#jimmy carter

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[deadpresidents]

"It hurt to lose to Ronald Reagan. But after the election, I tried to make the transition as smooth as possible. Later, from my experience in trying to brief him on matters of supreme importance, I was very disturbed at his lack of interest. The issues were the 15 or 20 most important subjects that I as President could possibly pass on to him. His only reaction of substance was to express admiration for the political circumstances in South Korea that let President Park close all the colleges and draft all the demonstrators. That was the only issue on which he came alive."

-- Former President Jimmy Carter, on losing the 1980 election and the transition leading to the inauguration of Ronald Reagan, interview with TIME Magazine, October 11, 1982.

[liberalsarecool]

For every righteous and correct step forward, reactionary Republicans drag the country back decades.

Ronald Reagan was in his 70s and pretty much said 'fcuk you' to younger generations.

That is how all conservatives act: they get so lonely/greedy with their money, they leave the country/society much worse off.

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[i-am-aprl]

JIMMY CARTER: ISRAEL TICKS APARTHEID BOXES

In this 2007 clip from a @democracynow interview, former US President Jimmy Carter (1977-81) highlighted how the state of Israel is not only like the South African apartheid state but more restrictive.

In 2022, Amnesty International declared Israel an apartheid state in a 280-page report that documented how Tel Aviv controls Palestinian territories and people. Other groups, including Human Rights Watch and Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem, came to the same conclusion a year prior.

Since the 7 October escalation in the 75-year Palestine-Israel conflict, Israel has killed nearly 32,000 Palestinians and injured more than 73,000 people. Because Israel controls movement into and out of the Palestinian territories, it has blocked the entry of foreign aid and Palestinians’ attempts to flee Israel’s military attacks.

However, the United States has provided the most foreign aid to Israel than to any other country since 1948. That funding continued during Carter’s term.

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The Carters

Reminder that good people doing great things is possible in government.

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Jimmy Carter peanut radio found at the antique marketplace in Harrisburg PA

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The best thing I ever did was marrying Rosalynn," President Carter said in a 2015 interview. "That's the pinnacle of my life.”

Eleanor Rosalynn Carter, 1927-2023 🙏

[mysharona1987]

Jimmy Carter realising he outlived Kissinger, and, well, everyone:

Whatever you think about Jimmy, the man is a fucking survivor.

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Former U.S. President, Nobel Peace Prize winner and author of “Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid,” Jimmy Carter, speaking on AIPAC’s outsized influence on American politics, in 2007. (source)

[liberalsarecool]

Jimm Carter was a visionary. He wanted to be an example for the country to conserve energy.

Ronald Reagan ripped the solar panels off the White House proving Republicans always reject innovation, reject preventative policy, drag America backwards, and ALWAYS make things worse.

The Right have such pride in being the asshole.

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