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Faygo Kid

(21,478 posts) Tue Jul 7, 2015, 07:29 PM Jul 2015

Heads up: Jimmy Carter coming up on Hardball on MSNBC now

Should be interesting to get his take on a variety of topics, including Iran, primaries and more.

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Heads up: Jimmy Carter coming up on Hardball on MSNBC now (Original Post) Faygo Kid Jul 2015 OP

I just watched that segment and was astounded how well he looked and spoke. panader0 Jul 2015 #1

Like John Quincy Adams, he's a much greater ex-President than President... First Speaker Jul 2015 #2

He told us the unabridged truth , which in 1980 we had no use for . orpupilofnature57 Jul 2015 #5

Thanks, his 69th Wedding Anniversary, 90 yrs old and BY-FAR the hardest working Former prez !!! orpupilofnature57 Jul 2015 #3

he trashed Ted Kennedy in a very kindly way on health care. wyldwolf Jul 2015 #4

panader0

(25,816 posts)

1. I just watched that segment and was astounded how well he looked and spoke.

Reply to Faygo Kid (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2015, 07:42 PM

Jul 2015

A great man, very underappreciated. (except around here)

First Speaker

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2. Like John Quincy Adams, he's a much greater ex-President than President...

Reply to panader0 (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 7, 2015, 07:51 PM

Jul 2015

...A good man, and a great man. Ahead of his time on so many things. But not a successful President, alas. I was close to several influential Dem pols during the Carter administration, and they all told me the same thing--Carter basically regarded Congress, even Tip O'Neill's Congress, as an adversary and decided to go over their heads and push his agenda directly to the American people. And that just didn't work. By the time he realized his mistake, it was too late. And it was all a damned shame...