jokers coined the mocking acronym “MEOW” for Carter’s “moral equivalent of war” formulation: as if tinkering with natural gas subsidies, researching synthetic fuels, and lowering thermostats somehow compared to the global crusade that defeated Tojo and Hitler. Again, the public disagreed. His approval ratings ranged from 69 percent to 80 percent; Gallup had Congress at 36 percent. As for how many of the American people agreed with the president that the energy crisis was serious, that stood at 86 percent. “A rash of books about new presidents has become a well-established
