From Kos: I'd never heard of this Jimmy Carter story before. We did not deserve him.

[BeyondGeography]

These are camera shots from the late Jerry Parr’s book “In the Secret Service”. Parr was the agent who saved Reagan’s life.





https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/6/17/1865476/-I-d-never-heard-of-this-Jimmy-Carter-story-before-We-did-not-deserve-him

[lark]

1. Actually not surprising to me at all.

President Carter was the best man to hold the office of the presidency during my lifetime. The olgarchs hated him and tore him down from the 2nd he was nominated, but he brought a caring and strong committment to do not harm to the job more thany anyone before or after. He is revered in South America and should be here too.

[rampartc]

4. +1

we would live in a much different world if the 1980 election had better results.

[live love laugh]

5. Agree. nt

[ZeroSomeBrains]

10. Carter is one of my heros

I wonder how different life would be if Reagan hadn't committed treason to keep the hostages held until Reagan was elected. The world would be in a much better place...

[Raster]

16. they hated him because he refused to give in to the petroleum cartel, i.e., exxon-mobile...

...and their patron countries. Had it been up to Carter, the US would probably be energy independent and not subject to the whims of OPEC and the Saudi royal family.

[lark]

23. That is why he was a one term president, he was a danger to the energy cartels.

What might have been but wasn't, sad.

[Raster]

24. This is also why the Bush* family have been so successful...

... they have been faithful courtiers to the energy cartels.

[lark]

25. The entire repug establishment is totally run by the oil cartels wishes.

They are just the fascist, political wing of the oligarchs. They are for the rich and of the rich and have a total hatred of the American worker and our constitution

[rampartc]

2. thanks for that story

the ill fated rescue mission was a desperate gamble.

compare with Reagan who arranged for the hostages to be held until they were used as props at his inauguration.

[MyOwnPeace]

3. What a magnificent man he is.........

I wish we had one with that compassion as our president now........

[brer cat]

6. K&R

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. We deserved him. We did not deserve tRump. . . nt

[NewJeffCT]

8. He was, and is, a wonderful person

However, if DU were around in 1980, I bet most DUers would have supported the more liberal Teddy Kennedy.

[Butterflylady]

9. That's what is needed in president

Humbleness and empathy. I will always think of Carter with the utmost appreciation and admiration.

[BeyondGeography]

18. America is a lot easier on the heart and soul when the President is a decent human being

[ananda]

11. Cry -- What a beautiful moment!

..

[spanone]

12. K&R...

[George II]

13. You're right, we don't deserve him.

[democrank]

14. President Carter was the best president ever.

He is so humble, so principled, so decent. I admire him and all he has done.

[Left-over]

15. James Earl Carter was too decent a man for this corrupt corporate nation to deal with.

[Scarsdale]

17. Yes, he is.

How did a man with such honor and integrity get caught up in the dirty business of politics? The gop tore him apart, just as they do any democratic president. President Carter is well respected worldwide. tRump is like a dirty joke worldwide. Crass, uneducated, no soul, no integrity. Empty vessel.

[Laelth]

19. k&r for President James Earl Carter, Jr. n/t

-Laelth

[IronLionZion]

20. American voters rejected kindness and empathy and went all in on

fear and increased defense spending and destroying unions

Going from Carter to Reagan must have caused whiplash for some folks. Just like going from Obama to Trump.

[BlueMTexpat]

21. Disrespecting Jimmy Carter

is something that MANY in the Dem party did at the time as I recall.

With "friends" like them, it is no wonder that Raygun sailed right into office.

And no, we did NOT deserve him. He was much too good for us.

[unblock]

22. can anyone imagine donald fraud doing anything remotely similar?

carter may have been the most decent and honorable person to have ever served as president.

the timing of being president during stagflation and the hostage crisis was most unfortunate. any president during that time would have been a one-termer. interesting to ponder what might have happened had reagan won in 1976 (he narrowly lost the republican nomination to ford).

of course, both those problems were really created by previous presidents. the iran problems were really created by eisenhower's support for the coup that installed the shah, combined with subsequent u.s. policy to support the shah; the stagflation was created in no small part due to nixon and ford's inept handling of inflation (although some of the blame does go to opec as well). nixon treated wage and price controls and did it quite poorly, and ford simply handed out "whip inflation now" buttons.

[hueymahl]

26. Best president of my lifetime

Obama being a (very) close second. If you disagree, I would appreciate you keeping that to yourself.

[roamer65]

27. It was apparent on July 15, 1979 we did not deserve him

He went on TV and told the truth about our self indulgent, materialistic culture and was lambasted for it. We are nation full of thin skinned selfish people.

[FM123]

29. What a magnificent example of a good human being!

[orleans]

30. i got chills reading this n/t

[jmowreader]

31. This mission was the reason the Kill Osama mission succeeded

When they were doing the mission planning, they told the president, “we need x number of helicopters to make the mission work, so we’re taking y number.”

“Add another one,” President Obama ordered.

“Mr. President, we’ve done all the planning. Y is more than enough for the mission.”

“Add another one.”

“Mr. President, with all due respect you don’t know what you’re talking about. Y is plenty.”

“I’m not approving the mission until you agree to add another one.”

They added another one just to shut President Obama up...and it turned out that if they wouldn’t have taken it the mission would have failed.

[warmfeet]

32. A decent and humane, human being.

Jimmy has always walked the walk. My favorite president.

[Sherman A1]

33. K&R

[shanti]

34. Had something in my eye...

Such a great man is Jimmy Carter, and an exemplary Christian in every way. I love him.

[warmfeet]

35. We did,

and do deserve him.

That is the whole point of being human.

[Vegas Roller]

36. Jimmy Carter - a great human being

He will always be remembered for that.

[themaguffin]

37. We might be in a different world today if not for that sandstorm. Sigh.

[BigmanPigman]

38. I think I personally put a curse on the Dem Party

by voting for him when I turned 18 in 1980. I must be the kiss of death, the whammy, bad juju, etc since the Dems have lost clout ever since.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

39. That's exactly who and what Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are: humility incarnate.

Love them both........ ........

[YOHABLO]

40. This story makes me hate Reagan more than I already do.

[friend of m and j]

41. That was just President Carter being Jimmy Carter.

But if President Carter, the best man we ever had as President, reads these posts I promise you he would give you a short sermon on not holding hate in your heart (even hate directed at Reagan).

I am 76 years old, been active in politics since I heard Sam Rayburn give a speech to our graduating HS class in 1960. I've seen a lot, worked as an aide to a Congressman, was a Democratic candidate for the state legislature. (I lost). Have been a political junkie ever since.

But memories from all those years fade in comparison to the 2 saddest memories which I remember in minute detail. The assassination of JFK and the announcement at 10 minutes after 7PM, NBC announced they were calling Ronald Reagan the winner of the election (hours before polls had closed west of Central time).

If those 2 events had not happened what a different world we would be living in.