This is a person I respect

[RedEarth]

Isn't this a great picture......

[Carla in Ca]

1. Amen to that

n/t

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

2. Can't we re-elect Carter ?

:shrug:

[yardwork]

17. Yes we can!

He is allowed a second term. He probably wouldn't want the job now, but he's the best former president we have. I admire him very, very much.

Carter got the Bush-smear-treatment before we even knew what it was. In hindsight it's obvious what the Bush-machine did to Carter. He was a good president and his policies saved the lives of millions of people.

[Snotcicles]

3. Me too

[Beetwasher]

4. The Epitomy of a Classy Elder Statesman

and just all around sensational, caring human being.

[ogsball]

5. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry

For allowing myself to be brain washed by right wing america and for voting for Ronald Reagan. Whip me, beat me, tie me to the yard iron.

Jimmy Carter is truly a great man. I've read most of his recent books and he is brilliant.

[BrotherBuzz]

6. I gather you didn't live in California

and experience first hand the destruction of the state during Reagan's reign as governor.

[MODemocrat]

7. Kudos,at least you are smart enough to change your mind

The main thing is, you figured it out, and it's all right to bend.
My grandson voted for Ralph Nader for which he is sorry. He has it right now, he's a registered Democrat, and just in time for the presidential election. :toast:

[yardwork]

18. You were fooled by the Bush-Rove slime machine

They snuck up on us.

[Ladyhawk]

20. You'll have to beat me up even more.

I voted for the shrub. :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

I feel so stupid.

[cheshire]

22. Fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, you won't get fooled again.

I say as long as you have come into the light all is well.

[cheshire]

21. Did you vote for Reagan both times?

[Bullshot]

26. Carter still gets a bad rap on the economic conditions of the 1970s.

But they were bad during Nixon and Ford, too.

Inflation was such a problem under Nixon that he imposed a 90 day wage and price freeze in 1971. Who would have thought anyone--let alone a Republican--would do something like this?

Fuel prices were also skyrocketing under Nixon to the point where the speed limits on ALL highways, including Interstates, were lowered to 55 mph. The Interstates eventually raised their speed limits to 65-70 mph, but most secondary two-lane highways still have 55 mph speed limits. Prior to Nixon's order, you could legally drive 60 mph on two-lane highways.

Inflation was such a problem under Ford that he initiated the program "Whip Inflation Now." I really don't remember what it entailed, but I remember a bunch of people walking around wearing "WIN" buttons.

Despite these and other facts, if you ask the average adult on the street who should have been old enough to understand the economic conditions of the 1970's, most people will still say the problem was exclusively under Carter's presidency.

That mentality continues today with Bush.

[freestyle]

8. One of the best people around

Doing just a little of the good he has done would be life well lived. Jimmy Carter shows and lives what Christianity is supposed to be about.

[fob]

9. Beside my upbringing, he's the remainder of the reason I'm a

Democrat!

[Minstrel Boy]

10. Wow. Now there's a portrait of a man.

Here's one I like:

[Mad_Dem_X]

11. Now, THAT man, repugs, is a true Christian!

...One that is enlightened, does good deeds for his fellow man, and doesn't have to broadcast his Christianity!:thumbsup:

[RedEarth]

19. You're exactly right.....Carter doesn't wear his

Christianity on his sleeve, instead he shows it by his actions......a true Christian and statesman.....what our country desperately needs.

[Arkana]

12. Ah, Jimmy Carter

A brilliant mind and an able leader.

History has done Carter a great injustice in their assessment of his Presidency.

[tabasco]

15. History has not yet judged Carter.

Only the right wing noise machine ... and ourselves.

He will be remembered as a great President who worked tirelessly for peace. History will judge the corrupt and treasonous Reagan corporate cabal very harshly, but history will be kind to Carter.

I believe history will also judge that the Democrats did not see the danger of right wing fanaticism until it was almost too late. Whether it is really too late will be seen Nov 3.

[drunkdriver-in-chief]

16. History is written by the victors

Reagan should be regarded as a traitor for selling weapons to our enemy iran, but i doubt if history ever says that.

[MUSTANG_2004]

25. Maybe not, but it's a foregone conclusion

History isn't kind to presidents who lost their bid for re-election.

[MuseRider]

13. He has always

held a very special place in my heart. A good man, a very good man. Brilliant and kind. We need more people like him.

[noonwitch]

14. Too good of a man to be an effective president in this day and age

I love Jimmy, he's a great american and a great man. He wasn't the most effective President, because he underestimated both the Iranian revolutionaries and his opposition at home.

He did give us the Department of Energy and at least understood that someday the planet will run out of oil. At least he had foresight.

[cheshire]

23. Carter would be the first to say It is better to be where he's at than to

have to clean up this colossal mess America is in.

[TrustingDog]

24. I love that man. How did you guys go from him...

to that piece of coiled steaming shit you have on the throne now?

yah yah, I know...

most depressing.