James Earl Carter Jr, 1924-2024

[jon-nyc]

lol. That is the main job after breaking senate ties.

[Renauda]

In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s a close friend of mine from grad school was an analyst at CSIS in Washington. She worked closely on one project with Jimmy Carter. She said he was always gracious and showed no pretense towards anyone. She also said that he would always apologetically arrive very early for any meetings and would insist that he be left in the reception area to read quietly until all others arrived and were prepared to begin the meeting. If offered a vacant office to wait he would refuse. Besides being a pleasure to be around he also had a mind and memory like a trap and understood all details the project required of him and the team.

R.I.P. President Carter. A true statesman and decent human being if there ever was one.

[George K]

A not-too-charitable take from National Review:

https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/12/jimmy-carter-was-a-terrible-president-and-an-even-worse-former-president/

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in James Earl Carter Jr, 1924-2024:

Odd trivia:

The five longest lived post presidencies:

Carter
Hoover
Ford
Bush Sr
Adams

All five were one term presidents.

I’m sure Biden will make the list…

[Copper]

I saw Mr. Carter many times when he was president.

I watched him come out the door where Mr. Reagan got shot by John Hinkley. That hotel was a popular place for the president to talk to groups.

My office was across the street on the second floor, it looked right down on the door.

I didn't talk to him or meet him or anything, I just watched him get in the car.

[George K]

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in James Earl Carter Jr, 1924-2024:

Low bar is cleared. Only one reference to himself and its kind of on topic.

Every man ought to have a passion.

[jon-nyc]

@LuFins-Dad said in James Earl Carter Jr, 1924-2024:

@jon-nyc said in James Earl Carter Jr, 1924-2024:

Odd trivia:

The five longest lived post presidencies:

Carter
Hoover
Ford
Bush Sr
Adams

All five were one term presidents.

I’m sure Biden will make the list…

It sure if you’re joking or misunderstood my post. This is the list of presidents ranked by how many years they lived after leaving office. Biden and Trump will be near the bottom, right above those who died in the saddle.

[jon-nyc]

[George K]

[jon-nyc]

I wouldn’t have questioned the meme but we were just talking about it and I looked up when the silent film was made when posting about the NYC church that shows it annually.

[jon-nyc]

From the Georgia Republican Senate leader. Hard to disagree.

If we all strived to live half the life of service to the Lord and to our fellow man as Jimmy Carter did, the world would be a much better place.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in James Earl Carter Jr, 1924-2024:

@LuFins-Dad said in James Earl Carter Jr, 1924-2024:

@jon-nyc said in James Earl Carter Jr, 1924-2024:

Odd trivia:

The five longest lived post presidencies:

Carter
Hoover
Ford
Bush Sr
Adams

All five were one term presidents.

I’m sure Biden will make the list…

It sure if you’re joking or misunderstood my post. This is the list of presidents ranked by how many years they lived after leaving office. Biden and Trump will be near the bottom, right above those who died in the saddle.

It was a joke… though not necessarily a good one. Sometimes these guys hit the dementia stage and maintain.

[George K]

[jon-nyc]

Link to video

[89th]

@jon-nyc said in James Earl Carter Jr, 1924-2024:

@Horace said in James Earl Carter Jr, 1924-2024:

@jon-nyc said in James Earl Carter Jr, 1924-2024:

Low bar is cleared. Only one reference to himself and its kind of on topic.

It's.

When I’m typing on my phone I rely on autocorrect for apostrophes and double spaces for periods.

apostrophe’s

Idiot.

[jon-nyc]

From the Reagan Library

[jon-nyc]

From a friend who is a docent at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

Interesting to see today.