RIP - Jimmy Carter

[WYBaugh]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... 342151002/

[McNutt]

[Kraken]

A good man and a life well lived.

[Daehawk]

No one is ever truly gone if you remember them. RIP Jimmy.

[Holman]

RIP. One of the great Americans.

[Max Peck]

Probably the most decent human being to sit in the Oval Office.

Jimmy Carter Was America’s Most Effective Former President

His four years in office were fraught, bedeviled from the start by double-digit inflation and a post-Vietnam-and-Watergate bad mood. His fractious staff was dominated by the inexperienced “Georgia Mafia” from his home state. His micromanagement of the White House tennis court drew widespread derision, and his toothy, smiling campaign promise that he would “never lie” to the country somehow curdled into disappointment and defeat after one rocky term.

Yet James Earl Carter Jr., who died on Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, surely has a fair claim to being the most effective former president his country ever had. In part that’s because his post-presidency was the lengthiest on record—more than four decades—and his life span of 100 richly crowded years was the longest of any president, period. But it’s also because the strain of basic decency and integrity that helped get Carter elected in the first place, in 1976, never deserted him, even as his country devolved into ever greater incivility and division.

[TheMix]

R.I.P.

"Just remember, you can never put too much water in a nuclear reactor..."

[RM2]

Jimmy Carter provided a role model that all people should aspire to.

[Suitably Ironic Moniker]

Gone before his time.


Seriously though, what y'all said. He was a wonderful example of humanity's best potential.

[Jaymann]

A true gentleman and statesman. Didn't live to see DonOld take office.

[Daehawk]

A true gentleman and statesman. Didn't live to see DonOld take office.

See how smart Jimmy was?

[Blackhawk]

I'm not really sad. He lived to 100, and spent those years in ways that most people can't even begin to compare to. That's a life to look back on with pride, and that makes it seem more like a closing chapter than a tragedy.

[Brian]

Lived long enough to vote for Kamala but checked out before Doofus takes the reigns again.
Seems like a fair deal.

[Max Peck]

I just saw it pointed out that the US federal government will fly all flags at half-mast for 30 days in honour of Carter's passing. So that means that the flags should be at half mast for Trump's inauguration.

Well played, Jimmy. Well played.

[JCC]

From one of my buddies:

"He was like 2025. No thanks"

[Kraken]

I just saw it pointed out that the US federal government will fly all flags at half-mast for 30 days in honour of Carter's passing. So that means that the flags should be at half mast for Trump's inauguration.

Well played, Jimmy. Well played.

The questions hovering in the background are, Will trump be invited to the funeral? and if so, will he attend? There must be heated discussions going on in both camps right now.

Just as an aside, Wife's Aunt Jeanne died a few days ago just a couple of months short of her 100th birthday. She and Jimmy Carter were almost the same age.

[YellowKing]

He was the first president I actually remember, as I was only 3 when Ford left office. I remember my mom sent off for some kind of White House book for kids and it had pictures of President Carter and his family along with a little letter and stamped autograph. I thought that was just the coolest thing.

I love that while his single term was looked upon as lackluster at best, he did so many great things with his post-Presidency that he became a beloved figure to both parties.

[hepcat]

They don’t make ‘em like Jimmy anymore. I hate to see him go, but he’s with Rosalyn now. Which is where he always wished to be.

[Lassr]

What a great life and role model. RIP

[Jeff V]

A true gentleman and statesman. Didn't live to see DonOld take office.

But he did accomplish his stated goal of living long enough to vote against him.

[pr0ner]

A true gentleman and statesman. Didn't live to see DonOld take office.

Uhhh.

[gilraen]

Jimmy Carter Wins Posthumous Grammy For Best Audiobook Narration

Following his death at age 100 in December, President Jimmy Carter won a Grammy Award on Sunday.

After narrating the audiobook Last Sunday in Plains: A Centennial Celebration, the late 39th U.S. president was honored with Best Audiobook, Narration & Storytelling Recording, marking his fourth Grammy win since 2006.