RIP Jimmy Carter,
I didn't really like him as President, but I can't deny he was a good person and a great human being.
https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jimmy-carter-death-news-12-29-24/index.html (https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jimmy-carter-death-news-12-29-24/index.html)
It's sad anytime a US president passes. It signifies the end of some era in some ways.
RIP.
Quote from: ArizonaTank on December 29, 2024, 11:21:23 PMRIP Jimmy Carter,
I didn't really like him as President, but I can't deny he was a good person and a great human being.
https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jimmy-carter-death-news-12-29-24/index.html (https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jimmy-carter-death-news-12-29-24/index.html)
RIP. As a High School student, I supported him in 1976, and I reluctantly voted for him over Reagan in 1980. By that point, it was clear that he was a good man, but in over his head as POTUS. While I regret my vote, I stand by my analysis. He was a good man, just he should never have been POTUS.
I couldn't agree more, a good and decent man, but a flawed President. Too decent a man for Washington's Power Game establishment.
RIP.
Never heard this about him before:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/chalk-river-nuclear-accident-1.6293574
Quote from: steve58 on December 30, 2024, 12:46:10 PMRIP.
Never heard this about him before:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/chalk-river-nuclear-accident-1.6293574
Never heard of this either.
I honestly thought he'd died last summer.
Godspeed President Carter.
I was very surprised when I read about the Chalk River accident and the future president's role in the cleanup. His daughter was born about twenty years later. He and the other USN men who dismantled the reactor are owed Canada's gratitude.
Out of curiosity, would his presidency be remembered differently if Operation Eagle Claw had succeeded, even marginally? Obviously, inflation and the price of fuel were tremendous issues but I'm wondering about what I haven't grasped.
Quote from: Uberhaus on December 30, 2024, 05:06:59 PMGodspeed President Carter.
I was very surprised when I read about the Chalk River accident and the future president's role in the cleanup. His daughter was born about twenty years later. He and the other USN men who dismantled the reactor are owed Canada's gratitude.
Out of curiosity, would his presidency be remembered differently if Operation Eagle Claw had succeeded, even marginally? Obviously, inflation and the price of fuel were tremendous issues but I'm wondering about what I haven't grasped.
Well, there was also that rabbit (thanks to the singer Tom Paxton for keeping that memory alive).
Seriously however, it is a good question. Also, I wonder if the Camp David Accords would strengthen Carter's legacy if Sadat had not been assassinated.
I had forgotten about the Georgia Attack Rabbitt. I hear they eat alligators for breakfast.