Carter devoted herself to several social causes in the course of her public life, including programs that supported health care resources, human rights, social justice and the needs of elderly people.
Nah Carter’s the uncontroversial ex president. Evangelical Christian who didn’t push his religion on others except in two ways: taking care of the less fortunate and promoting peace. He fucked up sometimes sure, but he retired from the presidency to build houses for the homeless.
Pretty sure they are actually good people. As far as I know (also not an American here) they are widely considered the only actually, unequivocally good people to ever have the presidentship. They weren’t very popular in their time, but that is more an issue of being a progressive in a world of baby boomers.
Carter is seen by history as a weak president, but his post-presidential career has been absolutely amazing. He’s one of the best people to have graced the world with his presence.
I wonder actually if Carter was perhaps the only US president in the past century or so that was actually a decent person? Most others that come to mind were pretty awful as people. I’m not American, so I haven’t studied literally all the president’s or that closely (there’s some very forgettable ones).
I am not a US citizen, nor do I know about how Carter’s poltical carreer is seen in the US, but both Jimmy and his wife both seem like decent humans.
I am sure that this comment will open the floodgates and tell me I’m wrong, but for the moment, that is my oppinion.
Nah Carter’s the uncontroversial ex president. Evangelical Christian who didn’t push his religion on others except in two ways: taking care of the less fortunate and promoting peace. He fucked up sometimes sure, but he retired from the presidency to build houses for the homeless.
Even more so, he left the organization he evangelized with on a principled equality basis.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95311&page=1
This is against a backdrop of church splits on other equality issues https://theweek.com/religion/1019544/the-widening-schism-in-the-united-methodist-church
How is that christianity
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Pretty sure they are actually good people. As far as I know (also not an American here) they are widely considered the only actually, unequivocally good people to ever have the presidentship. They weren’t very popular in their time, but that is more an issue of being a progressive in a world of baby boomers.
They dared to say that in the face of a collapsing economy that people should consume less.
Jimmy Carter: “If you’re cold, wear a sweater.”
Americans: “Fuck that guy.”
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My dad always said Jimmy Carter was too good a man to be president.
Still is
Carter is seen by history as a weak president, but his post-presidential career has been absolutely amazing. He’s one of the best people to have graced the world with his presence.
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I wonder actually if Carter was perhaps the only US president in the past century or so that was actually a decent person? Most others that come to mind were pretty awful as people. I’m not American, so I haven’t studied literally all the president’s or that closely (there’s some very forgettable ones).
My favorite Jimmy Carter fact is that Adm. Rickover sent Carter to lead a team helping Canada recover from the Chalk River meltdown.