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Say, Happy 98th Birthday to President Jimmy Carter (Original Post) Bayard Sep 2022 OP
Oh, my. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2022 #1
Same here! That said, he will always be my favorite, the first candidate I watched and really liked Rhiannon12866 Sep 2022 #5
He proves me wrong... BigmanPigman Sep 2022 #2
I'm so glad that he has outlived Raygun and passed him in age! 👍 Raine Sep 2022 #4
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to a Great President 🎉💐 🥳 Raine Sep 2022 #3
Misunderstood and under-appreciated as President DFW Sep 2022 #6
Indeed he was... Duppers Sep 2022 #7
👍 Thank you for posting this, my dear friend. Duppers Sep 2022 #8
Early Happy Birthday president Carter LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #9
Thanks for the post Dave in VA Sep 2022 #10
Happy Birthday, President Carter! Elessar Zappa Sep 2022 #11
Happy Birthday President Jimmy Carter LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2022 #12

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,816 posts)
1. Oh, my.
Thu Sep 29, 2022, 01:05 AM
Sep 2022

We are so lucky that he is still with us.

He is the one President I would dearly love to meet, or at least be in the same room with, but that probably will never happen. I still am grateful that I have lived in his lifetime.

He was the first President I ever voted for.

Rhiannon12866

(204,811 posts)
5. Same here! That said, he will always be my favorite, the first candidate I watched and really liked
Thu Sep 29, 2022, 02:12 AM
Sep 2022

And I now have his autobiography, "A Full Life: Reflections at 90," which I recommend highly - and I learned so much, including that I was right to like and support him, turns out I agree with him on pretty much everything.

BigmanPigman

(51,569 posts)
2. He proves me wrong...
Thu Sep 29, 2022, 01:08 AM
Sep 2022

"Only the good die young".

Happy Birthday to the POTUS I voted for him in my first election in 1980 when I turned 18!

Raygun was a monster and we all knew he would be...at least anyone with a triple digit IQ.

My friends in at Parsons School of Design in NYC HATED him and we actually were not at all concerned when he was shot, actually we didn't give a shit.

However, when Lennon was shot we did give more than a shit...we knew who the real assholes were. Nothing changes....the GQP is the same anti-humanity party as it was in 1980 as it is now.

Looking back over the years I am 100% convinced that the US is never going change in my lifetime. That makes me so angry I can hardly stand it.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
3. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to a Great President 🎉💐 🥳
Thu Sep 29, 2022, 01:16 AM
Sep 2022

and a great and kind human being ... one of the very best! 🇺🇸?️

DFW

(54,302 posts)
6. Misunderstood and under-appreciated as President
Thu Sep 29, 2022, 02:16 AM
Sep 2022

I never got to meet him, but Fritz Mondale was an old family friend, and we sat 50 feet away from Carter as he gave his first Gridiron Club speech in 1977.

Duppers

(28,117 posts)
8. 👍 Thank you for posting this, my dear friend.
Thu Sep 29, 2022, 02:39 AM
Sep 2022

Pres. Carter is one of my favorite people in the world.



🎂

Dave in VA

(2,035 posts)
10. Thanks for the post
Thu Sep 29, 2022, 06:51 AM
Sep 2022

I was fortunate enough to have met then Gov Carter at a picnic at the home of Virginia Lt. Gov Henry Howell in 1975. And again when he came to Norfolk, VA as president for a campaign rally for gubernatorial candidate Henry Howell. Very grateful to have had those opportunities.

Elessar Zappa

(13,912 posts)
11. Happy Birthday, President Carter!
Thu Sep 29, 2022, 06:55 AM
Sep 2022

I wasn’t alive when he was president but his post presidency career has been phenomenal. He’s such a caring man, the exact opposite of a Republican. Also, looking at him makes me remember that not all devout Christians are fascist nutcases.

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