1924-2024

[noharleyyet]

Jimmy Carter 39th President 1977-1981...RIP

 

[WanderWoman]

A great man and class act for sure.

 

[noharleyyet]

A great man and class act for sure.

He was indeed a decent person...

 

[Nameless Range]

Quite an American. Through folks posting about him on social media, I read about this story of his, which I didn't know beforehand.

Fact Check: Did Jimmy Carter Help Prevent a Nuclear Disaster in Ottawa?

The Historical Society of Ottawa have detailed the 1952 incident at Chalk River Laboratories involving the former president.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Treeshark]

I met him once at a book signing. Nice guy. He called me “son.” RIP.

 

[Irrelevant]

Interview in "Outdoor Life" | The American Presidency Project

www.presidency.ucsb.edu

 

[Sawtooth]

Interview in "Outdoor Life" | The American Presidency Project

www.presidency.ucsb.edu

Q. Lewis Regenstein is the most outspoken advocate of stopping all hunting in the United States. A member of your staff has advised that he is serving as your environmental adviser. How close will he be to your administration?

Governor Carter. Well, I am not in favor of stopping hunting in any degree. I have literally hundreds of advisers, and I don't even know Mr. Regenstein personally. I may have met him, but I don't remember him. But the fact that I have someone advising me who might have a strange or unique attitude isn't significant at all. I like to get different viewpoints expressed to me from all people, and then I make up my own mind. I think this is a good thing for a potential President to do rather than just get advice from those with whom he agrees.

Regardless of whether you agree with his political views or not, you have to admire a man that is willing to listen to "different viewpoints" before making a decision on an issue. Sadly, in today's political environment, most policy makers are afraid of hearing differing points of view. Surround yourself with "yes men" and destroy your opposition at all cost.

Mr. Carter's list of community service is impressive. RIP.

 

[noharleyyet]

 

[Ben Lamb]

“My motivation I think was trying to preserve as much as I could of the beauty of God’s world. Based on my early religious feelings and the heritage that I got from my father and others who would try and do the same thing from a sportsman’s point of view… still, you know, being on a trout stream which is always lovely, the water’s always pure, the environment’s always conducive to preservation or protection, that’s still some of the most awe inspiring experience I’ve ever had.”

- Jimmy Carter, speaking for the film Wild President.

 

[Dougfirtree]

I'm not quite sure how someone with that much integrity and decency ever became president... The only president of my lifetime whom I genuinely admired, as a person. RIP

 

[WildWill]

Put on a sweater you puss!#$!
-Jimmy Carter

I maybe paraphrasing.

 

[hank4elk]

A good man.

 

[geetar]

Jimmy Carter 39th President 1977-1981...RIP

He was distantly related to me on my dad's mother's side.

 

[Hem]

A good man.

Few and far between.

 

[MTelkHuntress]

I enjoyed one of his essays in a book I was reading. I didnt realize how much he loved the outdoors.

 

[ismith]

I’m in the “peanuts nearly killed my kid” camp……

 

[tarheel]

I met him once at a book signing. Nice guy. He called me “son.” RIP.

Fairly common way for an older Southern gentleman to address a younger man who is at least a generation younger, though not heard as often as it was in years past.

 

[Tradewind]

The days of price controls and gas lines.
I was on a flight out of atlanta. Commotion up near the front as we were about to depart.
Running late already.
Suddenly there he is coming down the isle shaking hands with everyone on the flight, seemingly
with all the time in the world.
No I did not shake his hand. I told the secret service I was going to miss my connecting flight,
which I did.

 

[Northwoods]

Carter signed the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act, even though the bill was not wildly popular. The BWCA has been a significant part of my life.

 

[longbow51]

For those who haven't read Hunter Thompson's account of Jimmy Carter's Law Day speech, it's well worth a read. I won't link it here, because, well, it's HST, and not for all tastes, but it's easy to find.

RIP.