Reagan's election is what radicalized me (along with a few other shenanigans that year). I was 12. Oh, I am sadder than I thought I would be about Carter's passing.
A little late here but my friend reminded me of the time she was coming back from Bangkok and President Carter was on her plane. He came back and shook the hand of each and every single person on the plane. A statesman and a gentleman.
Thanks to President Biden Jimmy Carter will have a State Funeral. God only knows what Trump would have done if he had been in charge. Probably nothing.
I have a feeling the family would have been fine with holding it at the family church and the usual heads of state would have shown up there. Easier to keep out the riffraff that way too. IIRC he wanted to be buried in the family plot anyway.
The fact that Donald Trump was elected, by a slim margin, speaks volumes about our society. Carter was a visionary. He saw the benefits of an inclusive society long before anyone else did.
He saw the societal benefits of making sure that everyone had the basic necessities of life We need to pick up where he left off and honor his memory by continuing with his good work.
First vote I ever cast for president was for Jimmy Carter in '80. I had missed voting for him in '76 because I didn't turn 18 until five days after the election, but I would have voted for him then, too. Guess I was born to vote for losers who should have been winners, or something...
NO!! You are a person who recognizes talent in deference to popular appeal If ever there was a man who was NOT a loser it was Jimmy Carter. IMO the current President elect is one of the biggest losers in history
Although Carter was not Catholic, his life was so venerable, so devoted to self sacrifice and the service of others, and so committed to the teachings of Jesus Christ, that I would propose to the Bishop of the diocese that he petition the Holy See to allow the initialization of a Cause for Beatification and Canonization.
Carter may well have been the most moral man to ever hold the office. He never allowed the pursuit of power to compromise his his ethics or morality. His strength was almost inhuman, his intelligence and perception of the highest level, yet his humility nearly saintly. R.I.P. Mr President, but somehow, I believe he would rather you just call him "Jimmy"
We must be very close contemporaries, because that election is one of my earliest political memories as well. I, too, remember my first-grade teacher wheeling the TV into the classroom on election day.
It happened to be my seventh birthday that day and my mom, a Democrat and a California native, came down to the school to hand out cupcakes with little American flags in them, a yellow ribbon carefully ties around each flags toothpick stem for the hostages.
"I can't believe the Bedtime for Bonzo guy beat Carter," she said through gritted teeth as she handed me one of the bakery boxes so I could help her distribute the cupcakes. "But I guess he's the president now, so I hope he'll do a good job."
RIP, Jimmy. I hope you aren't the last of your kind, but I fear you might be.
Reagan defeated Carter in 1980 with the help of the Iranians and John Andersen. Had the Iranians released the hostages and Andersen not run, the race would have been really tight and Carter may have won
Reagan only became the nominee because Poppy Bush dropped out and joined his ticket. A lot of people got fooled by Raygun because he was relatively clean and no one really knew what his record in CA was. And business people loved him for the tax cutting stuff. The Bush Crime family cleaned up his image so they could use him as a front for Poppy to run the country. There is no way Raygun would have had access to Iranian leaders without Poppy's (former head of the CIA) help. The GOP has been running this game for a long time.
WE thought Reagan and the Bushes were bad. That was before we got Trump and his gang of miscreants. What we're stuck with now is an Executive branch headed by felons, (because half of the country prefers that to a woman POTUS), a Congress which spends most of it's time involved in popularity contests and palace intrigue, and a Judiciary which just sits and pontificates on their own personal pet peeves and agendas. Where do we go from here?
His example, actions, teachings, beliefs should have been shouted from every media outlet for years as a shining example of what it means to truly American and a Christian.
Mick has always bowed to his female counterpart in Gimme Shelter. The whole performance has always been almost a mating ritual in which Mick strives to gain her favor.
Reagan's election is what radicalized me (along with a few other shenanigans that year). I was 12. Oh, I am sadder than I thought I would be about Carter's passing.
A little late here but my friend reminded me of the time she was coming back from Bangkok and President Carter was on her plane. He came back and shook the hand of each and every single person on the plane. A statesman and a gentleman.
Thanks to President Biden Jimmy Carter will have a State Funeral. God only knows what Trump would have done if he had been in charge. Probably nothing.
I have a feeling the family would have been fine with holding it at the family church and the usual heads of state would have shown up there. Easier to keep out the riffraff that way too. IIRC he wanted to be buried in the family plot anyway.
If you've got a beeah, drink it...the tablets, were they barrel-shaped?
The fact that Donald Trump was elected, by a slim margin, speaks volumes about our society. Carter was a visionary. He saw the benefits of an inclusive society long before anyone else did.
He saw the societal benefits of making sure that everyone had the basic necessities of life We need to pick up where he left off and honor his memory by continuing with his good work.
First vote I ever cast for president was for Jimmy Carter in '80. I had missed voting for him in '76 because I didn't turn 18 until five days after the election, but I would have voted for him then, too. Guess I was born to vote for losers who should have been winners, or something...
NO!! You are a person who recognizes talent in deference to popular appeal If ever there was a man who was NOT a loser it was Jimmy Carter. IMO the current President elect is one of the biggest losers in history
Even Fox News said nice things about Jimmy Carter yesterday.
What sane person could possibly say anything bad about him?? As I noted earlier he should be a candidate for Sainthood
Although Carter was not Catholic, his life was so venerable, so devoted to self sacrifice and the service of others, and so committed to the teachings of Jesus Christ, that I would propose to the Bishop of the diocese that he petition the Holy See to allow the initialization of a Cause for Beatification and Canonization.
💀 THE OBITUARY OF DONALD J. TRUMP
In Stark Contrast to Jimmy Carter, a Life of Corruption, Cruelty, and Chaos
https://open.substack.com/pub/patricemersault/p/the-obituary-of-donald-j-trump?r=4d7sow&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Carter may well have been the most moral man to ever hold the office. He never allowed the pursuit of power to compromise his his ethics or morality. His strength was almost inhuman, his intelligence and perception of the highest level, yet his humility nearly saintly. R.I.P. Mr President, but somehow, I believe he would rather you just call him "Jimmy"
We must be very close contemporaries, because that election is one of my earliest political memories as well. I, too, remember my first-grade teacher wheeling the TV into the classroom on election day.
It happened to be my seventh birthday that day and my mom, a Democrat and a California native, came down to the school to hand out cupcakes with little American flags in them, a yellow ribbon carefully ties around each flags toothpick stem for the hostages.
"I can't believe the Bedtime for Bonzo guy beat Carter," she said through gritted teeth as she handed me one of the bakery boxes so I could help her distribute the cupcakes. "But I guess he's the president now, so I hope he'll do a good job."
RIP, Jimmy. I hope you aren't the last of your kind, but I fear you might be.
Reagan defeated Carter in 1980 with the help of the Iranians and John Andersen. Had the Iranians released the hostages and Andersen not run, the race would have been really tight and Carter may have won
Reagan only became the nominee because Poppy Bush dropped out and joined his ticket. A lot of people got fooled by Raygun because he was relatively clean and no one really knew what his record in CA was. And business people loved him for the tax cutting stuff. The Bush Crime family cleaned up his image so they could use him as a front for Poppy to run the country. There is no way Raygun would have had access to Iranian leaders without Poppy's (former head of the CIA) help. The GOP has been running this game for a long time.
WE thought Reagan and the Bushes were bad. That was before we got Trump and his gang of miscreants. What we're stuck with now is an Executive branch headed by felons, (because half of the country prefers that to a woman POTUS), a Congress which spends most of it's time involved in popularity contests and palace intrigue, and a Judiciary which just sits and pontificates on their own personal pet peeves and agendas. Where do we go from here?
His example, actions, teachings, beliefs should have been shouted from every media outlet for years as a shining example of what it means to truly American and a Christian.
Gosh such comforting words. I wish. this was all that was going on and we could all just listen to music.
"Just remember you’re a living organism in this planet, you’re very safe, you’ve just taken a heavy drug. Do you have any Allman Brothers?"
Lady Gaga upstages and outsings Mick in Gimme Shelter.
https://youtu.be/JrIVE9DJpUw?si=XAh4tEa2GGIdH7a2
Well, she IS decades younger.
Mick has always bowed to his female counterpart in Gimme Shelter. The whole performance has always been almost a mating ritual in which Mick strives to gain her favor.
RIP
''Linda Lavin, Tony-winning Broadway actor who starred in the sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87''
https://apnews.com/article/linda-lavin-dies-obituary-d2fd2a9ffc3f4c078ea4d86da877d538