Sarah Palin's heroes – and antiheroes

7. Ronald Reagan vs. Jimmy Carter

Palin uses the "mediocre" Carter presidency as a foil to praise the "visionary leadership" of Ronald Reagan.

"America By Heart" loops back to Palin hero Ronald Reagan in its final pages. Looking into America's past, she contrasts "a mediocre Carter presidency which was characterized by a creeping national 'malaise' " to "a wondrous period of renewal under Ronald Reagan's visionary leadership."

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