Tuesday, September 15, 2015

List: Every Movie President Jimmy Carter Watched In The White House

Have to appreciate the effort that went into this.
After painstakingly going through the President’s daily journal, which outlined his tasks for each day, I’ve made a list of every movie Carter watched while in office from January 20, 1977 until January 20, 1981. And man, he really did watch a lot of films.
Part of my fascination with the movies that presidents watch is just cheap voyeurism. But the other part is an earnest belief that popular culture influences things in the real world. President Nixon was obsessed with the film Patton during the Vietnam War. President Reagan urged Congress to take computer security seriously after seeing War Games in 1983.
And George W. Bush was a big fan of 24. Hmm... Mr. Trump? what movies do you like?


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