Contrary to the things you saw with your own eyes, here's the truth! Carter was one of the few people who lived up to the ideals of the presidency that everyone claims they want: he accepted no money for public speaking after he left office and sat on no boards; he lived humbly in the same home that was valued at under $200,000; he taught Sunday school and attempted to truly live out the difficult demands of Christianity; he remained married to the same woman for 77 years; he held high the needs of the poor and destitute; he helped eradicate Guinea worm in Africa; finally, he defended democracy in fragile places via on-the-ground election monitoring. Hardly "one of the most profoundly evil men" to occupy the White House.
Exactly! Nobody's life is defined by a 4 year period. Jimmy Carter spent his life giving back to others in need. He didn't do it to brag and attract attention to himself. He did it because he was a great man, with a heart and faith that was full of love, and a true desire to help others. He spent his final years building houses for the poor as he continued life of public service. He never stopped working to improve the lives of others — much of which included building homes for the needy. He helped build, renovate and repair more than 4,331 homes with Habitat for Humanity. One of those communities was in Houston. Carter and his late wife, Rosalynn, partnered with Habitat for Humanity to lead an effort to build 100 homes in Houston in just one week in 1998. He was 74 years old, and was out there building homes in temperatures nearing 100 degrees for the Houston community. Even well into his 90s, Carter put on a hard hat and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, the nonprofit organization he often partnered with through The Carter Center.
I think he meant well but man was he a terrible President. He did a lot of good thing after leaving office.
It's a reflection of their lack of morality and character driving the cognitive dissonance derived from their support of a man with no morality or character.
I am too young to know Jimmy Carter the President, but I know for the rest of his life he was what a real Christian looks like. I watched a special on him and his wife yesterday and they were true sweethearts their entire life, they were HUMBLE folks who gave back, and not by just throwing money at it, but they rolled up their sleeves and put in sweat equity. I can see why certain people don't appreciate him, he`s what a real HUMAN BEING looks like compared to the folks like trump who are the complete opposite who see everything as transactional
Carter was the lead in bringing about peace between Egypt and Israel. Carter faced a real energy crisis. There actually wasn't enough oil. He was honest about it and took unpopular measures to make sure we didn't run out. He definitely made mistakes, but his positive contributions are often overlooked.
110% Carter confided: “I could have been re-elected if I had taken military action against Iran. It would have shown that I was strong and resolute and manly. ... I could have wiped Iran off the map with the weapons that we had. But in the process a lot of innocent people would have been killed, probably including the hostages. And so I stood up against all that advice, and then eventually all my prayers were answered and all the hostages came home safe and free.” Volker was the right man for the job; it was not a hard choice! Paul Volcker — the right man for his times In 1973, former President Richard Nixon ended the gold standard, which decreased the value of the dollar in foreign exchange markets. With a rise in import prices came inflation and, in turn, unemployment. From 1973 on Nixon admin was too busy covering up / fighting the Watergate investigation; add to it the then-prevailing energy crisis, the US economy continued to flounder. The joblessness rate fluctuated between 5.7% and 6% during Carter's presidency until 1980, when it jumped up to 7.8% amid recession. When Carter left office in 1981, it sat at 7.4%. Paul Volker slammed the brake on inflation by raising interest rate to 20%. Invisible Fan would have a field day accusing Volker of wrecking the Fed's balance sheet! while the high interest rate did slow down inflation, it had also led to higher unemployment, which led to little or no GDP growth, a vicious cycle
It is for Christians following the teachings of Christ. What anyone else thinks doesn't really matter.
Sharing what gave me good vibes for the New Year. Some paragraphs from a great article on Jimmy Carter. Back at the church in Plains, Jimmy Carter started teaching Sunday school again, something he had done almost every Sunday for years before he became first the Governor of Georgia and then the President of the United States. At least once a month on Saturdays, he would help prepare the Maranatha Baptist Church for services on the following day, by cutting the grass on the lawn in front of the church, using his push lawn mower. And while he was doing that, Rosalynn Carter would be in the sanctuary cleaning the wooden pews with furniture polish. In other words, Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter were faithful members of their Baptist church, worshipping and serving there, just as they had done all their lives. As we say goodbye to Jimmy Carter, I am remembering what my father noticed on that winter day in 1977. For all his many accomplishments in life, his greatest accomplishment was that he was always a Baptist Christian who taught Sunday school, worshiped, and then after church went back out into his community and the world to help his brothers and sister by building homes, finding clean water, and working for justice and peace. I am sure that many times throughout his life, he had opened his Bible and read the words in Micah 6:8. “What does the Lord require of us, but to do Justice, love mercy and walk humbly with our God.” And Jimmy Carter strived to do exactly that. https://www.wdsu.com/article/presid...nday-school-while-in-the-white-house/63307965 "What's good and decent and honest and true and compassionate and loving. Do these things," - Jimmy Carter
