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George McGovern

(5,420 posts) Thu Dec 16, 2021, 07:08 AM Dec 2021

"Jimmy Carter's exposure to nuclear danger."

http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/04/05/milnes.carter.nuclear/index.html

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"Jimmy Carter's exposure to nuclear danger." (Original Post) George McGovern Dec 2021 OP

Wow! Incredible. Duppers Dec 2021 #1

You betcha Duppers! Incredible indeed. George McGovern Dec 2021 #10

All Carter's books are good reads as well. jaxexpat Dec 2021 #2

Thank You jaxexpat. George McGovern Dec 2021 #11

People who have accepted the media version of a folksy Carter fail to realize how serious he was Ford_Prefect Dec 2021 #3

And unlike our last President, Jimmy was working at 6:00 a.m. everyday! Dustlawyer Dec 2021 #6

He had been a peanut farmer, a Navy Officer, and Governor of Georgia. Ford_Prefect Dec 2021 #8

Thank You Ford_Prefect. I agree. George McGovern Dec 2021 #12

It was also in this SNL 1979 documentary "The Pepsi Syndrome" mucifer Dec 2021 #4

Thanks mucifer. George McGovern Dec 2021 #13

Hey George HAB911 Dec 2021 #5

How cool! Thanks for posting! Boomerproud Dec 2021 #7

Thank you! He was very proud of that photo! HAB911 Dec 2021 #9

Wow This is really neat HAB911. A keepsake for sure. Thanks for posting it! George McGovern Dec 2021 #14

Duppers

(28,117 posts)

1. Wow! Incredible.

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Thu Dec 16, 2021, 07:18 AM

Dec 2021

Did not know this, so thank you for posting!

George McGovern

(5,420 posts)

10. You betcha Duppers! Incredible indeed.

Reply to Duppers (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 16, 2021, 01:26 PM

Dec 2021

jaxexpat

(6,804 posts)

2. All Carter's books are good reads as well.

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Thu Dec 16, 2021, 08:09 AM

Dec 2021

George McGovern

(5,420 posts)

11. Thank You jaxexpat.

Reply to jaxexpat (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 16, 2021, 01:27 PM

Dec 2021

Ford_Prefect

(7,873 posts)

3. People who have accepted the media version of a folksy Carter fail to realize how serious he was

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Thu Dec 16, 2021, 08:39 AM

Dec 2021

and how thoughtful. He is the intellectual and spiritual opposite of G.W. Bush.

"The Chalk River experience made him realize the awesome and potentially very destructive power he was dealing with. It gave him a true respect for both the benefits but also the devastatingly destructive effect nuclear energy could have. I believe this emotional recognition of the true nature of the power mankind had unleashed informed his decisions as president, not just in terms of having his finger on the nuclear button, but in his decision not to pursue the development of the neutron bomb as a weapon."

Dustlawyer

(10,494 posts)

6. And unlike our last President, Jimmy was working at 6:00 a.m. everyday!

Reply to Ford_Prefect (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 16, 2021, 09:44 AM

Dec 2021

Ford_Prefect

(7,873 posts)

8. He had been a peanut farmer, a Navy Officer, and Governor of Georgia.

Reply to Dustlawyer (Reply #6)

Thu Dec 16, 2021, 11:17 AM

Dec 2021

He worked hard to know and understand the details, and the people those details would affect.

He is also a committed Evangelical Christian of the old school where you acted on your faith from personal integrity rather than following blindly the dictates of a few.