I was really hoping he would live long enough to see the U.S. reclaim ownership of the Panama Canal.

Funny how history repeats itself. A complete incompetent blown out by an outsider that resurrected the country. And the Iranian hostages released when Reagan was inaugurated just like the hostages now being held. Strong Republican MEN can accomplish a lot if given a chance.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
I was really hoping he would live long enough to see the U.S. reclaim ownership of the Panama Canal.

Yep! A weak incompetent coward gave it away.

I would also characterize him as a horrible president, but a good human being.

Strangely enough, Carter’s efforts outside of political office help prove that the government is not the solution to society’s problems. I use Habitat for Humanity, a program championed by Jimmy Carter, as an example of what can happen when people help each other, in contrast to public housing projects as government solutions to housing problems. I then ask if someone would rather live in a housing project or a habitat for humanity home.

Glad the peanut farmer is gone.

I hated his smirking, superior smile as he implied that 17% stagflation was our fault.

I posted this before, but it bares repeating. Carter lived long enough to know he wasn’t the worst president ever and Biden will never know he was president.

For the Win !

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His heart and faith led him to places his intellect could not rescue. Whatever harm he did to our country (and it was massive) was, at least, done with the best of intentions, and a mistaken confidence that most people in the world had the same.

I didn't think he'd last long after Rosalind passed, but they, as a couple, outshone pretty much every Presidential couple since.

Well said, Architect. My sentiments indeed.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
Carter did quite a lot for Habitat for Humanity. He actually knew how to swing a hammer and that was much appreciated. His brother provided lots of comic relief.

He should have just stuck with the Habitat job early on and never ran for/become President. The country and the world would have been better off in both cases.

#3 worst is finally gone.RMD

This is from Times of Israel: Carter had everything wrong about Israel and the Jews.

Then there was this:

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“The oil and natural gas that we rely on for 75 percent of our energy are simply running out.... Unless profound changes are made to lower oil consumption, we now believe that early in the 1980’s the world will be demanding more oil than it can produce.... World consumption of oil is still going up. If it were possible to keep it rising during the 1970’s and 1980’s by 5 percent a year, as it has in the past, we could use up all the proven reserves of oil in the entire world by the end of the next decade.”

More at the link

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Originally posted by Redhookbklyn:
He was a good man and a terrible president.

I’ll go along with the terrible president part.

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I'll be the outlier and say that Carter was a horrible ex-president, his smile and friendly exterior was the facade of a cold, mean person who stopped smiling after the cameras shut off, and treated people around him like shit, especially his Secret Service protection. He stuck his unwanted nose into foreign issues in the Reagan and Bush administrations, culminating in his disastrous "negotiation" with North Korea in 1994 by giving them two reactors and $5 billion in cash if they promised to stop developing nukes. And of course they violated the accord the very first day and a few years later detonated its first nuke, and have been a nuclear thorn in the side of the U.S. ever since.

Good riddance.

Agreed. Not a good president nor a good man. Recall that he was the first former president to criticize, and I mean relentlessly, a successive president, GW Bush. That's just one example of his smallness.

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I would not be surprised to see something similar for Carter.

I seriously doubt it. He was President close to 50 years ago. Half the country doesn't even know who he was. He'll be planted quietly in Plains, GA, and the world will continue to spin. AMF.

Well, you’d be incorrect:

Jimmy Carter will become the sixth American president to be given an official state funeral at the United States Capitol as the nation prepares to honor its late commander-in-chief.

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
And I was told the Devil don't die.

He ain't dead. He's still here, but in a different form.

Leftists need to worship their heroes I suppose.

What a waste of time, energy, and money.

From my military career perspective:

I am not over some shit that forever remains in his lap.

His death only stirs that up.


For my civilian perspective:

JEC was a self serving person, who rode upon the compassion of others that truly cared for those less fortunate.

"Worms gotta eat, same as buzzards."
-Josey Wales

One night in 1979 Carter was unable to sleep.

Getting out of bed, he made his way to the Presidential Study to read.

As he reads, the ghost of President Theodore Roosevelt appeared.

Teddy says to Carter “ You know who I am and what I did while President. Are there any world problems right now where I might give some advice?”

Carter responds “Well there are these students in Iran who have taken over the US Embassy. They are holding 52 of our people hostage.”

Teddy replied “So you sent in the Marines to take the Embassy back.”

“No, I’ve decided that so long as the hostages are held, I won’t leave the White House.” was Carter’s reply.

“Well, time must have changed quite a lot since I was President. What else is happening?” asked Roosevelt.

“The Russians invaded and have now occupied Afghanistan, that’s another problem,” replied Carter.

“So you sent in the Army to aid the British in throwing those bastards out, right?” said Roosevelt.

Carter, rather meekly replied “No, we are boycotting the Olympic Games, set to be held in Moscow.”

Roosevelt looks are Carter and bellows “Jumping Jesus on a pogostick. Next thing you’re going to say is you gave away the Panama Canal!”
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Carter was happy the day Obama was elected. He knew he was about to lose the "Worst President Ever" title.

Carter was overjoyed when Biden became President because he knew he'd now be the third worst President.