Personally I think he was a good man that just got too far out of his depth....

How many of you can claim to be married to the same woman for 75 years?

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Originally posted by Blume9mm:
Personally I think he was a good man that just got too far out of his depth....

That's probably the most prevalent view of Carter out there, but I would ask you how many 'good men' would work directly with the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War to undermine the US president with the intention of sabotaging the military buildup that directly led to the downfall of the Soviet Union?

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Originally posted by Blume9mm:
Personally I think he was a good man that just got too far out of his depth....

“Good” men aren’t anti-Semites.

Put on a fucking sweater!!

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Originally posted by Jim Shugart:
Slow Joe doesn't count since he doesn't know whether it's June or Thursday. The Dems should be charged with elder abuse.

This cartoon is exactly what I was thinking when I read through this thread!

Jimmy Carter is still alive because of advances in pharmaceutical technology. There’s a pill for every ailment.

And para, I remember Dante’s from my years of working in Buckhead. Never went there at night, as all I wanted to do at the end of the day was head OTP!

When (soon, please) Jimmy dies, who will take over the 3rd spot as Worst?

And, I was never in Dante's.

Must be all those peanuts.

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Originally posted by bald1:

Also met some actor there but memory fails me as to his name. He was quite nice to us. I can picture him. Gruff hard tough guy were his usual roles.

I remembered... Claude Akins

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
And, I was never in Dante's.

Why not??

In the 1970's, Russia was unable to feed its people and became a large.importer of US grain - to the great benefit of American farmers. When Jimmy Carter put an embargo on all US grain shipments to Russia due to their invasion of Afghanistan, grain prices took a big hit. My Uncle and cousin were farmers and huge liberal democrats. They were so mad at Carter that they voted for a 3rd party candidate in 1980 and helped elect Reagan!

I also remember Dantes and the alligators. Went there almost every year during my annual work trip to Atlanta in the 90's. It was unique. I seem to recall the owner going around to all the tables and greeting everyone? Didnt know his background tho.

Dante made his customers feel as if he knew them personally. The Underground location- yeah, I think I went there twice, but it didn't have the same feel as the Buckhead location, and I didn't see Dante at Underground.

Somewhere just outside Dante's Underground, wasn't there a big wooden statue of a bear on its hind legs? I seem to recall jokingly having my picture taken with the bear. Sometime in the late 1980s IIRC

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Somewhere just outside Dante's Underground, wasn't there a big wooden statue of a bear on its hind legs? I seem to recall jokingly having my picture taken with the bear. Sometime in the late 1980s IIRC

Is this you with the bear??

Went there several times in the late 80's - early 90's.

I tried to hit every local band venue back then as where I'm from had no culture.

The Metroplex, Roxy, White Dot and many others I can't even remember now.

Downtown and Buckhead used to be so much fun.

Now I wish I had gone to Dante's more often.

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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
Is this you with the bear??

I guess they added the velvet rope around the bear because too many drunks were stumbling out of Dante's saying "HEY TAKE MY PICTURE WITH THE BEAR!!" There was no rope when I took my pic.

And I don't recall that shady-lookin' dude with the bear.

For those that didn't know him, a little idea of what he was like.

https://www.ajc.com/things-to-...Q6VAPPIQV4AZJ3RXUVU/

That statue kinda looks like the picture of Dante in the article linked above. I know nothing about it besides what I’m reading here, but if so, it seems like a decent way to remember the man.

From the article:

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He passed away July 25 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Ouch.

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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
That statue kinda looks like the picture of Dante in the article linked above. I know nothing about it besides what I’m reading here, but if so, it seems like a decent way to remember the man.

The staue is in honor of Humbug Square

There is health care for the elite political class; then there's everyone else. That's why Carter is still alive and why McCain lasted far longer than he should have.

God has a great sense of humor! Keeping what was previously the worst president in US History alive longer to endure that title. But now that Obama stole that title he outlived his usefulness

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Originally posted by parabellum:
He's 96 years old and a couple of years back, I heard he has brain cancer, and that jerk is STILL alive.

Well...when you've made a deal with the Devil......