{"id":595821,"date":"2021-07-18T09:50:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T13:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=595821"},"modified":"2021-07-18T09:50:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T13:50:22","slug":"is-joe-biden-reimagining-the-jimmy-carter-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-joe-biden-reimagining-the-jimmy-carter-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Joe Biden Reimagining The Jimmy Carter Presidency?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fis-joe-biden-reimagining-the-jimmy-carter-presidency%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=595821&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pjimage-e1620834700376.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Since before the 2020 election, President Joe Biden and others have attempted to draw comparisons between his administration and that of Franklin Delano Roosevelt \u2014 but the reality is shaping up to look a lot more like former President Jimmy Carter\u2019s tenure in office.<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5904569\/joe-biden-fdr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fostered<\/a> that comparison as he made one of his last campaign stops in Warm Springs, Georgia, where FDR chose to convalesce after contracting polio. \u201cThis place, Warm Springs, is a reminder that though broken, each of us can be healed. That as a people and a country, we can overcome a devastating virus. That we can heal a suffering world. That yes, we can restore our soul and save our country,\u201d he said at the time. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/12\/hart-biden-and-carter-two-peanuts-in-the-same-shell-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED:&nbsp;HART: Biden And Carter \u2014 Two Peanuts In The Same Shell Game)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CNN senior political analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/04\/26\/opinions\/franklin-roosevelt-joe-biden-100-days-gergen\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Gergen<\/a> argued at the end of Biden\u2019s first 100 days that the president was not the next FDR \u2014 but that he shared important similarities such as avoiding the \u201ctendency to make big policy mistakes at the very moment when their team is least prepared\u201d and the \u201cinner strength\u201d stemming from personal loss.<\/p>\n<p>However, Biden\u2019s policy decisions, and their effects on the American people, have likened him more to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/12\/trump-comparisons-joe-biden-jimmy-carter-unfair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carter<\/a>&nbsp;than Roosevelt.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to energy, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalreservehistory.org\/essays\/oil-shock-of-1978-79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chief issue<\/a> of Carter\u2019s presidency, Biden has already overseen a sea change that harmed the industry. The president\u2019s day one hatchet job on the planned Keystone XL Pipeline left thousands reeling as their jobs evaporated at the stroke of a pen. When the Biden administration also put forth a plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/biden-ban-new-permits-drilling-federal-lands-waters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">freeze drilling permits<\/a> on federal land for at least the first year of his term, American energy independence seemed to slip away.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/18\/biden-fdr-jimmy-carter-energy-gas-shortage-inflation-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biden administration<\/a> then insisted on keeping extra unemployment benefits in his American Rescue Plan, even as the economy struggled to rebound. Many believed the move contributed to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/01\/worker-shortage-labor-chamber-of-commerce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">disappointing unemployment numbers<\/a>, as people who could have returned to work stayed home in order to keep receiving payments.<\/p>\n<p>The result has been an economy that is more sluggish than expected \u2014 while prices at the pump and in the grocery stores continue to rise \u2014 all of which have raised the specter of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/01\/department-of-labor-heritage-foundation-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stagflation<\/a> not seen since Carter\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/16\/dont-have-mean-tweets-pete-hegseth-will-cain-mock-master-of-disaster-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pete Hegseth<\/a>&nbsp;and Will Cain drew several comparisons to Carter in late May, just three months into Biden\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe New York Post is saying this is Joe Biden proving to be a master of disaster. More so than even Jimmy Carter. That\u2019s the headline,\u201d Cain said as he read from the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/15\/joe-biden-is-even-more-of-a-master-of-disaster-than-jimmy-carter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">op-ed<\/a>. \u201c\u2018Joe Biden is even proving more of a master of disaster than Jimmy Carter, it\u2019s stunning how much success Biden has managed to reverse in just four months. The long lines at the pump, slowing growth, and rising inflation, it\u2019s looking like the Jimmy Carter era except it took Carter years to produce disasters that this president has fostered in scant months.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth agreed, adding, \u201cAnd Will, to your point, these are not crises that have been thrust on the Biden administration. They were created by the Biden administration,\u201d Hegseth added. \u201cStagflation \u2014 the idea that you\u2019ve got a stagnant economy, unemployment that doesn\u2019t \u2014 even though you\u2019ve got tons of jobs available, people don\u2019t want to take them. And then you\u2019ve got inflation coming. It hits everybody. It\u2019s actually regressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Fox News host Greg Gutfeld also compared Biden to Carter, referring to the administration as \u201cJoe and Kamala\u2019s Awful Adventure\u201d and saying, \u201cThe 1970s called, they want their unmitigated disasters back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMove over, Jimmy Carter, President Biden is looking like the one-term Democrat every passing day, gas lines getting longer, prices rising, everywhere you look chaos is expanding like one of Jen Psaki\u2019s binders all under Biden\u2019s leadership,\u201d Gutfeld said, mocking those who had been offended by former President Donald Trump\u2019s tweets. \u201cWhat happens when the evil tweeter leaves? You get inflation, Middle East unrest, joblessness, a relentless crime wave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican Texas Sen.Ted Cruz drew the same conclusion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.5555555555556\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joe Biden is Jimmy Carter 2.0.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 Gas crisis<br \/>\u2705 Gas lines<br \/>\u2705 Inflation crisis<br \/>\u2705 War in the Middle East <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C40a2UIGXr\">pic.twitter.com\/C40a2UIGXr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1412449180375732230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But the real indicator lies in the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/biden-jimmy-carter-connection-similar-policies-liz-peek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Misery Index,<\/a>\u201d which measures the combined unemployment rate and inflation rate. It averaged 16.26 and topped out at over 20 during the Carter administration.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/issuesinsights.com\/2021\/07\/16\/misery-index-is-on-the-rise-under-bidens-rescue-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Misery Index<\/a> fluctuated during President Trump\u2019s term, averaging at 6.9 and spiking to 15 during COVID-related lockdowns, before dropping back down to 7.7 by the time he left office.<\/p>\n<p>But every month since Biden took office, the Index has consistently ticked upward, reaching 11.3 in June. As reported by Issues and Insights, \u201cThe misery index is now higher than it has been (pre-pandemic) since the Great Recession. It\u2019s also higher than the post-World War II average of 9.2. Under Trump, it averaged 6.9, the third-lowest of any postwar president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although his tenure in office has only just begun, Biden seems more and more like Carter every day. It\u2019s a trend that neither bodes well for his legacy nor his voters. A trend that chips away at any comparison between the 46th president and FDR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since before the 2020 election, President Joe Biden and others have attempted to draw comparisons between his administration and that of Franklin Delano Roosevelt \u2014 but the reality is shaping &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1891890,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-595821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1891890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}