@augieray growing up, my parents always spoke about JC like he was mankind's greatest villain. My mom once, after a few margaritas, sheepishly admitted to me that she voted for Carter and has been torn up about it ever since.
So, naturally, as a dumb kid I'm thinking that this guy must have been a seriously bad man. When Wikipedia came around, I started reading about him, and felt so betrayed by my parents' lies that I left the Christian faith wholesale. It was the final straw, really.