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1. I remember being elated when Carter was elected.

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 01:04 PM

23 hrs ago

I thought we’d never have a Republican president again.

Hey, I was young.

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I remember being elated when Carter was elected. perfessor 23 hrs ago #1

Carter barely won dsc 22 hrs ago #9

I have NEVER felt such excitement! young_at_heart 23 hrs ago #2

Always a relief... lame54 23 hrs ago #3

I'm still bewildered by 2016 newdeal2 23 hrs ago #5

It was a triumph of Conservative Media's brainwashing program maxsolomon 22 hrs ago #12

I'd say that Russian misinformation all over social media was tampering groundloop 21 hrs ago #15

James Comey. SergeStorms 21 hrs ago #21

I was happy then MustLoveBeagles 22 hrs ago #6

Wild isn't the word I'd use. progressoid 22 hrs ago #7

+1 leftstreet 22 hrs ago #11

Try tampered with. Russia Russia Russia. Amaryllis 22 hrs ago #14

Obama 1/09 on Bush Corruption/War Crimes displacedvermoter 4 hrs ago #27

The Age of Aquarius BidenRocks 22 hrs ago #8

If you're roughly my age BaronChocula 22 hrs ago #10

65 here and it all seems reversed to before I was born. nilram 21 hrs ago #16

I was optimistic in the 1970's and early 1980's OC375 21 hrs ago #17

My Reflection modrepub 21 hrs ago #19

And the Republican senators refused to BootinUp 21 hrs ago #20

Mitch again. BidenRocks 16 hrs ago #23

He articulated pattyloutwo 19 hrs ago #22

My optimism when Obama was elected was boundless--briefly DFW 10 hrs ago #25

Rush. Beck2 9 hrs ago #26

Obama was elected the year my daughter was born ybbor 57 min ago #28

We were hopeful because we thought there would be real, progressive change. BlueTsunami2018 36 min ago #29