Yes, I know he's in hospice. But the near-constant drumbeat of stores, which read/sound more like pre-obituaries, is getting to be a bit much.
It's starting to be remiscent of an old SNL bit:
Let the man die in peace, people.
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I have said that Jimmy Carter, while far from the best president ever, certainly is the most honorable and decent president that we have had since at least the turn of the 20th century, if not well into the middle of the 19th century.
Ronald Reagan stopped attending church during his presidency, claiming it was due to worry over the other church members being placed into danger by his presence.
Jimmy Carter, on the other hand, continued to teach Sunday school for at least some portion of his administration. Being born in 1960, I remember his time well. I didn't think he was that good of a president, although he did get some good things accomplished. The best thing that I think he did was the so called Camp David Accords, where he brought together Israel's Menachem Begin and Egypt's Anwar Sadat. While disappointing in it's eventual loss of focus by mostly Israel, at the time, it did win the Nobel Peace Prize for both Begin and Sadat.
One thing that I do remember was when Carter took office, I was in my junior year of high school, and in a class called Current World Problems, basically an international civics class, we had to memorize his entire cabinet, something that actually turned out to be important, since so many of them went on to do some other important things, that kept them in governmental or public service.
I for one, will hope that when he does pass away, the nation goes into a very respectful time of mourning and remembrance, both of his character and the good things that he accomplished during his administration. Most of us can probably speak to the failures of his time in office, but while he did have some really awful things, many of them were out of his control, and we fail if we don't remember that. Actually that is the attitude we should have for all former presidents, to not just see their achievements and failures, but the reasons that they both occurred. Carter inherited a bad economy, and while not his fault, he never was able to fix it. One really has to consider, is it the governments place to "fix" the economy, or should they just take away as many roadblocks as possible, to allow the capitalistic nation that we are to eventually fix it on their own? Because the danger when the government tries to fix the economy is the risk of inflation, as we are seeing with the current administration, and it's huge injection of money into the economy simply by printing money, with no change in policies.
As we look back at Jimmy Carter and his 98 plus years of life, I think the best thing to say is thank you.
Well said, PP51. Well said.
RE the Camp David Accords, I note that Menachem Begin died in bed.
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