President Carter has passed.

[WilliamM2]

I'm bummed. Can't think of a more honest, caring politician.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/29/us/former-president-jimmy-carter-death/index.html

 

[Moonbeam]

He was for me the greatest president of my adult life. My eyes are full of tears. His faith in God made both of them real. Such a rare thing. He served with great humility.

 

[allisolm]

Sad.Really liked him. He was a US President, a Nobel Prize winner and lived to be 100. Those things alone made him so very special.

 

[Perknose]

One of the very few elected heads of state who governed by a set strict set of morals from which he never deviated. Not even a whisper of corruption. And the best ex-president ever!

 

[brycejones]

RIP, what a contrast in moral character to the incoming scum.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Truly an example of a great leader. RIP

 

[sdifox]

RIP

 

[iRONic]

RIPower

 

[IronWing]

RIP to the best President of my lifetime.

 

[esquared]

RIP

 

[ivwshane]

I was really hoping he’d pass under a Kamala presidency and not a Trump victory. What a disappointment he must have felt.

 

[MrSquished]

It was an honor to witness your life Mr. Carter. You are the rarest of the rare. Rest in peace

 

[Brovane]

RIP - If only more Christians lived life like he did. Rest in Peace Mr. Carter.

 

[nickqt]

Flags will fly at half mast for the next 30 days, which will include January 20th.

Carter's post-Presidency greatness continues.

 

[SKORPI0]

What a humble and great person he was. Wish we had that kind of politician these days, too bad they are far so few of them today.

 

[Racan]

RIP

 

[kage69]

Been kinda dreading this but also welcoming it. 100. Resolved to be happy over a life well lived by a real hero, that he got the run he did, and that he's reached the peace of no longer having to struggle.

Thank you Jimmy Carter, will always remember how you left the Southern Baptists like a boss. RIP

 

[Racan]

His Voyager 1 message

 

[Indus]

His Voyager 1 message

Holy shit.. the days when handwriting wasn't a lost art and people could actually sign with scripts and not scribble jibberish.

 

[HomerJS]

IMO the most respected President in my lifetime. Stellar human being, honest, had the countries best interest at heart.

Worked his ass off even after losing the election to get the Iran hostages released. Did yeoman's work after leaving office with Habitat for Humanity. The epitome of a real Christian not the phonies that claim it today.

The polar opposite of what is about to infest the office on Jan 20

 

[nOOky]

Before my time as I was only 11 when he took office. However his legacy will be a great one, he seemed to be a decent, honorable, truly compassionate individual. As stated above, a complete opposite to the schmuck who is taking office January 20th.

I saw him in person once, he took a river boat up the Mississippi river, and stopped at our little town to offer a speech at the spur of the moment. My mother took me by herself, as my dad was a conservative racist and didn't like him, and she wasn't. Memories like that make me wonder why she married him.

RIP.

 

[dainthomas]

A genuinely humble person and real outsider who wanted to change how DC worked, but was unfortunate enough to be handed a crap sandwich that would be unfixable in four years by anyone.

I can't even imagine how much better things would be today if he'd won a second term and Reagan had retired to his faux ranch.

 

[SKORPI0]

He was barely alive at his 100th. Shame that he was paraded this way.

 

[hal2kilo]

I was attending tech school in Atlanta when Jimmy was the governor of GA. He was well liked and respected then. He had the bad luck of the lazy oil industry getting themselves totally beholden to middle eastern supplies vulnerable to the insane political whims of that misbegotten land. And once again, our military readiness was low due to shutting down things after the mistake of Viet Nam, and the attempt to rescue the hostages failed. He will always hold a special place in my heart.

RIP.

 

[kage69]

The antithesis of the banana republican Onward Christian Soldier money worshiping type. If I was ever curious as to what kind of christian I was dealing with, I'd ask them what they thought of Jimmy Carter. It can get revealing.