ON THIS DAY IN 1979, PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER DELIVERED HIS FAMOUS "MALAISE" SPEECH. TODAY, SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH HENDRIK HERTZBERG, EDITOR OF THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE, WHO WAS MR. CARTER'S PRINCIPAL SPEECHWRITER IN 1979 AND DRAFTED THAT SPEECH AND WHO NOW CONFIRMS A MISQUOTATION.
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