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cali

(114,904 posts) Tue Jul 16, 2013, 06:41 AM Jul 2013

So I did some research. I could find no indication that either bush honored Jimmy Carter [View all]

Inspired by Octafish's post in his thread, I spent about 20 minutes putting in every search term I could possibly think of. No dice. It's not de rigueur for a President to honor a former President of the opposing party at the White House. President Obama was under no etiquette obligation to do so.

I don't think this is a huge deal, but I found it interesting. It just seems like a one way street: Democrats do it. Repubs? Not so much. President Obama has now honored both pere et fils. I take nothing nefarious from this, but it seems to follow a general trend.

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So I did some research. I could find no indication that either bush honored Jimmy Carter [View all] cali Jul 2013 OP

They all hate Carter. MrSlayer Jul 2013 #1

Thanks for the recommendation! cali Jul 2013 #2

That, in fact, is one of the reasons I am so fond of President Carter. n/t Laelth Jul 2013 #3

b/c they all have the same goal carter didnt follow the plan leftyohiolib Jul 2013 #4

There is a lot of truth to that Ichingcarpenter Jul 2013 #5

And he was so deserving . . . still is . . . not too late......nt fadedrose Jul 2013 #6

All the Reaganites did after 1980 was blame Carter for anything they fucked up n/t deutsey Jul 2013 #7

Here's Carter saying nice things about Bush Sr... SidDithers Jul 2013 #8

Ronald Reagan on Jimmy Carter: Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #9