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(53,410 posts)calimary
(81,365 posts)A genuinely kind, compassionate, noble, and saintly man. Brilliant, thoughtful, deliberate, a man of faith and critically important - conscience. The things that guided him (and still do) are not of this world.
I remember during the 1976 campaign. There was one instance in which he looked straight into the camera and said "I will never lie to you." And after Nixon and the lies, double-speak, deceit, and criminality of that whole sordid Watergate ordeal, I think that's what won him the hearts of the nation.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Couldn't see anything and froze my ass off.
Historic NY
(37,452 posts)burrowowl
(17,641 posts)irisblue
(33,007 posts)Different Drummer
(7,624 posts)Too bad he didn't win!
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)example for us all on how to do life right
cwydro
(51,308 posts)A great man.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)I enjoyed watching his recent talk at the Carter Center and hope he's with us for a long time.
Lokilooney
(322 posts)Different Drummer
(7,624 posts)lastlib
(23,257 posts)Couldn't think of one that really came close--possible exception James Madison.....
llmart
(15,545 posts)Does anyone else remember how the Republicans tried to trash him with what he said in a Playboy magazine interview? It was when he admitted to "lusting after someone in his heart"? I'm sure that's not verbatim and it's out of context, but what a big to-do they made out of that. They also tried to trash him for his brother Billy's behavior.
He truly was an honest man, and didn't his elderly mother join the Peace Corps?
onecent
(6,096 posts)Initech
(100,088 posts)MasonDreams
(756 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)lark
(23,134 posts)Good vs evil
Kind vs. hatred
Helps others vs destroys others for fun
Loves his wife vs disdains all of his wives
Truly religious vs fake religion
christ like vs devil
honest vs total liar
on and on I could go
Mr.Bill
(24,310 posts)during whose term not one uniformed member of the US military was killed by hostile fire.