Jimmy Carter, more than a year into hospice care, reaches another milestone

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Source: ABC News

March 28, 2024, 8:13 PM


Jimmy Carter is a man of many milestones -- and the list keeps growing. Late last week, the former president and Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian marked another year as the longest lived ex-commander in chief, a record he has held since March 2019.

Having begun hospice care in February 2023, he celebrated his 99th birthday in October, surprising even his loved ones, grandson Jason Carter has said.

"It's a true blessing for all of us to have had this much time with him," Jason Carter told ABC News in the fall.

"I think his time in the private sector and the work that he did at The Carter Center, really spending his life among the most marginalized and poorest people in the world and believing in their power to change their own lives and in the power of human rights for them and democracy for them, will be the biggest part of his legacy," the younger Carter, a former state senator and gubernatorial candidate, told ABC News.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jimmy-carter-year-hospice-care-reaches-milestone/story?id=108633415

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Wow. Doesn't seem like it!

[Oopsie Daisy]

1. I ❤️ Jimmy Carter!

[mopinko]

2. i'm surprised.

i thought sure he’d follow rosalyn pretty quickly. but i guess he has so many other people who love him that he’s getting along w/o her.

[Elessar Zappa]

12. Perhaps he's waiting to see Biden re-elected?

Just a thought.

[mopinko]

15. cd b.

[Pinback]

25. One of my favorites!

Oh, wait — sorry. Never mind. I’ll see myself out.

[liberalla]

19. That's what I was thinking too... or looking forward to seeing drumpf

go to prison.

[cstanleytech]

3. The best President ever at giving back to the people and not for money but because its the right thing to do.

[rubbersole]

5. And the last President to base America's foreign policy...

...on the human rights record of the country we were dealing with. IIRC the USA Olympic Team didn't participate in the games in Russia because they invaded Afghanistan. Wow.

[IbogaProject]

11. Boycotting the Olympics was a mistake for a decent reason

But that was bad for our athletes and the Olympics were conceived for peaceful purposes back in Hellenic times. Jimmy was a good man and a great President.

[SergeStorms]

4. He talked the talk....

but most importantly walked the walk of how to live an exemplary life.

He and Rosalynn gave much more than they ever took, and that's the mark of true humanitarians.

We didn't deserve either of them.

[KS Toronado]

6. And pundits are worried about Biden's age

[hueymahl]

7. Arguably the best person to ever hold the office

And I believe the best modern president, period.

[Scully]

8. Agreed...

... I keep telling people that- regardless of their political beliefs- we should all be able to agree that Jimmy Carter is a really good *human being*. And people generally agree, even the reddest, MAGA-est relatives. That's something at least.

[sheshe2]

22. I love your avatar, Scully.

Beautiful.💙

[jvill]

10. Let's not get carried away...

... he was a good guy. And he didn't let politics get in the way of that. And ultimately was his undoing.

[sindri]

9. Great man

I remember when my now Trump-worshiping mother loved and voted for Carter over Reagan. My mom was very progressive in the 70's and early 80's and really influenced my values today. It is sad how her church and fox news has transformed her into someone who openly speaks about how fascism and Trump can be good if it brings order. She is so deeply indoctrinated into believing all the conservative talking points that all evidence about climate change, all the evidence against Trump, all the evidence around the 2020 election and Jan. 6, all evidence around abortion and vaccines, etc. has somehow been fabricated by the left to enrich some unknown people (her arguments are circular and don't make much sense but she gets very upset when I try and get her to explain).

[pandr32]

14. It must sadden you to see this.

Your story is the same for too many others. By design she, and others like her, have been made to fear and mistrust everything and everybody except for the sources of the propaganda that is poisoning their minds and robbing them of their own will. They see bogeymen behind everything and don't notice the real villains.
You are not alone.

[twodogsbarking]

13. I couldn't even carry his glove.

[Earth-shine]

16. Who says "only the good die young"?

(Other than Billy Joel.)

Jimmy Carter is still here because his role as a role model is not finished yet. He has lessons for us all.

[BlueKota]

17. Such a truly honest and wonderful man

[TBF]

18. I don't know how he'll rank as far as best presidents -

but he obviously gets the top award for sincerely caring about people. His Habitat for Humanity work may end up being his greatest legacy & that's not a bad thing.

[Evolve Dammit]

23. And eradication of guinie worm. Sp?

[TBF]

24. Yes! The Carter Center has a bunch of health programs - I had forgotten about that one. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

26. When he appeared with Stephen Colbert and was asked what he wanted to be remembered for, that was his answer

[Evolve Dammit]

31. A truly heroic, selfless achievement

[CloudWatcher]

28. Guinea worm

Near-eradication of a debilitating parasitic disease is a pillar of Carter’s legacy

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/22/health/jimmy-carter-guinea-worm/index.html

If he had done nothing else, this alone is amazing.

[Evolve Dammit]

30. Thanks for posting that!

[iluvtennis]

20. He is truly blessed. n/t

[PatrickforB]

21. I don't want to be metaphysical here, but I'm going to. Jimmy Carter is a truly great soul.

He radiates the light of the Divine from his whole being and that light blesses all that it touches.

He is a truly humble, selfless and kind man who personifies the real message of Christ, and who lives by the Golden Rule - do unto others the way you would have them do unto you.

Jimmy Carter has graced the whole earth with his presence, and it is a better place because he has lived. What an example he sets for us all!

[DBoon]

27. go ahead and be metaphysical

He is a saint

[mdmc]

33. thanks for that

please consider joining The Jimmy Carter Appreciation Society https://www.facebook.com/groups/163742170693378

[C Moon]

29. I was a youngster when he won the presidency, but I remember that there was a huge sigh of relief socially.

My parents were republicans and probably didn't vote for President Carter, but he was very much needed for our country at that time.

[mdmc]

32. Please consider joining the Jimmy Carter Appreciation Society!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/163742170693378