Sat Sep 1, 2018, 12:37 PM

MichMary (1,714 posts)

I wonder why President Carter isn't there?

I would think he would have been invited, along with the other living ex-Presidents. (I'm guessing GWHB's health prevented him from being there.)

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I wonder why President Carter isn't there? (Original post)	MichMary	Sep 2018	OP
I read last week that his cancer had recurred, and was bad.	lark	Sep 2018	#1
You might want to check this	Algernon Moncrieff	Sep 2018	#4
Well, I'm glad to see this, Carter is the best man to ever be president.	lark	Sep 2018	#7
Thank you for posting this.	mountain grammy	Sep 2018	#14
I think he is out of the country with Habitat. nt	DURHAM D	Sep 2018	#2
Possibly, but Carter's presidency predated McCain's time in Congress	The Velveteen Ocelot	Sep 2018	#3
Yeah, McCain's first election win was House seat in '82 midterm. Carter was already out of politics.	RockRaven	Sep 2018	#8
And President Carter also served in the Navy	Rhiannon12866	Sep 2018	#5
He was a commander of a nuclear submarine.	Boomerproud	Sep 2018	#15
He's a nuclear engineer which is why he was so effective dealing with North Korea	Rhiannon12866	Sep 2018	#16
The guy is 93 years old.	edbermac	Sep 2018	#6
are building homes for habitat for humanity !	stonecutter357	Sep 2018	#11
he's got better things to do	KG	Sep 2018	#9
yeah, I saw him interviewed earlier this week at a Habitat site (midwest I believe)	peekaloo	Sep 2018	#10
building homes for habitat for humanity .	stonecutter357	Sep 2018	#12
(an observation, not knowledge: ) CARTER is as much or more maverick, even if invited might not go	UTUSN	Sep 2018	#13

Response to MichMary (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 12:38 PM

lark (22,398 posts)

1. I read last week that his cancer had recurred, and was bad.

He may not be in good enough health?

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Response to lark (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 12:41 PM

Algernon Moncrieff (5,721 posts)

4. You might want to check this

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jimmy-carter-cancer-spreading/

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Response to Algernon Moncrieff (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 12:45 PM

lark (22,398 posts)

7. Well, I'm glad to see this, Carter is the best man to ever be president.

He's given so much to so many who had so little, it just warms my heart. I've been worried for him. Guess I should know better than to believe things I see on FB. Sigh.

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Response to Algernon Moncrieff (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 02:25 PM

mountain grammy (25,527 posts)

14. Thank you for posting this.

and that's a relief. I feel he would have been there if he could, but Jimmy Carter could do nothing that would upset me.

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Response to MichMary (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 12:38 PM

DURHAM D (32,269 posts)

2. I think he is out of the country with Habitat. nt

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Sat Sep 1, 2018, 12:39 PM

The Velveteen Ocelot (109,038 posts)

3. Possibly, but Carter's presidency predated McCain's time in Congress

and maybe they didn't know each other well.

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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 12:48 PM

RockRaven (12,887 posts)

8. Yeah, McCain's first election win was House seat in '82 midterm. Carter was already out of politics.

I could see either a lack of invitation, or a declined invitation, not causing offense to the other party if they were only casually acquainted. That would be especially true if Carter's health or travel schedule would have made it hard on him.

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Sat Sep 1, 2018, 12:41 PM

Rhiannon12866 (180,495 posts)

5. And President Carter also served in the Navy

He also went to Annapolis and had a very promising career until his father died in 1953 and he went home to run the family farm.

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Response to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #5)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 02:53 PM

Boomerproud (7,031 posts)

15. He was a commander of a nuclear submarine.

Something the pubs almost never acknowledged.

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Response to Boomerproud (Reply #15)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 04:07 PM

Rhiannon12866 (180,495 posts)

16. He's a nuclear engineer which is why he was so effective dealing with North Korea

On behalf of the Clinton administration back in 1994. And he's also a diplomat. That agreement held until 2002 when George Bush* included North Korea in his "Axis of Evil" statements.

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Response to MichMary (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 12:42 PM

edbermac (15,716 posts)

6. The guy is 93 years old.

Might also not be in good health

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Response to edbermac (Reply #6)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 01:17 PM

stonecutter357 (12,528 posts)

11. are building homes for habitat for humanity !

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Response to MichMary (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 12:53 PM

KG (28,733 posts)

9. he's got better things to do

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Response to KG (Reply #9)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 01:09 PM

peekaloo (22,977 posts)

10. yeah, I saw him interviewed earlier this week at a Habitat site (midwest I believe)

he was respectful and generous in his praise of McCain's military career.

can't help thinking though if this ceremony was invitation only perhaps JC's remarks about McCain, prior to the 2008 election, "milking" his time as a POW didn't sit well with the family.

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Response to MichMary (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 01:18 PM

stonecutter357 (12,528 posts)

12. building homes for habitat for humanity .

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Response to MichMary (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 02:21 PM

UTUSN (67,941 posts)

13. (an observation, not knowledge: ) CARTER is as much or more maverick, even if invited might not go

In photos of gatherings of ex-presidents, he is almost invariably off to one side while the others are chumily together. He puts McCAIN's maverick-ness in the shade.

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