On Past Judgements Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got til it's gone. - Joni Mitchell In the 1976 Presidential election, I voted for John Anderson. I was then, and still am, a liberal. So, Gerald Ford was not a consideration, especially after he pardoned Nixon, which was unforgivable. But I didn't trust Jimmy Carter, who claimed to be honest. I didn't know much about the Southern Baptist Convention, but what I did know was that they opposed most everything that I supported. Carter was a Southern Baptist, so Carter was out. Four years later, I had changed my mind, and I enthusiastically supported Carter against Reagan, and over the years I grew to appreciate him more and more. Carter turned out to be much more honest and thoughtful than the average politician. And he was open to change. He recently left the Southern Baptist Convention after 60 years due to their belief that women should be subservient to men.