Jimmy Carter.

[Incogneeto]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jimmy-carter-39th-us-president-and-noted-humanitarian-has-died/ar-AA1wFp6U?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=09a2a22cc329402cb3717020372103c5&ei=32

Terrible President . Astounding Person.

And Loved.

Just a good Person.

[Del.]

RIP

[CNCAppsJames]

Atrotiously awful POTUS! 3rd worst of my life. Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, Obama, Trump, Biden, Trump again... so far have been POTUS during my life.

1a. and 1b. for worst POTUS in my lifetime Barak Hussein Obama and Joseph Robinette Biden.

That said, he was a smart, decent and honorable man that lived a life of integrity with distinction.

[RobertELee]

He's just thankful he died knowing he wasn't the worst president in history.

[Del.]

When. Carter was president he came to our town. I waited along a highway to see him pass by in his car. He waved at me. It was cool to see a sitting president.

[Jeff]

I was around 10-11 years old when he was president. I mostly remember the Iran hostage fiasco when I think of Carter.
That and his brother Billy.

"I think this beer's the best I've ever tasted, and I've tasted a lot. I think you'll like it too."

[CNCAppsJames]

I remember waiting in line for HOURS with my dad to get gas every week. We could only get gas on certain days. It depended on the last digit of the license plate. My dad would switch plates on the cars some times because both he and my mom had long commutes and when cars only get 12-14mpg... and we'd usually fill a few jerry cans to have on hand just in case. I was 6 when Jimmy was elected.

I remember that period of time as though it was yesterday. It is seared in my memory. It was a horrible period in American History. I only wish my fellow voters had more memory capacity than a gnat.

[gcode]

Jimmy Carter Was a Terrible President — and an Even Worse Former President

Carter's true legacy is one of economic misery at home and embarrassment on the world stage. He left the country in its weakest position of the post–World War II era. After being booted out of office in landslide fashion, the self-described "citizen of the world" spent the rest of his life meddling in U.S. foreign policy and working against the United States and its allies in a manner that could fairly be described as treasonous. His obsessive hatred of Israel, and pompous belief that only he could forge Middle East peace, led him to befriend terrorists and lash out at American Jews who criticized him.

Once in office as an unlikely president, Carter spent his one and only term showing the American people, and the rest of the world, that he was not up to the job.
When he took the presidential oath in January 1977, the unemployment rate was a high 7.5 percent; when he left office in January 1981, it was just as high. Meanwhile, inflation, which was already elevated at 5.7 percent in 1976, the year he was elected, went up in each of his years in office — and reached a staggering 13.5 percent in 1980, the year he was booted out. The only year in the post–World War II period in which inflation was higher was 1947, when the economy was booming and unemployment was minuscule. Put another way, to maintain the buying power that $100 had on the month Carter was sworn into office, you'd need $150 by the time he left the White House just four years later. Under Carter, gas prices doubled, and the supply became so scarce that Americans had to endure long lines at stations to fill up their tanks.

On the international stage, Carter showed weakness, and America's enemies took notice. Rather than recognize the true nature of the Soviet threat, he preached the defeatist ideology of "peaceful coexistence," and the USSR steamrolled into Afghanistan. Also under his watch, radical Islamic revolutionaries took over Iran, holding Americans hostage for the last 444 days of his presidency.
It is telling that the defining speech of his presidency was known as the "malaise speech," in which he spoke not as a leader but as an essayist writing on the "crisis of confidence" in America. He observed: "For the first time in the history of our country a majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years." As he built a legacy of scarcity, he criticized Americans for wanting plenty, lamenting that "too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption."
It should be no surprise that Ronald Reagan's message of strength and optimism turned 1980 into a complete rout. Carter not only lost 489 electoral votes to 49, but he got trounced by ten points in the popular vote — even though an independent candidate, John Anderson, drew 7 percent.

[Del.]

1976 was my first time voting. I was 18.

[gcode]

My prevalent memories of Carter are the fall of the Shah in Iran, the resulting hostage crisis, ever increasing gas prices and ruinous inflation.

[beej]

my parents voted for Carter in 76 and Reagan in 80. I remember hearing them say Carter was a good man and a terrible president. My mom became an avid Rush Limbaugh fan. She listened to him everyday. So she went hard to the right. But she never quit saying Carter was a good man but a terrible president.

[mowens]

My main memory is of a friend buying a house at over 17% interest.

[gcode]

My main memory is of a friend buying a house at over 17% interest.

Yes.. my business partner back then owned a house in Garden Grove Ca.
He'd live there for twenty years and his house payment was around $300/month.
He had about $300K in equity and took out a variable rate 2nd to pay for his daughters wedding.
Then he took out some more to pay his Federal taxes and a vacation on a cruise ship.
He let that 2d ride when he could have paid it off, and during the Carter years the interest rate
ballooned to 21%. He couldn't make the payment and lost his house.
To make matters worse, he still owed capital gains taxes on the equity he had in the house.
He was making payments on that for another 15 years.
The icing on the cake was, the marraige he lost his house over didn't last 2 years.

[Incogneeto]

my parents voted for Carter in 76 and Reagan in 80. I remember hearing them say Carter was a good man and a terrible president. My mom became an avid Rush Limbaugh fan. She listened to him everyday. So she went hard to the right. But she never quit saying Carter was a good man but a terrible president.

Yep!!

Her name was Laura and when we met she said Her parents voted for Carter "Cause he supported The Pill".

her Fav song was Foghat "Slow Ride'

For 6 months I hit that long haired Blonde everyday after school.

My Old Man was in Line tryin to Fill the tank.

I was at Home.

Duh! Dat! Duh! Dat! Duh! Dat! Duh! Don! a Dat!! Sloooooow Riiide!!    

[Del.]

Any of you guys want to live to a 100 ?