I admire this man so much

[gabeana]

Great human being and an very underrated president

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24259493/former-president-jimmy-carter-gets-busy-building-oakland

The Carters had made a quiet visit to scope out the construction site on Sunday afternoon, shortly after landing in the Bay Area, then headed downtown to the Paramount Theatre for a star-studded music night celebrating the 30th anniversary of their Carter Work Project, which visits new cities and countries each year. Another Habitat fundraiser was set to happen at a Saratoga home on Monday evening, and the Carters travel to East San Jose to help with home repairs on Tuesday.

Working swiftly, precisely, and always as a pair, former President Jimmy Carter and his wife of 67 years, Rosalynn, devoted several hours Monday to framing the windows of a new home in an East Oakland neighborhood troubled by crime.

The Carters' visit to the Habitat for Humanity construction site came less than a week after robbers invaded the 12-home development, held eight workers of the nonprofit homebuilding group at gunpoint and fired bullets into the air.

"I think there's been a general rising up of everybody that lives in this community against that crime, which was especially despicable," Carter said.

The 89-year-old former president said he believed a "growing community cohesion

[Cooley Hurd]

1. A GREAT American and an equally GREAT human being.

I was too young to vote for him, but I knocked on doors and stuffed envelopes for him in '76 and '80. I am very proud of that.

[Mnemosyne]

2. K&R for more visibility. nt

[rhett o rick]

3. k&r thanks for posting. nm

[malaise]

4. Don't expect to see this on TV

I love the Carters

Rec

[KamaAina]

5. "an East Oakland neighborhood troubled by crime. "

Brookfield Village is THE WORST neighborhood in Oakland. And that's saying a LOT.

Probably good that they're doing 12 homes together instead of scattered around. Hopefully that block will become an island of relative safety.

[Triana]

6. Jimmy Carter is one very fine human being.

Fully worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize. He was absolutely an underrated President!

[Scuba]

7. Jimmy Carter stands apart from other Presidents ...

[Trailrider1951]

9. He sure does

[Rhiannon12866]

10. And he also never took us to war...

That's what I thought you were going to say...

[adirondacker]

11. +1,000,000.00 nt

[CurtEastPoint]

8. Mr. Carter is a bright, shining beacon in my state of Georgia...

There are a few others (John Lewis, to name one) of whom I'm proud. But the GOP dreck... you all know the national ones (Gingrich, Gingrey, Broun, etc.) and there are a ton of local GOP shitheads, too.

[Art_from_Ark]

12. There's also Zell "Turncoat" Miller

who gave a major speech at the 2004 Republican National Convention.

[CurtEastPoint]

13. Bleccch. Yeah, a 'real' Democrat, huh?