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Former US President Jimmy Carter dead at 100

Started by bing101, December 29, 2024, 04:46:55 PM

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Not the best president, but certainly the best human being ever to be president.
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SEWIGuy

Too good a human being to be saddled with the presidency.

wanderer2575

I don't want to derail this thread into politics but I have to say this, be damned if I'm banned:  If Mr. Carter couldn't make it another 50 months (at least), I'm glad he passed now when he can be recognized with some dignity.

jgb191

#6
I was born during his administration.  I don't think I would consider myself either (left or right), but I really appreciate what he did for the nation during and especially after his presidency.
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formulanone

There's the time he shook hands with possibly everyone on plane on a commercial flight. The perks of being a former President is that you outrank the flight crew...?

https://www.google.com/search?q=jimmy+carter+shaking+hands+with+everyone+on+plane

Roadgeekteen

Rest in peace. Glad he's with Rosalynn now.
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Flint1979

He was a good guy but a horrible president.

bandit957

He was the best President of the past 60 years.
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Henry

#12
It's hard to believe that almost three months before we had this:

Quote from: Henry on October 01, 2024, 11:51:55 PMThe 39th POTUS had his centennial today:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carter-turns-100-birthday/

At least he made it to 100, and hopefully we'll have a few more former politicians reaching that age, although I wouldn't hold my breath.

Not the best President by any stretch, but he had the best life after the White House with his humanitarianism and charitable deeds. Truly a gentleman, and he deserves to be celebrated in the years to come.

Also, the grounds on which he and Rosalynn built their home and where they'll now be buried together is soon going to be turned into a national park, so that is really an honor in itself, plus it'll put the town of Plains, GA, on the map.
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Rothman

Huh.  Looks like the Carter Compound has already been part of the Jimmy Carter NHP for quite some time.  It's just been closed to the public for obvious reasons.
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hbelkins

#14
How many posters here were actually alive and have a memory of the Carter administration (Jan. 20, 1977-Jan. 20, 1981)?

I was a teenager then, and I certainly remember his presidency.
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Big John

Quote from: hbelkins on December 30, 2024, 02:36:14 PMHow many posters here were actually alive and have a memory of the Carter administration (Jan. 20, 1976-Jan. 20, 1980)?

I was a teenager then, and I certainly remember his presidency.
Actually 1977-1981.

bandit957

Quote from: hbelkins on December 30, 2024, 02:36:14 PMHow many posters here were actually alive and have a memory of the Carter administration (Jan. 20, 1976-Jan. 20, 1980)?

I was around then.
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Rothman

Quote from: hbelkins on December 30, 2024, 02:36:14 PMHow many posters here were actually alive and have a memory of the Carter administration (Jan. 20, 1976-Jan. 20, 1980)?

I was a teenager then, and I certainly remember his presidency.

A little bit.  I had fun on the playground, so it couldn't have been all Iranian hostages and gasoline shortages.

I am a little concerned about his post-presidency being portrayed as perfect.  He definitely tried to follow Christian values to a T, but his meddling in standing Presidents' foreign policy, whether Bush or Clinton, was concerning.
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hbelkins

Quote from: Big John on December 30, 2024, 02:47:23 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on December 30, 2024, 02:36:14 PMHow many posters here were actually alive and have a memory of the Carter administration (Jan. 20, 1976-Jan. 20, 1980)?

I was a teenager then, and I certainly remember his presidency.
Actually 1977-1981.

Corrected in the original.
Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

roadman65

He was a good diplomat and great physis. People knocked him for being a Peanut Farmer, but truth is he graduated from Annapolis with a degree in Nuclear Physics. 

He was also an advocate for nuclear energy during his term.
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kernals12

Much like Herbert Hoover, Carter was a one term president who became a byword for ineptness but succeeded in redeeming his reputation through philanthropy and wound up living a very long life.

Rothman

Pfft.  Hoover nosediving us into The Great Depression and ordering MacArthur to set the Bonus Marchers ablaze in Anacostia are much worse acts than Carter ever committed. 

...

Oh crap, this is just another k12 post.
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Ted$8roadFan

I was alive, but too young to remember the Carter presidency. I do remember the Reagan-Bush 41 years that had ended his presidency and had turned it into a punchline and something to avoid - a lesson even learned by his own party. I was happy to see that history has been kinder to him, especially his many good deeds post-presidency.

roadman65

#23
I remember the Begin- Sadat Peace Treaty he brokered. 

I remember the way he handled the Hostage Crisis as he was chastised at that.

I don't remember the other things although the economy was not that great when he served.  However, Ford handled the economy badly too hence his one short term.

Back then both sides of the aisle would agree and if a president was bad, he was bad by fellow lay party members. Parties then weren't cult icons as they are today.
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1995hoo

I remember the Carter years, though not so much his presidency as various things that happened during those years. The Iran hostages are an obvious one, and I certainly remember the long lines for the gas stations. The 1980 presidential election was the first one of which I was aware, which makes sense given that I was three years old in 1976.

Give Carter some credit on the energy issues because he practiced what he preached instead of taking a "rules for thee, but not for me" approach. My father's work took him to the White House several times during the Carter Administration and he said everyone was complaining that it was quite cold during the winter—because Carter ordered them to turn down the thermostat—and quite warm and dark during the summer because Carter had them set the AC higher and close the drapes to keep the sun from warming the building too much. (Regarding the winter temperature, my parents set the heat at 65° when we were at home, so I don't think my father found the White House to be all that cold.)

I read somewhere that Carter originally insisted that his motorcade stop at red lights to reduce the disruption to DC traffic. That was obviously a bad idea from a security standpoint and it took the Secret Service a surprisingly long time to convince him of that fact.
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