Steven Beschloss lauds Jimmy Carter on his 100th birthday:
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Beachbumreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy My very first presidential vote.
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caseyjonesedreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Carter is my favorite president because he did what was right. The media still doesn’t grasp that. His life after his term is an example for everyone.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Beachbum last edited by
@Beachbum A good vote to remember, for sure — a good man.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to caseyjonesed last edited by
@caseyjonesed He did. That could be his epitaph: He did what was right. I think the media simply cannot grasp people who try to live their lives according to integrity and passionate commitment to principles in the way Carter has done.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Arqtec last edited by
@Arqtec America has broken my heart over and over, from my very first involvement in presidential politics working for Eugene McCarthy's campaign right to the present.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Carter’s boldest advocacy, of course, has been on behalf of a new approach by the United States government to the Middle East—an approach that respects the need for the United States to be a honest player in the region where he did more than any other president to promote peace."
~ John Nichols
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Since Carter left the White House in 1981, successive presidents have gotten more wrong than right in the region, where the threat of all-out war is now mounting and where the Israeli assault on Gaza has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians—most of them women and children—since the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks."
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🪱Wormius🪱replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Like I know this is kinda reinforcing - but...
Bit talk comin' from people who say "tha cah is pahked in havahd yahd"
I'm grew up in area with a t'ick accent ya der hey. We had a road literally called "truway" (as in "through way"). America tons of migrants, and that feeds the great linguistic diversity. (I DO admit to prejudice against the south :()
I agree about Carter. He is a mensch. Better than other pres since I've been alive. Not necessarily in office, but as a human.
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🪱Wormius🪱replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy This makes me think about how Carter has said he wants to live long enough to vote for Kamala. I hope he can, it would be beautiful and sort of complete the legacy of your great uncle.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to 🪱Wormius🪱 last edited by
@allwelikeworms Yes, whenever I think of that story about my great-uncle (of whom I have fond memories), I think how amazing it is that it parallels what Jimmy Carter has said about intending to live long enough to vote for Kamala Harris.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to 🪱Wormius🪱 last edited by
@allwelikeworms A mensch: that sums it up so well. Few "titles" given to anyone are more satisfying, I think.