James Earl Carter Jr, 1924-2024

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

Vance was uninspired. Someone needs to teach him how to use ChatGPT.

Jimmy Carter dedicated his life to serving this country. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his loved ones. May he Rest in Peace.

But Pence did a decent job.

President Jimmy Carter served America with distinction throughout his life and Karen and I extend our deepest sympathies to his family along with millions of Americans who admired this truly good and great man. From his service in the @USNavy, as Governor of Georgia and as the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter lived out his Christian faith and values with integrity and devotion. His work on humanitarian causes at home and abroad impacted the lives of millions and will inspire generations. May President Carter Rest in Peace. God Bless Jimmy Carter.

[jon-nyc]

Barack Obama:

For decades, you could walk into Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia on some Sunday mornings and see hundreds of tourists from around the world crammed into the pews. And standing in front of them, asking with a wink if there were any visitors that morning, would be President Jimmy Carter — preparing to teach Sunday school, just like he had done for most of his adult life.

Some who came to hear him speak were undoubtedly there because of what President Carter accomplished in his four years in the White House — the Camp David Accords he brokered that reshaped the Middle East; the work he did to diversify the federal judiciary, including nominating a pioneering women’s rights activist and lawyer named Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the federal bench; the environmental reforms he put in place, becoming one of the first leaders in the world to recognize the problem of climate change.

Others were likely there because of what President Carter accomplished in the longest, and most impactful, post-presidency in American history — monitoring more than 100 elections around the world; helping virtually eliminate Guinea worm disease, an infection that had haunted Africa for centuries; becoming the only former president to earn a Nobel Peace Prize; and building or repairing thousands of homes in more than a dozen countries with his beloved Rosalynn as part of Habitat for Humanity.

But I’m willing to bet that many people in that church on Sunday morning were there, at least in part, because of something more fundamental: President Carter’s decency.

Elected in the shadow of Watergate, Jimmy Carter promised voters that he would always tell the truth. And he did — advocating for the public good, consequences be damned. He believed some things were more important than reelection — things like integrity, respect, and compassion. Because Jimmy Carter believed, as deeply as he believed anything, that we are all created in God’s image.

Whenever I had a chance to spend time with President Carter, it was clear that he didn’t just profess these values. He embodied them. And in doing so, he taught all of us what it means to live a life of grace, dignity, justice, and service. In his Nobel acceptance speech, President Carter said, “God gives us the capacity for choice. We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace.” He made that choice again and again over the course of his 100 years, and the world is better for it.

Maranatha Baptist Church will be a little quieter on Sundays, but President Carter will never be far away — buried alongside Rosalynn next to a willow tree down the road, his memory calling all of us to heed our better angels. Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to the Carter family, and everyone who loved and learned from this remarkable man.

[Copper]

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

In fact Clinton is the only president in the top 10 who served two full terms.

Given his spouse, why would he want a long life?

[Copper]

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

Vance was uninspired.

He'll get plenty of experience dealing with funerals.

[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]

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