Do yourself a favor, look at this.

[TNNurse]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/01/politics/gallery/jimmy-carter

I hope he sees it as well.

[CrispyQ]

1. Yes, take a look!

That was wonderful.

The photo of the five presidents standing together, GHW Bush, Obama, GW Bush, Clinton, & then Carter reminds me of an old Danzinger cartoon at the time where the five are sharing a meal & the four are at the table eating & Carter is by a wall outlet with a screwdriver fixing something.

I voted for Carter in my first presidential election & I proudly voted for him again in 80.

[MyMission]

11. A remarkable life, in photos

I voted for Carter in my first presidential election, but sadly that was 1980. I was devastated by that loss. When he and his wife became involved in Habitat for Humanity as private citizens, I was very impressed and proud.
https://www.habitat.org/about/history

He is a remarkable man. Seeing these photos, spanning 90+ years is heartwarming.
I wish him a wonderful 99th birthday, and a sincere thank you for his many years of (military, public and private) service to the people of this country, and abroad.

[byronius]

2. Brought me to tears.

[TNNurse]

6. Oh, I teared up as well.

[lucca18]

3. Love all the photos! Thank you!😍

[Emile]

4. Amazing collection of pictures!

[OLDMDDEM]

5. Thank you for this. They are a great couple.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. Thank you. ❤️

[RussellCattle]

8. A wonderful testimony to an amazing soul.

[niyad]

9. An amazing refllection on an extraordinary life.Thank you. For some reason,

the one with him and fidel got to me.

[TNNurse]

10. I have followed him pretty well, but that was new to me.

[KS Toronado]

12. Well worth your time to look.

Was unaware the Navy has a Jimmy Carter submarine.

[paleotn]

13. Wonderful. Thanks!

He went to Three Mile Island and understood the technical aspects. That's not common in American politics. He was one of the hand picked by Rickover to join the nuclear navy and the silent service.

[crickets]

14. Photos like that were greatly reassuring at the time.

It was good to know we had a president who really understood the situation at Three Mile Island - it gave me confidence in his ability to see things handled properly. I don't know of any other president who could have done the same.

All of the photos are a wonderful trip through memory lane. I adore Jimmy. He's truly a good man.

[broiles]

15. Thank you for the pics. They brought back so many good memories of this man.

I meet him at a book signing in the 90s. He was much taller than I was expecting. The bookstore was packed and overflowing. They ran out of books. A great man.

[brer cat]

16. Thank you for this thread, TNNurse.

It is a treasure. Brought me to tears, but that's ok.

[somaticexperiencing]

17. thank you. quite wonderful.

[bucolic_frolic]

18. What a remarkable life!

He accomplished more than all the rest, and that's taking nothing from the other former Presidents in those pics. Of course I didn't like the Bushes and their secrecy, and Clinton's and Obama's use of the Bully Pulpit were hindered by Republican Congresses, but all of them attended these great events and got along, and smiled, and respected one another. Of course what do you expect in the most exclusive of brotherhhoods - former US Presidents - but still, they made it work.

I'm in tears, the Carter years were good ones, even with inflation and energy and hostages, American stood together, and worked on their problems, and weren't trying to bury the other party like rabid dogs. Then came Reagan, and we're still dealing with that divisiveness. Could you see Trump at any of those events?

[liberalla]

19. Wow! An amazing collection.

Thank you.

[Elessar Zappa]

20. Can't believe Americans voted out Carter for the amiable fraud, Reagan.

Excellent collection of photos, may his last days be a blessing.

[llmart]

21. What a great retrospective on his life.

I do wonder about that picture of them with the Bidens. It does look odd to me, almost like it's photoshopped.

[TNNurse]

22. I saw that photo some time ago.

I think it is real.

[llmart]

34. I didn't mean to imply it wasn't real.

I just think the photographer did something crazy with his camera that makes them look out of proportion to the Bidens. I don't even think it was deliberate. I'm not a photographer, but my daughter is and the stuff one can do with a photo these days is incredible. I also wonder why the photographer wouldn't say why the picture looks that way.

[aggiesal]

23. 99 trips around the sun, can produce a fantastic journey. n/t

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[TNNurse]

24. Especially if you are a person like Jimmy Carter.

He worked to make the world a better place until he no longer could.

[aggiesal]

28. He spent his short time on this planet well. ...

My brother in law tells a great story about when he met Jimmy Carter.

They were both working on the same house for Habitat For Humanity.
He didn't meet Pres. Carter while working on the house, they were each working on a separate part of the house.
But Habitat For Humanity supplies showers for the volunteers, so my BIL starts taking his shower, when who happens to walk in, complete naked? Yup, Pres. Carter. 😁

[onecaliberal]

25. Love. Thank you for sharing.

[angrychair]

26. Jimmy Carter was the first president

I ever met face to face. It was 1978 and I was 8 years old. We went to an event he was appearing at and I was pressed up against this gate a couple of kids around me. It was toward the end of this particular area meet and greet section as I remember being pressed up against the edge of a opening that the president was going to walk through. A couple adults were really pushing in on us and a couple of us expressed pain as we were being pushed and president Carter said "easy, easy everyone claim down" and a SS person pushed adults back a little from us and Carter kneeled down and talked to us for a couple seconds and patted us on our heads and I will never forget that smiling face literally inches from my face (really only have a clear memory of that, his smile, the rest is from accounts from my parents and pictures we had)

[JudyM]

29. What a great memory, angrychair!

Thanks for sharing it with us. Another viewpoint on his humanity.

[Lilaclady]

27. First Lady Rosalyn Carter

When the Camp David Accords were signed I was an avid supporter of President Cater (still am). I read everything I could in our papers (we had a morning paper and an evening paper) and I wrote a letter to each leader. I received a reply from President Carter and a reply from an Aide to President Sadat. I met First Lady Rosalyn Carter in late January, 1980. She was visiting Rochester NY - I was babysitting a beautiful little one-year old, Michael. We trekked off to the flower shop to purchase a white rose, then took a bus to the downtown mall. We were both bundled up due to the very cold weather. While we were waiting for her, one of her security staff approached and asked if we would like to meet her! Michael and I were second in line, after a young girl holding a small bouquet of mixed flowers. When it was our turn she spoke so softly to Micheal and he handed her the rose. She thanked us and I told her I was moving to the South the following month. She told me I would like it very much and wished me a safe trip. Later that evening Michael and I made the local news! Michael’s father was in the hospital and was so proud to tell the nurses and doctors that his son met the First Lady.

[sheshe2]

30. Thank you so much for posting those photos.

I looked at everyone of them.

[MLAA]

32. That was a lovely gift. I enjoyed the time spent going through the photos and reading the titles

for their significance. More than once I got teary eyed. It was just beautiful for a truly beautiful couple of the world’s finest humanitarians.

[calimary]

43. I did, too! Wonderful photos!

Sure took me back. He’s such an honorable man. I’m glad he’s getting all these salutes now, while he’s still around to enjoy them. I feel like many of us took him for granted when he was President. I admit I didn’t appreciate him then, as much as I do now. He and Rosalyn are both such genuinely good and decent people. Role models for us all.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

33. KR NT

[edisdead]

35. No offense but can you post more than a link?

[TNNurse]

36. Can you not access it?

It is a page of many many many photos. I do not know anything else to do.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

37. I think the request is for some info on what the link will go to.

I too prefer not to click on links with no clue what they're going to be about.

[TNNurse]

38. Sorry, I misunderstood.

It is a photo essay about Jimmy Carter on his 99th birthday.

[Permanut]

39. An American hero.

[burrowowl]

40. K&R

[dawn5651]

41. thank you for sharing tnnurse.

[TBA]

42. I've always said if anyone could make me reconsider my Atheism

it would be Jimmy Carter.

Read his autobiography about his childhood and early years in politics and learned to love him even more.