got like, you know, maybe about 10 days in which the poll numbers are looking good. And then suddenly they crash.

And it's a person who's basically an advisor to Ronald Reagan, Richard Werthlin, who's Reagan's pollster. And he said at the moment, I knew once the speech was given that we were going to win in 1980 and that Ronald Reagan was going to beat Jimmy Carter. Because... People don't like to hear about malaise.

And it's a person who's basically an advisor to Ronald Reagan, Richard Werthlin, who's Reagan's pollster. And he said at the moment, I knew once the speech was given that we were going to win in 1980 and that Ronald Reagan was going to beat Jimmy Carter. Because... People don't like to hear about malaise.