No argument. Republicans shared in the blame for the progressive agenda.
Nixon was a big government type, dare I say "progressive". Nixon believed in heavy-handed government control perhaps as much as LBJ had. By the time Watergate happened people had nearly had enough though and were more than willing to let Nixon and his heavy-handed ways ride off into the sunset.
Carter didn't look at things that way though and doubled down on the progressive agenda. Long before the end of Carter's first term people were finally ready to throw off the oppressive yoke of big government. That allowed Reagan to step in. The rest is history.
That's about what Carter thought, too. Reagan proved that thinking to be profoundly wrong when he freed up a few markets to competition.
Spoken like a practiced propagandist. Well done.
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