RIP

[Jack Lala]

Former President Jimmy Carter. A good man. 

[GoHorns1]

The world lost a great humanitarian 

[MarkInAustin]

There is a great story both he and Colin Powell told, consistent with each other, but from differing perspectives. If I can find an accurate printing of it I will put the url here.  For those of you who are history buffs, during the Clinton Admin the two of them went to visit the dictator of Haiti on a diplomatic mission.  Each told what happened. 

Carter was a terrific citizen as an ex-President, and there aren't many who could have claimed that.  

[Tuco Ramirez]

Damn. RIP.

[Jordan91]

Great man who lived a great life. RIP. 

[Cujonation83]

DAMN GOOD man all around 👏🏿! Definitely a stand up human 👏🏿 

[GetHooked]

Terrible president but an exceptional human being.  A very good man.  

[WestlakeLonghorn]

Set this country back a decade.   Let’s not pretend he isn’t one of the if not the worst presidents of all time. As a human being RIP and rest well. Still.  Screw him as a president. 

[bierce]

51 minutes ago, WestlakeLonghorn said:

Set this country back a decade.   Let’s not pretend he isn’t one of the if not the worst presidents of all time. As a human being RIP and rest well. Still.  Screw him as a president. 

Mods, I suggest you lock this thread now before it blows up with comments about every evil of Republican administrations for the last 40 years.

[Bobbers]

Nobody here can defend Carter's presidency.  The Democrats didn't like him much either and tried to primary him.  If Edward Kennedy weren't such a bad candidate then I don't think Carter would have been able to run for president again in 1980.

Having said that I don't think any of us could say that Carter was a bad man.  He was the product of a racist Democrat Party and he is one of the men that changed the party to inclusiveness.  To be a white Democrat in Georgia in the 1960s and run for the civil rights of all men was a brave act.  Carter was also married for 77 years which I think is very admirable.

Carter was a lifelong opponent of capital punishment.  Since our federal government and our state governments have executed many innocent people I appreciated Carter's work in in this area.  I say this as a conservative Republican who doesn't want government to have the power to kill people.

Carter did a lot of good work with the Habitat for Humanity charity to help build homes for people in a way that did not use tax dollars. I don't know anybody who would disagree with this effort.

 Carter also spent a great deal of time fighting for fair elections around the world which helps spread democracy and freedom.

I didn't appreciate Carter's politics and I would never vote for him but anybody can see that he was a great man who lived a remarkable life.  RIP Jimmy Carter.

[Burnt Orange Horn]

4 hours ago, WestlakeLonghorn said:

Set this country back a decade.   Let’s not pretend he isn’t one of the if not the worst presidents of all time. As a human being RIP and rest well. Still.  Screw him as a president. 

One has to be very small-minded person to run down another at the time of his death. I pity you.

[Red Five]

He spent 96 years not being president, and spent them doing more good than the vast, vast majority of humans who have walked this earth. 

[Bonaparte]

RIP he was a great man.

[Thorn007]

RIP

[Pocono longhorn]

I wonder how many commenting in this thread were alive when he was president.