Former President Jimmy Carter at home w/hospice

[Jersey mike]

Well I wasn’t a fan of his presidency or his goofy brother but I have to say he and his wife have tried to lead by example what can can be accomplished to help others.

From my understanding his hands on work with Habit for Humanity was something to see.

I wish him peace, comfort and ease as he gets closer to his final rest and hopefully the example he tried to set will continue on.


https://www.foxnews.com/politics/secret-service-spokesman-jimmy-carters-health-forever-side

[st2sam]

Well I wasn’t a fan of his presidency or his goofy brother but I have to say he and his wife have tried to lead by example what can can be accomplished to help others.
I wish him peace, comfort and ease as he gets closer to his final rest and hopefully the example he tried to set will continue on.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/secret-service-spokesman-jimmy-carters-health-forever-side

IMHO that's well said Mike, a nice person. Maybe a little too nice to be our President?

[Grandpot]

I had the pleasure of meeting President Carter several times.  After I had heart surgery several years ago, I was personally invited to meet him in Plains.  The third row in his church was reserved for my wife and I and two of our friends.  After the church was filled, the Secret Service escorted us to our seats in front of everyone.  I could just imagine what they were thinking; who the hell are those people?

Regardless of your politics,  Jimmy Carter is one the the finest and humble people that ever walked this earth.

[pais]

IMHO that's well said Mike, a nice person. Maybe a little too nice to be our President?
[/quote]

Exactly what I said to my wife 10 minutes ago.
That being said, a nice person does not become POTUS, IMHO.

[Valkorado]

Agree with the comments regarding his Godly work after being President.  Jimmy followed a noble path, and was a good man. 

Unfortunately for America that path detoured through the White House.   

[f6gal]

Jimmy Carter is a good, decent man.  He has used his post-presidency platform to accomplish good. 

He is a better ex-president than he was president.  Though he likely had good intentions as president, his execution was deeply flawed. 

I wish him an easy and painless transition from this life. 

[Valker]

Nice guy, third worst President ever. Even as an Ex-President, he chapped my rear when he refused to attend Billy Graham's funeral.

[scooperhsd]

Jimmy Carter is a good, decent man.  He has used his post-presidency platform to accomplish good. 

He is a better ex-president than he was president.  Though he likely had good intentions as president, his execution was deeply flawed. 

I wish him an easy and painless transition from this life. 

+1

[The emperor has no clothes]

Jimmy Carter is a good, decent man.  He has used his post-presidency platform to accomplish good. 

He is a better ex-president than he was president.  Though he likely had good intentions as president, his execution was deeply flawed. 

I wish him an easy and painless transition from this life. 

I would say he is much better than just a “good, decent man”. We could all learn much from him.

“I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. I’m free to choose that something. ... My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I can, whenever I can, for as long as I can.”
Jimmy Carter


He gave most of his life to the service of our country. U.S. Navy Officer, State Senator, Governor, President, devoted to the human rights of others his entire life.

He was a better President than many give him credit for.

[f6gal]

Jimmy Carter is a good, decent man.  He has used his post-presidency platform to accomplish good. 

He is a better ex-president than he was president.  Though he likely had good intentions as president, his execution was deeply flawed. 

I wish him an easy and painless transition from this life. 

I would say he is much better than just a “good, decent man”. We could all learn much from him.

“I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. I’m free to choose that something. ... My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I can, whenever I can, for as long as I can.”
Jimmy Carter

He gave most of his life to the service of our country. U.S. Navy Officer, State Senator, Governor, President, devoted to the human rights of others his entire life.

He was a better President than many give him credit for.

Good, decent man is a compliment.  If more people aspired to that, we'd have a much better world. 
Unfortunately, his policies as president caused a lot of misery for this country.  I'm sure that was not his intent, but that was the result. 

[Chrisj CMA]

Jimmy Carter is a good, decent man.  He has used his post-presidency platform to accomplish good. 

He is a better ex-president than he was president.  Though he likely had good intentions as president, his execution was deeply flawed. 

I wish him an easy and painless transition from this life. 

I would say he is much better than just a “good, decent man”. We could all learn much from him.

“I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. I’m free to choose that something. ... My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I can, whenever I can, for as long as I can.”
Jimmy Carter

He gave most of his life to the service of our country. U.S. Navy Officer, State Senator, Governor, President, devoted to the human rights of others his entire life.

He was a better President than many give him credit for.

Good, decent man is a compliment.  If more people aspired to that, we'd have a much better world. 
Unfortunately, his policies as president caused a lot of misery for this country.  I'm sure that was not his intent, but that was the result. 

Well said. It’s no secret his decisions had consequences and maybe history has been a tad unforgiving but  accurate.

[Jersey mike]

Jimmy Carter is a good, decent man.  He has used his post-presidency platform to accomplish good. 

He is a better ex-president than he was president.  Though he likely had good intentions as president, his execution was deeply flawed. 

I wish him an easy and painless transition from this life. 

I would say he is much better than just a “good, decent man”. We could all learn much from him.

“I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. I’m free to choose that something. ... My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I can, whenever I can, for as long as I can.”
Jimmy Carter

He gave most of his life to the service of our country. U.S. Navy Officer, State Senator, Governor, President, devoted to the human rights of others his entire life.

He was a better President than many give him credit for.

Good, decent man is a compliment.  If more people aspired to that, we'd have a much better world. 
Unfortunately, his policies as president caused a lot of misery for this country.  I'm sure that was not his intent, but that was the result. 

Well said. It’s no secret his decisions had consequences and maybe history has been a tad unforgiving but  accurate.

Unfortunately for the Carter’s their legacy in the White House is what it is and cannot be changed easily.

However their time in the White House gave them a platform to go on toward other things bigger than the White House. Jimmy Carter the man was a hardworking and good person who tried to do the best he could to get people some dignity and respect in their lives.

Again unfortunately FP Carter came off as a pacifist president which doesn’t bode well with most Americans and the whole Iranian hostage situation didn’t help much either.

[Skinhead]

He is a good man, but I never understood how he was elected president.  Unfortunately, the media dropped him after he was elected instead of lying and covering for him like they have done for the Clinton, Obama, and Biden crime families.  If they told the truth about the others, Jimmy Carter wouldn't look so bad as a president.

[f6gal]

He is a good man, but I never understood how he was elected president.  Unfortunately, the media dropped him after he was elected instead of lying and covering for him like they have done for the Clinton, Obama, and Biden crime families.  If they told the truth about the others, Jimmy Carter wouldn't look so bad as a president.

He was elected bc he ran against Ford.  Ford should have been primaried.  I was 18, voting in my first presidential election, and my choices were Ford or Carter... WTH?  I voted for Ford, but wasn't thrilled by it.   

[Skinhead]

I was in Korea for 13 months and saw adds and news reports about people flocking to Plains Ga. to watch Billy drink beer and all I could think was my countrymen have lost it.

[Serk]

His was the first presidency I was aware of...

We were on an elementary school field trip, and someone broke out a sing along about him set to the tune of the Oscar Meyer B-O-L-O-G-N-A song...

Jimmy Carter Has a Way Of Messing Up The U-S-A... (Although we didn't use the word "messing" as I recall)

(I was 9 years old the day Reagan was inaugurated.)

[Jersey mike]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jimmy-carter-changed-conversation-around-140627397.html

[hubcapsc]

He was elected bc he ran against Ford.

He was elected because I hitchhiked 40 miles to vote for him  ...

In those days, fresh out of high school, the world wasn't about Democrats
and Republicans, certainly not to me...

-Mike

[RP#62]

I think he was elected because Nixon screwed up so bad.  Carter decimated the military and it took them years to recover.  I used to think he was the worst president, well, at least up to 2020. At least I believe he was an honest man, just had misguided policies.   I do have a lot of respect for him for the things he did after his presidency.

-RP

[carolinarider09]

I think he was elected because Nixon screwed up so bad.  Carter decimated the military and it took them years to recover.  I used to think he was the worst president, well, at least up to 2020. At least I believe he was an honest man, just had misguided policies.   I do have a lot of respect for him for the things he did after his presidency.

-RP

I voted for Carter because I was told (via the news at the time) that he was, at one time, a Nuclear Submarine Captain.  Turns out that was not true, just had rank and worked in nuclear in the navy.

The Submarine Captain thing was an important distinction. Sometime in 1972, our Submarine (SSBN-599) was tied up in Guam doing some tests.  We had a main steam line failure (I was at the Reactor Plant Control Panel (RPCP) in Maneuvering at the time).  The first officer back aft to Maneuvering was our Captain, Captain Test.  Not the Engineer or anyone else.  To get there he had to shimmy down past the energized shore power cables in the After Escape Hatch.  That says a lot about the man.   It Carter was once a Captain of a Nuke Sub that settled it for me.  I should have investigated more.

I was also impressed with how Carter got elected, just in case you wanted to know.  Here is what I found.

[scooperhsd]

I don't know if Carter was in long enough to be a Captain, much less to be CO of a Nucboat.

[Willow]

I don't know if Carter was in long enough to be a Captain, much less to be CO of a Nucboat.

1946 to 1953.  Left active duty as lieutenant.

[carolinarider09]

1946 to 1953.  Left active duty as lieutenant.

Thanks for the correction and update.   

[carolinarider09]

Just for the record.

Officers were all "interviewed" by Admiral Rickover (or so I have been told) for selection as "Nuclear"

This is from the link below:

Lieutenant Jimmy Carter was assigned as the senior officer of the precommissioning detail for the Seawolf, and sent to work at the General Electric factory on the development of the navy's second nuclear submarine. Before that he was sent to Washington on temporary duty at the Naval Reactors Branch of the Atomic Energy Commission from November 3, 1952, to March 1, 1953. His job was to familiarizing himself with the nuclear technology and supervising noncommissioned officers in their training. He took two graduate-level courses in reactor technology and nuclear physics at Union College. Carter also collaborated with the General Electric employees in the construction of the prototype powerplant.

Early in 1952, an experimental nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Canada, suffered a meltdown and some radioactive material escaped into the atmosphere. At the request of the Canadian government, a team was dispatched by the Atomic Energy Commission to help disassemble the reactor core. As part of that team Carter spent ninety seconds in the reactor, taking his turn at removing bolts or fittings. Eventually the reactor was completely disassembled.

What Rickover's interview was like (Again from the link below) 

Hyman G. Rickover took a meticulous interest in every aspect of the U.S. Navy's nuclear program. As a result, he personally interviewed each applicant. He placed a hard, straight-back chair in front of his large desk and grilled the interviewee with an intensity meant to shake his confidence. There was something else about that chair: the two front legs were shorter than the two back legs, enhancing all the more the discomfort of the applicant.

There are many stores about Admiral Rickover and "Nuclear" Officer selection process.   What is in the link below is what we all sort of "knew" as Navy Nukes.

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/flattopshistorywarpolitics/jimmy-carter-and-the-rickover-effect-t329.html

[scooperhsd]

The Admirals who have taken over for Rickover haven't made the process any easier, from what I've heard. 

You are aware that the CO's of the CVNs also have to complete Nuc school successfully - and they're going through this as O-6's !! I would imagine there has probably been more than one that has gone back to get refreshers of basic calculus and Physics (at least) before taking that on . And the CHENG on a CVN (also a Captain) is a post-command tour SWO - and has also been through that course.

[carolinarider09]

The Admirals who have taken over for Rickover haven't made the process any easier, from what I've heard. 

You are aware that the CO's of the CVNs also have to complete Nuc school successfully - and they're going through this as O-6's !! I would imagine there has probably been more than one that has gone back to get refreshers of basic calculus and Physics (at least) before taking that on . And the CHENG on a CVN (also a Captain) is a post-command tour SWO - and has also been through that course.

Thank you sir.  Yes I was and it surely brings back memories of my six months at Bainbridge Maryland, 1970, 53 years ago.  I think it is also responsible for the camaraderie we all found in the submarine nuke service.