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He was a compassionate honorable man, unlike Reagan, who was awful.
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@YYZ -- totally agree. A truly high quality human being.
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Carter was a wonderful person, just a terrible President.
Just like Trump is a fucking asshole, but his policies were heading this country in the right direction, unlike the crazy administration now.
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Always some clone that brings Trumps mess up like it was great time in history.
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Tell me you are better off today than you were during Trumps first 3 years (can't count Covid).
Give me facts about inflation, price of gas, price of food, valuation of your property, investment valuation, retirement funds, pensions, etc. Cost of auto loans, mortgage interest rates, credit card rates. I can go on and on if you would like.
Putin didn't invade Ukraine, we didn't step on our own dicks leaving Afghanistan, our borders were not wide open.
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Yes, 98 is a really good life. Hope his final days are in peace and void of pain.
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when Trump dies, I will fly my flag at full mast, Carter, at least did good for the world and less fortunate
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Carter is a hell of a good human being. Good luck to him. Unfortunately, he was a really bad president. Joe Biden is much worse and will surpass him easily in this area. I agree that Trump is a horrible person but a much better president than either of these guys. There must be a better way of selecting the Chief Executive Officer of the United States.
We have a popularity contest not a system of determining the best and brightest candidates. It's too bad and it's a real existential threat to our country.
American Democracy bears no resemblance to the classic Greek Democracy. It wasn't perfect but it was more likely to achieve superior results.
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Your captain...people voted for Biden because they hated Trump, not his policies or how he governed. They just didn't like his mean tweets. So they voted for a senile old man who didn't come out of his bunker nearly at all for the entire campaign. People who voted for him got what they deserve. Wish people actually would vote with their minds and NOT their hearts or their feelings. Grow a thick skin and vote for someone who will make this country better.
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I keep asking people on the left to show me how they are better off now than during Trump's presidency (not counting the final 'year' of Covid).
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Carter was awful
I can’t believe ppl still talking bad about Trump. Now we are in the beginning phase of WW3, because of Biden and company.
Trump : no wars, great economy & mean tweets! Lol
Biden: ww3, hyperinflation…. Worst president ever
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sarahAnn....smart and beautiful.
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@Sarah......no better way to explain it.
Just have to add all the money Biden Crime Family has taken in....
1.5 Billion....China private equity investment for Hunter.
1 mill from Moscow Mayor...
Millions from Ukraine....
And on...and on.
Last i heard about 12 country's
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I might expect Jimmy is very pleased to see Joe crash and burn, so Carter can move up the list.
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The problem with liberals is they always drag everyone else down into their shit hole.
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@YourCaptain
(Disclosure - I voted for DJT and considered myself a "Trump Girl")
Agreed that it seems to be more of a popularity contest than a competency one. DJT had a lot of potential but he squandered it on self-aggrandizing, which turned a lot of people off. His main appeal was not that of a businessman. Having declared bankruptcy 6 times is not my idea of a good businessman, it is the mark of someone who loves to game the system. His main appeal was that he was NOT a professional politician. His brand also helped him with name recognition. And consider that MAGA was a repudiation of where the professional politicians, from both sides (the "Pros") had taken us in the last 50 years or so. Even what we have seen since DJT left office is a continuation of the distrust of the Pros and the hatred that many citizens have for them. January 6, was not so much about DJT losing the election, it was about shutting down a trend to not let the Pros drive us to destruction! It was an (attempted) American version of an "Arab Spring." But my trouble with DJT is that he fomented the insurrection. He attempted a coup. And had he been successful in remaining in office by those means alone (not through the numerous lawsuits) then there is no question in my mind that there would never be a 2024 election. DJT, having gotten away with an unconstitutional power grab, would have simply manufactured a crisis and declared martial law, suspending not only the elections but habeas corpus as well. It is for that reason that I cannot support him anymore. I loved what I thought DJT could do for this country, but I love the country more.
As a person, and not a president, I think that DJT really is a despicable human being. And as leader of the free world he became a role model by default. I often wonder how many parents cringe at the idea that their children might grow up admiring someone who thinks it is OK to grab a woman by the puss, or resort to childish but vicious name-calling when someone doesn't agree with them. In fact, I don't think I could think of a worse role model, except for maybe Bill Clinton or Jeffery Epstein! (OK, maybe Rudy Giuliani too).
I will support the next person that comes along that is not a Pro and can take us in a fresh direction - but it won't be DJT. And it won't be an obvious homophobe like DeSantis. I actually live in Florida and am registered to vote there, but he is not the golden boy I seek.
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Geez, and who says to he political discussions here are bad. Several of you are spot on - jazz, saraAnn, Marissa.
I actually signed up a few days ago to do H4H; my first is in a week.
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^ Yes, and even I object sometimes to blog being hijacked by the professional pundits. But since this was originally intended to be a tribute to a former president I knew the direction it would probably go in. So I am not going to complain this time.
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Carter has shown more compassion and honor since leaving office than any ex-President, he has done good for the world
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It's an old question.....
Under Carter, were people better off before or during his presidency.
The election landslide was the clear answer to that.
I don't need, nor want a president to be a nice guy - we give them a job to do, sometimes being an asshole is in fact, the needed course of action.
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Jazz, please get refills on your meds asap. Your continuous harassment of Biden is tiresome, and also absolutely incorrect.
99 percent of Americans do not understand what the debt ceiling is and its role. The rise of inflation is not influenced in any way by the President. He had no part in Covid which caused a struggle with shipping, imports, competition with China, and anything else you can think of.
Want blame someone? Start with American corporations who took advantage of the supply change issue and raised prices, and has yet to bring them back down even as the challenges have subsided. Biden did help lower gas prices because there are federal standards. But he can't tell Coca-Cola and Nabisco and chicken and egg farmers to just lower their prices unless he wants to fuck with wall street.
You could also blame the Fed Reserve - separate in all ways from the Executive Branch - which kept raising the interest rates because it historical jumps when they see shadows anywhere, and there are a lot of shadows. That said, watch how quick interest rates come down if Ukraine keeps winning the war and the rumors of China in health and fiscal problems are true. One economist predicts China will sink into a recession because its population skews very old and unemployment is high. The best comparison may be the fall of Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall. Russia couldn't feed its population, much less the other 15 or so members of the block.
Biden may not be your favorite, but at least admit that you don't like him because he's old and you can't relate. And don't keep propping Trump up as your man. He didn't help the common man because his tax cuts went to the rich and corporate, and someday you'll realize that he shilled the country out of a billion dollars. Every dollar donated to his campaign went into his own pocket, and the lack of regulations enabled him to steer corporate money into his swamp.
Take a breath, read reliable news, and think twice. And the internet in general is not your friend. Are you pleased Google, Farcebook, Apple, and all the other tech companies own 30 percent of the country's wealth? They do. And the money essentially comes from your pocket.
Have a nice Sunday. Ladies, stay well and be safe.
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Re Carter, I remember thinking what a horrible President he was in 1976, when I was still a young man. But even then, he was a man who faced issues beyond what others have. The hostage crisis. The gas crisis. Russians in Afghanistan. Fundamental Islam was rallying its hate against the US. The Palestine-Israel debacle was thrown into his lap, and he tried his damn best tom broker a peace only to have leaders there assassinated.
And in general, most people in 1976 were just happy that we were no longer in Vietnam, disco music was great and money was cheap because we were no longer throwing it at a war.
God bless Carter. He was a nice man who tried to do honorable things at a time when honor was in short supply.
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Carter gave away the Panama Canal. Dude was a horrible President.
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He may not have been the best president, but he has a good soul.
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Let's not forget about the hostages in Iran, there were there for over 400 days,
Carter couldn't it done. Hostages released the day Reagan took office.
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He was very active his presidency.. my prayers 🙏
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Carter meant well and did some good things and bad, but his tenure was more nuanced.
While mostly known for his "malaise speech", inflation, gas lines and Iran.
It was Carter who deregulated airlines, trucking, oil, railroads and...........beer.
Even knowing that a recession could cause him to lose, Carter appointed known inflation hawk, Paul Volker, to the Fed.
Hell, even Reagan praised Carter.
However, he wore sweaters on tv, so that was fucking uncool.
Anyhoo, some of you hate him for the wrong reasons and some of you love him for the wrong reasons.
Most are too ignorant to know wtf you're talking about.
I voted for him but wouldn't do so again.
I don't like cardigan sweaters.
Biden is a complete shitburger and Trump is a sick little narcissist.
We need new blood and I hope they both stroke out soon.
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TRUMP 2024
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Even though he was a mediocre president he did things that he knew were good for American citizens but bad for his re-election chances. That is the mark of true patriot! If he were running for election today I would vote for him over Biden or Trump, and not just because he is from Georgia (my home state).
Some tidbits:
Released in 2017, a declassified memo produced by the CIA in 1980 concluded "Iranian hardliners – especially Ayatollah Khomeini" were "determined to exploit the hostage issue to bring about President Carter’s defeat in the November elections." Additionally, Tehran in 1980 wanted "the world to believe that Imam Khomeini caused President Carter's downfall and disgrace."
Carter became the first sitting president to testify under oath as part of an investigation of him.
Although Operation Eagle Claw was a disaster, we must remember that military leaders sold the idea to him. He should be given credit for being brave enough to approve the operation but not held responsible for the poor planning and execution of it, which was clearly the fault of the Pentagon crowd.
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great man... horrible president..
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He really did have a lot on his plate during his presidency; 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis, the 1979 energy crisis, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, the Nicaraguan Revolution, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. And probably a few more that didn't get quite the attention.
And I would like to interject this one thing about the Biden/Trump debate. I doubt that wars are planned and executed in a matter of 3 months. They take a year or two to plan. Even the "surprise" attack on Pearl Harbor and out response was not that "surprising." The U.S. was already ramping up for war by 12/7/41.
Russia did not plan to invade Ukraine just because Biden won and they thought he would be pushover - they had to have planned that invasion at least a year in advance. Here is what I think: There were 2 possibilities; Trump wins, or Biden wins. Both constitute a "green light" for the invasion, so it really didn't matter. The only thing that would change would be the timing.
Trump wins: They would almost immediately invades Ukraine (probably in December) because they knew he would probably not take drastic actions in the form of sanctions.
Biden wins: It is a surprise so they have to take a moment to re-evaluate and tweek the diplomacy efforts and the propaganda machine. That takes a little time so the invasion happens anyway, it is just delayed a couple of months.
Final analysis: Biden did not cause the war in Ukraine. If anything, Trump did. Biden just inherited it!
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I'm pretty sure if someone like Reagan or either one of the Bush's had been president there never would have been a war in the Ukraine. Maybe even Obama (didn't like him for his domestic agendas but didn't have much of a problem with his foreign policies). Undertaking a military operation in a foreign country (taking out OBL in Pakistan) without asking for their permission or even giving them a heads-up is pretty bodacious! I'll be Putin stood up and took notice of that!
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Biden and Carter are the 2 worst presidents of at least 100 years based on economic facts, I heard from someone who met Carter in private he was an A hole. But idk either one personally
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^ Again, our current economic conditions are primarily a result of oil, which is the result of the war in Ukraine, which is a result of Putin thinking Trump would green-light it. Biden inherited the mess, he is not necessarily the cause of it. Maybe contributed to it in several ways, but didn't cause it all by himself. Kind of unfair to put the blame all on him.
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our current economic conditions are primarily a result of oil,
Yes, the Biden energy policy that pretty much told the oil companies, you are done in 30 years. So no investment, no exploration, although both were also limited by Biden. Why would you invest anything if your industry was under fire by the government? You wouldn't.
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^ Like I said, he contributed to it.
Look at the attached table and you can see the precipitous jump at the start of the war in Ukraine. Also look at the last 3 reported months, there seems to be a downward trend. No doubt DJT had some really good months during his term but they weren't all stellar. He had his bumps too. And of course we all know that there is always a knee-jerk reaction in the stock market at the prospect of the opposing party assuming control but the real picture starts taking effect about 3-4 months later when the histeria (or anticipation) wears off and reality sets in.
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^ Forgot the table
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I wouldn't say Carter was a bad President. I'd say he had bad economic policy but the rest of what he did wasn't bad per say.
Compared to reagan who completely sold out the middle class and future generations Carter was a saint.
We're still living w/ the consequence of the idiotic policies reagan put in place and the presidents that have followed have just continued reagan's policies which is why nothing gets better only worse.
The massive amounts of deregulation have been an utter failure - banks/wall street, big pharma, transportation, railroads even the news etc etc.
Everything has gone to shit in order to facilitate corporate greed & corruption - THAT can be laid directly at ronnies feet.
Atticus Finch
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Carter was more than a good person, and to the person that had my precious comment deleted, that’s typical in 2023 usa. Habitat for Humanity is something that will never be duplicated by anyone holding the same office. Reagan got the hostages in Iran released because that’s the deal he made: it’s what how they play.
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You are correct the government doesn't control our economy there policies can only hurt it, that is why Biden and Carter are the worst, very very bad policies
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Carter defeated the Filipinos during the Philippine American war of 1899!
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According to basic Poly-Sci 101 all the above mentioned problems the last 2 years are still Trumps policies. Bidens are just now taking effect im pretty sure Biden signed less executive orders then Trump which go into effect immediately anything else takes 2 years plus.
Makes no fucking difference Biden is Trump vice versa, bahh bahhhh
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And remember that within 2 days of taking office, President Carter signed an executive order granting amnesty to the Vietnam War draft dodgers. We all have differing views on whether those guys deserved amnesty or not, but I think it was more warranted than the pardons that DJT issued.
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^ Carter was against the war.
So it made sense when he pardoned the people that refused to serve.
Atticus Finch
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Off topic but RIP Richard belzar
So sad I loved him on law and order
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does it cost money to start a thread?
he probably deserves his own
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Carter in 2024! Prolly in better shape than Fetterman, Biden and most potential Democrat candidates. Certainly less corrupt.
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Carter 2024 🥜👍
Can you imagine a Biden-Fetterman campaign?..
The campaign slogan would be... "Its a no brainer"
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Carter, like most democrats in my opinion) think with their hearts.
Not their heads.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions - and more often does more harm to those whom they want to help than anyting.
The end.
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