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RIP: President Jimmy Carter, age 100
Dec. 29th, 2024 06:44 pmHis hospice stay has finally ended after over a year.
He had a rough time with his presidency, having an oil crisis and the Iranian hostage situation. The latter was further complicated with the incoming Reagan presidency meddling in that affair so that the hostages would not be released under his watch, which could have resulted in his re-election. Interesting thing to posit what situation the country would have been in subsequent years had Reagan/Reaganomics not come into power.
He was also one of three sitting Presidents to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, subsequently President Obama was awarded it.
Subsequent to his term in office, President Carter had a very successful post-election career with his non-profit Carter Foundation, doing election monitoring internationally and working to worked to eradicate the Guinea worm, which has been hugely successful. With his wife, they worked tireless building homes with Habitat For Humanity.
I would rate him as perhaps the most publicly vigorous and useful post-term presidency that we have yet seen. Interestingly, aside from a few books, he really didn't monetize his presidency and continued living a very modest life. A humble and modest man who has gone on to a very well-earned peaceful rest.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jimmy-carter-dead-obituary-794884/
He had a rough time with his presidency, having an oil crisis and the Iranian hostage situation. The latter was further complicated with the incoming Reagan presidency meddling in that affair so that the hostages would not be released under his watch, which could have resulted in his re-election. Interesting thing to posit what situation the country would have been in subsequent years had Reagan/Reaganomics not come into power.
He was also one of three sitting Presidents to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, subsequently President Obama was awarded it.
Subsequent to his term in office, President Carter had a very successful post-election career with his non-profit Carter Foundation, doing election monitoring internationally and working to worked to eradicate the Guinea worm, which has been hugely successful. With his wife, they worked tireless building homes with Habitat For Humanity.
I would rate him as perhaps the most publicly vigorous and useful post-term presidency that we have yet seen. Interestingly, aside from a few books, he really didn't monetize his presidency and continued living a very modest life. A humble and modest man who has gone on to a very well-earned peaceful rest.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jimmy-carter-dead-obituary-794884/
