Who do you think will give the eulogy for Jimmy Carter if he someday dies?

[Capt. Obvious]

Last edited Fri Aug 28, 2015, 01:35 PM - Edit history (1)

Who do you think should give it if different from the person you think will give it if Jimmy Carter someday dies?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Maybe a bit premature?

But I assume it will be President Obama.

[jehop61]

2. Lets all Hope

he lives many more years in better health and happiness.

[MBS]

4. " " " " n/t

[brush]

3. What? Aren't you getting ahead of yourself?

[FLPanhandle]

5. This topic scared the crap out of me!

I thought President Carter had died.

[Iggo]

6. Nobody.

Because he's not dead.

[global1]

7. Have You No Scruples Man?...

Comes on - that's a terrible hyping to post.

[liberal N proud]

8. Let's wait a few more years for that question

I hope President Carter has a few more years in him.

[HappyPlace]

9. Please self delete.

Thanks

[City Lights]

10. IMO, you should self-delete this. nt

[yuiyoshida]

11. He's not dead yet, Jim

[MineralMan]

12. Kinda jumping the gun there, aren't you?

Give it a rest, please.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. His great great great grandchildren.

One could only hope.

[Rex]

14. What are you talking about?

Your OP makes no sense and the sentence in the content area is without any indication as to what 'different' means.

Slipping?

[Capt. Obvious]

26. Your response makes no sense

Slipping?

[Rex]

27. My response makes sense your OP makes none

maybe try harder next time? Why would you post such a fucked up thing anyway?

Slipping?

EDIT - Oh how cute...you changed your title so it doesn't look like you are just shitting on someone we all love here.

Carry on...

[Capt. Obvious]

30. Your tone is uncalled for

Slipping?

[Rex]

31. Your OP is uncalled for.

Keep slipping, who do you want to shit on next that is still alive and a Dem household name?

[Capt. Obvious]

32. You need to get a hold of yourself.

[Rex]

34. Nope just called you on your bullshit OP and you changed it because you got caught

typing something shitty on DU.

Nothing to get a hold of, just called you out and you proved me right.

Have a great time shitting on someone else we all love and is still alive...but try harder next time to hide it.

Thanks. Bye bye.

[Capt. Obvious]

38. Adios

Off to ignore you go.

[FlatBaroque]

15. Just. Wow.

[DawgHouse]

16. His minister but I hope it's a long time from now.

[MannyGoldstein]

17. A person who is not yet born.

When that person is old.

[LanternWaste]

18. I certainly hope it's someone with your sense of timing.

I certainly hope it's someone with your sense of timing.

[Rex]

36. I don't think one facepalm will do it.

[Mendocino]

20. Interesing (sic)

I think Mr/MRS/Ms Ignore.

[JustAnotherGen]

21. I can't even think about that but kind of a cute story?

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/carter-redford-was-debate-coach/

Actor and filmmaker Robert Redford played videotapes of the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debate "over and over" to coach Jimmy Carter before his debates with former President Gerald Ford.

Redford played California Democratic senate hopeful Bill McKay in the 1972 film "The Candidate," which won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

"I was probably president because of Bob Redford," said Mr. Carter, who confided that before the debate leading to his 1976 election he "didn't know what in the world I was going to do."

Redford told him what not to do. He arrived at Mr. Carter's house with a projector and films of the historic debate that made Richard Nixon look dour and John F. Kennedy charismatic.

Redford "played the tape over and over and gave me advice," the former president said Saturday at Redford's Sundance resort as part of an author's series.

Redford embraced President Carter before taking the podium to praise his old friend at his Sundance ski resort, nature preserve and corporate retreat in Utah's Wasatch Mountains.

I think Robert Redford should give it. Just because as serious as they BOTH were - and as much of the real deal Jimmy Carter is?


He should be sent out by another real deal who believed in him!

[Capt. Obvious]

24. That would be good

Thanks for the story.

[tkmorris]

22. This is crass dude

[corkhead]

23. Change the name to Dick "dick" Cheney and I would give this post 2 thumbs up

but this is in poor taste.

[steve2470]

25. a bit premature methinks nt

[Capt. Obvious]

28. Yes, he's not dead yet

I was just reading TPM's piece on Carter. And got me to thinking about Teddy, and Obama's eulogy and wondering who would/should give Carter's eulogy.

[morningfog]

29. Long live President Jimmy Carter!

[obnoxiousdrunk]

33. Slow news day

I guess ?

[tularetom]

35. This is a bad post

I don't alert but if I did...

Very poor taste and I'm not particularly a fan of Pres Carter.

[Rex]

37. Already alerted on and got to stand 3-4.

The unedited OP is much worse then the 'new improved' edited OP.

[tularetom]

39. I was replying to the unedited version

It got edited before I checked back.

[Rex]

40. If he has any shame in his body he will self-delete.

So I expect this horrible OP to stand, no doubt the OP is giddy now from all the people he/she pissed off.

[Smarmie Doofus]

41. LOL. No offense....

... you might want to start this one from scratch.

No?

[Capt. Obvious]

43. Despite all of the suggestions that I self delete

I won't.

I've gotten one actual response and it was a good one.

I did edit to indicate that he's not dead yet (that wasn't my intention to scare people) and edited the follow up question for the weird misreading of what the question meant.

[Smarmie Doofus]

47. Okeee-dok.

But to paraphrase the Wicked Witch of the West: These things must be talked about

d e l i c a t e l y .

[Glassunion]

53. Here is another actual response.

Your OP is lacking in tact, is rude, offensive, and frankly quite shitty. He is a man of extreme character, untiring devotion to his convictions, and a man to be admired. His selfless service not only to the this country, but to the citizens of the world is an inspiration to us all... Yet, your post speaks of this great, and still living man in the past tense. Fuck that!

[Capt. Obvious]

55. That doesn't sound like a eulogy

[Glassunion]

56. Do you have any idea how fucked up you sound?

A eulogy for someone who is still fucking alive? Who is a hero to many folks here?

He was one of the greatest presidents this country has ever seen. I'd put him in second behind Lincoln. Yet you're more worried about a eulogy for someone who isn't fucking dead.

Your posts in this thread are disgusting, and completely tactless.

[Capt. Obvious]

57. Please point out where I disparaged President Carter

The man has come to terms with what he faces quite gracefully.

This is not a matter of if but when.

[Glassunion]

59. You're missing the point.

Your OP lacks any shred of class or tact. It is a rude and offensive pile. Especially in its original form. The fact that you can't see that, speaks volumes about your character.

[Rex]

62. He gets the point, but not human enough to care imo.

And pretending people 'freaked out' at the original wording really says it all imo.

[Rex]

45. Why would the OP self-delete? He got the rise out of people he wanted.

I think the edit was a little cowardly, but there it is.

[BKH70041]

42. The one who brings the most Billy Beer.

What a weird question.

[dsc]

44. I read shortly after Reagan's funeral that Jimmy Carter had already planned out his funeral

but I don't think there were many details released.

[Capt. Obvious]

54. That's the engineer in him

Jimmy Carter had been an engineer. He had also been a Baptist missionary. Both identities, in their different ways, converged on the same habit of thought: that there was a Correct Way to do things—only one. The engineer believed that a solitary individual, working assiduously with the right tools and information, with enough ingenuity and perseverance and a clear and clever mind—all of which Jimmy Carter possessed—could arrive at the right solution to any problem. And for the devout Baptist, no less than for the engineer, a conviction, once arrived at, was something tocommunicate, not to compromise.

TPM

I was reading this piece which got me to thinking of the question I posed.

[Brickbat]

46. You realize he will die, right? There's no "if" about it.

[Rex]

48. OP had to scramble fast to come up with something less obvious imo.

I can't believe the OP, unedited, was allowed to stand. Now they are pretending they didn't know what they typed. Sad to see, thought the OP had some kind of integrity. Shows what I know.

[Capt. Obvious]

52. Oh I know

But some people lost their minds over the original wording so I did them a solid.

[uppityperson]

49. Why did you edit in "if he someday dies"? We all will die.

I've no clue who will give the euology when he dies, figure he has that planned in advance.

[lpbk2713]

51. I think he must be slipping.

[Glassunion]

50. Fucked up.

Thanks Captain Obvious.

[sarisataka]

58. James T. Kirk

I expect President Carter to be with us a long while

[Oneironaut]

60. Maybe the acting President.

I'm not sure who usually does it at that sort of thing.

[Capt. Obvious]

61. That seems to be precedent

I love the suggestion up thread of Robert Redford.

[KamaAina]

63. Bill Clinton

Works for me.

edit: I just realized Walter Mondale is still among the quick.

[Live and Learn]

64. Ugh! nt

[BlueStater]

65. Um, "if"?

Unless Jimmy Carter is secretly a god, he'll die someday just like everyone else on Earth does.

Whatever the case, the man is still here now so talking about this just seems morbid. I'm sure he's long planned the details of his funeral even before he got sick. I once read somewhere that he and Gerald Ford made an agreement to speak at the other's funeral for whichever of them passed away first. This sort of speculation just seems icky.