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Posted by: Zyngaru
« on: December 31, 2024, 01:14:05 pm »

Jimmy Carter!

I was in the Military during President Carter. A lot of things went wrong during his Presidency.   As I president I didn't care for him.

As a human being, I praise him.  He lived his faith.  He didn't just talk it; matter of fact he didn't talk it a lot.  But he lived his convictions.  He did more for America after his Presidency than he did while being President.  He put Habitat for Humanity on the map.  Not much was known about it before President Carter joined it.  The man built houses.  He didn't just advertise for it, but he hammered nails doing the work.  Him and his wife together.  He encouraged many other people to hammer nails.  If you were on a job site and weren't doing anything, he would find you something to do.  One of my brothers lives in one of those Habitat houses to this day.  He built most of it himself.

James Earl Carter's legacy isn't the years he was President.  His legacy is the years after his Presidency.  He will be remembered as a GOOD MAN.
Posted by: Jack
« on: December 31, 2024, 01:03:31 pm »

Carter never really stood a chance at a second term.  I think a lot of the reason he and Ford both lost was the results of the 73 Oil Embargo.  Inflation was one of Carter's biggest problems, and no one wanted to be told 'quit using your air conditioner so much' or 'wear a sweater when it's cold'.  They wanted to be promised magic solutions, and it didn't matter that there were no real world basis in those promises (sound familiar?).

In the end, it doesn't matter.  Whether someone else might have been able to do a better job, Carter was a good man who worked hard for other people.  I remember a report about 5 years ago when the man went to the hospital after an injury, and was back working with Habitat for Humanity the next day.
Posted by: squarecutter
« on: December 31, 2024, 12:52:12 pm »

Sorry to hear. Seemed a decent guy but events went against him. As to his efforts for peace in the Middle East. well let's just say Tony Blair is a pygmy by comparison. Getting to 100 is a great achievement. Do US Presidents send letters to citizens who get that far the way our monarch does? As I say the USA lost decent man

RIP Jimmy Carter