Appreciation thread for Pres. Carter

[gopiscrap]

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Thank you Jimmy Carter for your military service, your service as a government official and president and thank you for your work for humankind post presidency. Most of all thank you for being the kind, warm humble servant that you have given an example for all of us to be.

[sdfernando]

1. Kick

[spapeggy]

2. Not many Christians that I admire

But he’s one of them

[biophile]

7. Totally agree!

MAGATS are definitely not Christian

[endless summer]

52. He was

the very first president I voted for and I never regretted my vote. A good, kind man and an example for us all.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Thank you President Carter for your leadership

Link to tweet

[Think. Again.]

4. .

[StarryNite]

5. Godspeed President Carter.

[biophile]

6. I was lucky to meet him and shake his hand

It was during the primary season of 1976. Before cell phones, so no selfies though, darn!

[Kid Berwyn]

8. Jimmy Carter, USN -- Nuclear Hero

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x798238

[LiberalLoner]

9. Thank you Jimmy Carter for everything including peace between Egypt and Israel and

The MFO which was my first assignment as an Army Officer.

[BannonsLiver]

10. Integrity. Character. Compassion. Decency.

Those are words that come to mind when I think about Carter. Things that are now of no value whatsoever to American voters.

[VGNonly]

11. James Carter USN

[gopiscrap]

14. thank you

[VGNonly]

29. My father was at the Naval Academy

when Carter was attending. Both were engineers. Dad had graduated from college in 43. He was in the V-12 program, spending about 4 months at Annapolis over the winter of 43-44. He never met Jimmy, but was slightly aware of him. Dad served on a LST, an ensign later LTjg. He was present in Tokyo for the surrender. He passed in 2011.

[2naSalit]

12. ...

[roamer65]

13. Rosalynn and Jimmy are now together again.

Go in peace, Mr President.

[Blue Owl]

15. His actions speak volumes louder than any words, pro or con

He was a true public servant who demonstrated absolute humility and goodness and values that reflected the teachings of Christ more than all the so-called Christians of MAGA combined

[EnergizedLib]

16. Thank You, Mr. President

You were better than what many give you credit for. Rest easy.

[Joinfortmill]

17. A rare soul filled with goodness.

[nolabear]

18. Cross easy, Great Man

[BHDem53]

19. ...

[The Madcap]

20. I always felt

That he got a bum rap as President. It's not like he had a good economy to work with when his presidency started. RIP President Carter.

[Initech]

21. As Kevin Smith would say - "huge bucket of wind"!

[Wild blueberry]

22. Thank you

[Figarosmom]

23. I am proud

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To have received Christmas cards from this great man for years. I .loved him .for his goodness.

[La Coliniere]

24. Rest In Peace Dear Mr. President

Our home tonight is shining with candlelight in honor of your memory and the beautiful things you taught us about caring, compassion, love and community.

[rasputin1952]

25. We can all stand a little taller today...

those of us who lived through so many events, President Carter weathered them all with us.

Compassion. Integrity, Empathy, and Joy all come to mind. His legacy is one to be admired, particularly now.

Stay the course, my friends. Using Jimmy as a guiding light, we too shall prevail over the storm.

[bronxiteforever]

26. A great citizen of the world too!

[BumRushDaShow]

27. He is with his love now

Gentle crossing and may the wind be at your back.

[TBF]

28. K&R

[ExoticMei]

30. New here!

Jimmy Carter was my official first pres though I was 4 when we immigrated. Was walking past tv and saw that big smile, I was entranced. I looked at his eyes and he was so kind, I felt that a 4 yr old, of course didn't know the word for it. Then a bit later I looked at Regan, suffice it to say, it was not the same. Thats all I'll say of that man on this thread.
I have perked my ears each time Carter made the news, lifelong.
I am sorry for such a soul energy to leave us here, but am so glad he got his wish to vote. You made it Jimmy! May his memory always be a blessing. Rest in peace and power Mr, Carter from Georgia.

[gopiscrap]

34. I immigrated from Germany

and he was the first persident I voted for

[ExoticMei]

60. I'd like to think

You voted for me too...😊

[Sundance1220]

31. A true Christian

May his memory forever be a blessing.

[KentuckyWoman]

32. Got to be on a build with him decades ago.

He shook everyone's hand who was there and thanked them. My husband retold the story with pride for 30 years. Not everyone gets to shake the hand of a man as good as Carter.

I helped mostly with food, "gofer" duty and clean up since I am not very handy. He liked my pickled peaches and asked for the recipe with my address. I found something to write it on. A year later I got a note from Mary Prince with a picture of dozens of mason jars full of peaches on the kitchen counter and the President sitting there eating the few that not fit in jars right out of the pot warm.

He was the same generation of my parents. I have a special love for President and Mrs Carter. They were the best people.

[Raine]

33. 💕👍💔 😓 nt

[Aristus]

35. ...

[From The Ashes]

36. RIP, good sir.

He was the first president I ever voted for. It was 1980 and I was18. He lost that election, but I have always been so proud of his post-presidential work. He was a mensch. Rest easy, sir.

[calimary]

37. God bless you, President Carter. You lived an exemplary life.

Always in the service of others. I’m glad you lived to see the honor and recognition you’d earned for a lifetime of dedication and service - to our country AND our world.

[The Wizard]

38. K&R

[nocoincidences]

39. What a heroic man he was!

One of the many heroes that the USA has created.

I am so pissed that the Dumptruck being elected allowed him to leave us.

I truly believe if Kamala had been elected he would have hung in there a few more years, just to see what interesting events would happen.

Trump needs to go. What a worthless piece of shit he is.

[Ping Tung]

40. I was reluctant about Jimmy. I thought he was just another smooth talking southern Pol.

I was wrong.

He was the best president of my life. FDR was the president when I was born. He was the most decent politician I've ever know about.

A truly great man who never sought greatness or the spotlight.

[paulkienitz]

41. I always considered him underrated even back in the day.

[hermetic]

42. I voted for him

To me, he was the epitome of Democracy. So kind and generous. Always.

[paleotn]

43. A Navy guy.

Fellow submariner.

[onecaliberal]

44. He walked his talk. They do not make them like that anymore.

Rest in Peace good sir, you certainly have earned it.

[Buddyzbuddy]

45. I couldn't have said it better myself.

And thank you to the Carter family for helping to keep President Carter's flame burning brightly. The world will be a little darker today. I'm sad for all of us but glad for the restful peace he sought throughout his life. A true man of integrity, kindness and above all faith.

[customerserviceguy]

46. He signed legislation

to allow home brewing of beer. From those homebrewers, the great craft breweries arose. If you are drinking a quality beer tonight, as I am, offer a toast to the memory of President Carter.

[DinahMoeHum]

47. Sailor, Rest Your Oar

Lost Harbor
Leslie Nelson Jennings

There is a port of no return, where ships
May ride at anchor for a little space
And then, some starless night, the cable slips,
Leaving an eddy at the mooring place . . .
Gulls, veer no longer. Sailor, rest your oar.
No tangled wreckage will be washed ashore.

[AllaN01Bear]

48. ""

@ least he wont have to suffer thru a ,,, term.

[thinkingagain]

49. RIP President Carter

N T

[DENVERPOPS]

50. Contrary to George F Will's

opinion piece in WaPo about Carter.......one of the most despicable pieces WaPo has ever published......I guess the owner of the WaPo is once again going all out to kiss Trump's Butt........

How Dare George F Will write and publish an article like that, not unlike many other lying pieces of crap rhetoric all of the New RepubliCONs are infamous for........

President Carter was one, if not the, finest person we ever had as a President and as a Human Being........

I am so glad that his passing was during Biden's Presidency, so Trump couldn't mis-treat his funeral and bad mouth him like he did with McCain.........

[Nululu]

64. Link to a rebuttal of Will's article

Good rebuttal to Will's BS

https://njtoday.news/2024/12/30/president-carters-legacy-deserves-respect-not-george-wills-reagan-mythology/?amp=1

To claim that Reagan was a necessary antidote to Carter is a convenient fiction that relies on a selective memory of history. It glosses over Reagan’s disastrous policies, reckless rhetoric, and the far-reaching negative effects his presidency had on the nation and the globe.

First, let’s dismantle the idea that Reagan was “necessary.” This argument presupposes that Carter’s presidency, though flawed, created a vacuum that could only be filled by Reagan. But to claim necessity is to miss a critical point: the forces that led to Reagan’s rise were not the inevitable result of Carter’s failures; rather, they were the consequence of a deliberate and highly successful campaign by greedy corporate interests, the military-industrial complex, and conservative elites to shift the political discourse far to the right.

The necessity of Reagan was not the result of Carter’s policies but of a decades-long process of ideological capture that co-opted the Republican Party and manipulated the national conversation toward an extreme version of conservatism.

Now, let’s talk about Reagan’s actual record. To label Reagan as wise or even effective is to ignore the lasting damage he inflicted on ...

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[DENVERPOPS]

72. Incredible

thank you Nulu

[NEOH]

51. Thank you President Carter

Thank you President Carter for being you.

[Docreed2003]

53. "Fair winds and following seas" good sir....thank you for your service and example

[SheltieLover]

54. RIP, President Carter

Ty!

[virgdem]

55. RIP President Carter

My first vote in 76' was for President Carter.
He was the personification of integrity, empathy and kindness.
He will be missed.

[lark]

69. Same here.

President Carter shows what good a person is capable of if they are truly determined to make a diffference. He and Roslynn made a big difference and I will always love and revere the both of these great human beings!

[Botany]

56. No words

[berniesandersmittens]

57. RIP President Carter

A great president and an even greater human being.

job well done, sir.

[Groundhawg]

58. thank you jimmy. you are underapreciated.

[Bonx]

59. Beautiful person

[Meowmee]

61. RIP 🕯

A well lived life of service, compassion and good deeds. My condolences to his family. I was too young to vote for him, but my parents did. I always admired what he and Rosalyn did with Habitat for Humanity.

[jalan48]

62. He put solar panels on the White House. A great man, way ahead of his time.

[okaawhatever]

63. An incredible man. The absolute best of us. RIP. nt

[MiHale]

65. Thank you, President Carter...for showing us humanity still lives.

[BlueMTexpat]

66. Jimmy Carter was

the first President that I voted for who won.

I was too young to vote for JFK and Lyndon Johnson. I was abroad in 1968 and, having never voted for President before, had no way to vote at that time, but would have voted for Hubert Humphrey. I voted for George McGovern in 1972 and for Jimmy Carter in 1976 in person and by absentee ballot in 1980.

I was abroad when I heard that Ronald Reagan had won in 1980 and realized - even at the time - that his election would make a seismic difference in US politics. I just didn't realize at the time how bad things would ultimately get.

How different America would be now if Jimmy Carter had won in 1980! I can only believe that we would be a better nation.

[spanone]

67. K&R

[Buns_of_Fire]

68. James Earl Carter: He walked the walk.

All my respect and safe passage, Mr. President.

[ancianita]

70. Thank you, Jimmy Carter, for your strong yet humble heart, and leaderly vision of what America can be.

You spoke that vision and advanced it when possible in your day. May you rest with Roslyn and all the saints.

[Autumn]

71. A man who lived his life in service for the American people. The greatest man ever to

hold the office of the presidency.

[Erda]

73. Thank you, dear President Carter

For your service and for the decency you brought to public office.

[CaptainTruth]

75. A truly kind & caring man.

[DeeDeeNY]

76. A man of faith and decency

Thank you President Carter.

[chowder66]

77. I was eleven when he was elected. He was the first president I started paying attention to.

Thank you Jimmy Carter for fighting to do right.

[pandr32]

78. From the very best to the lowest form of human life we've gone.

[slightlv]

79. Im proud that the first vote

I ever cast was for Jimmy Carter as president. To me,there is no higher praise than to be remembered as a good man... a man who walked the walk. Jimmy Carter was a good man... a man who walked the walk.

The world is poorer without him in it. Rest in peace and joy with Rosalyn, President Carter. You will be missed here.

[gopiscrap]

80. Carter was the irst President vote I ever cast also

[KT2000]

81. He wanted to make us

energy independent. That gave us hope.

[Clouds Passing]

82. Thank you for your goodness Mr President James Earl Carter Jr, 39 forever

[Blue_Tires]

83. Co-signed