I voted for Carter, and I thought him to be a good person with appallingly bad judgment in his appointment of friends who were not so good or so honest as his advisors. They let him down and reflected poorly on him.
I voted for Carter, and I thought him to be a good person with appallingly bad judgment in his appointment of friends who were not so good or so honest as his advisors. They let him down and reflected poorly on him.
Considering the mess President Carter inherited from Nixon & Ford, and as biased as I am, I don't think some of his choices were that bad. Like every president before him, and many after him, he was surrounded by some who had their own agenda; the interests of the country be damned.
It's easy, I think, to take a revisionist position on past administrations (as I did above on the catastrophic Nixon & Ford presidencies) and say that they are bad. Historically, however, President Carter still ranks ahead Nixon & Ford(https://www.c-span.org/presidentsurvey2021/?page=overall), and light years above the Orange Moron, er, Mr. Trump. Despite the fact that President Carter couldn't get a break from the media, his presidency looks better by the day...at least to me.
FP, I agree with you wholeheartedly. I was simply musing about his greatest weakness in trusting his friends from Georgia to be as honest as he was himself. The many scandals early in his administration made folks distrust his judgment and ability to govern.
I did, too. I thought Ford was a decent man and didn't know Carter very well. There were times in Carter's presidency that I wanted to sit him down and have a little talk with him, but in 1980 there was no question that he was the better man. He has proven that many times over.
When I look back at all the presidents in my time, Jimmy Carter is the one I most admire. Once in the mid 1990s he was giving the commencement at Trinity College in Hartford, my home town. I wanted to get his autograph and I must have had a photo of him. So I walked over to the campus early. I found him at the far end of the quad standing alone, along with his service protection 20 paces away. Here was my chance. But for some unknown reason, I didnтАЩt approach him. I felt I didnтАЩt want to disturb him. I had downloaded and had printed out a professional photo of him and I had every intention of sending it to him in Plains for that long awaited autograph. Then earlier this year, we were told that he went into hospice and there was no way I was going to burden him for an autograph. I framed the photo and proudly walk past it every day. The signature wasnтАЩt important. Just the picture and the memories.
I voted for Carter, and I thought him to be a good person with appallingly bad judgment in his appointment of friends who were not so good or so honest as his advisors. They let him down and reflected poorly on him.
Considering the mess President Carter inherited from Nixon & Ford, and as biased as I am, I don't think some of his choices were that bad. Like every president before him, and many after him, he was surrounded by some who had their own agenda; the interests of the country be damned.
It's easy, I think, to take a revisionist position on past administrations (as I did above on the catastrophic Nixon & Ford presidencies) and say that they are bad. Historically, however, President Carter still ranks ahead Nixon & Ford(https://www.c-span.org/presidentsurvey2021/?page=overall), and light years above the Orange Moron, er, Mr. Trump. Despite the fact that President Carter couldn't get a break from the media, his presidency looks better by the day...at least to me.
FP, I agree with you wholeheartedly. I was simply musing about his greatest weakness in trusting his friends from Georgia to be as honest as he was himself. The many scandals early in his administration made folks distrust his judgment and ability to govern.
Harriet, thanks for the clarification.
Punkinhead works for me. And it suits him. By that I mean dumoty. This ended up on the wrong thread I think.
Gosh, Jen, the man just lost his wife and is dying himself. A little kindness here and there is good for all of us.
I think she was referring to the melonhead who irritates us all?
How unkind.
You prefer orange cocksplat? ItтАЩs accurate also
I voted for Gerald Ford against Carter /my only republican vote) but supported Carter the 2nd time. I had no respect for his adversary.
I did, too. I thought Ford was a decent man and didn't know Carter very well. There were times in Carter's presidency that I wanted to sit him down and have a little talk with him, but in 1980 there was no question that he was the better man. He has proven that many times over.
When I look back at all the presidents in my time, Jimmy Carter is the one I most admire. Once in the mid 1990s he was giving the commencement at Trinity College in Hartford, my home town. I wanted to get his autograph and I must have had a photo of him. So I walked over to the campus early. I found him at the far end of the quad standing alone, along with his service protection 20 paces away. Here was my chance. But for some unknown reason, I didnтАЩt approach him. I felt I didnтАЩt want to disturb him. I had downloaded and had printed out a professional photo of him and I had every intention of sending it to him in Plains for that long awaited autograph. Then earlier this year, we were told that he went into hospice and there was no way I was going to burden him for an autograph. I framed the photo and proudly walk past it every day. The signature wasnтАЩt important. Just the picture and the memories.