Jimmy Carter: The Medias Been Harder on Trump Than Any Other President

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68. Only if you're an ex-prez and don't mind standing alone on a stage.

Even W preferred being hid from the cameras behind his dad to standing near Carter. Obama kissed Rosanne but moved smoothly right past Carter without eye contact, and who can blame him when Carter'd just gratuitously badmouthed him again?

Otoh, too much badmouthing of Democratic leaders, and people might start to recognize many of his striking similarities to Bernie Sanders. And then he spent most of his presidency quarreling with the mainstream Democrats who controlled congress. It became their job to find a way to get along with him to get things done. But not always successfully. Carter shot down Ted Kennedy's comprehensive birth-to-death healthcare proposal because he was angry that Ted didn't support his far more limited plan. I do admire much of his private contributions, but when it comes to politics he's still spiteful toward other Democrats to this day.