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How about some Presidential achievements of which we can be proud?

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter have been married 26,765 days — that's more than 73 years. The Carters surpassed the previous record held by former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush.

That's 146 years of marriage between those two couples.

Jimmy Carter (95) and Rosalyn (92) are still helping to build houses for Habitat for Humanity. They've apparently inspired David Letterman to do the same and he's been doing it discretely himself for years.

There's a wonderful video on YouTube with Pres. Carter teaching Sunday School at his church. When I saw it I just got tears over what a decent and humble Christian man he is. They live modestly and have devoted their lives to public service.

Compared to you-know-who.

Here it is (2015) in case you forgot what an honest man with a servant's heart looks like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vGAjx7dk34

by the way, he and Rosalyn have an exchange of "words" in the above video. Their brief bickering is actually endearing. One of his former staff is in the video.

Please. If you feel like your brain is slowly rotting from today's news. Give it a watch.

Jersey Girl wrote:Jimmy Carter (95) and Rosalyn (92) are still helping to build houses for Habitat for Humanity. They've apparently inspired David Letterman to do the same and he's been doing it discretely himself for years.

There's a wonderful video on YouTube with Pres. Carter teaching Sunday School at his church. When I saw it I just got tears over what a decent and humble Christian man he is. They live modestly and have devoted their lives to public service.

Compared to you-know-who.

Here it is (2015) in case you forgot what an honest man with a servant's heart looks like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vGAjx7dk34

I think Jimmy Carter was very much, unfairly underrated both as a president and as a human being. He was probably not perfect for that job, but I would a thousand times rather have another Jimmy Carter as President than another Donald Trump!

Gunnar wrote:I think Jimmy Carter was very much, unfairly underrated both as a president and as a human being. He was probably not perfect for that job, but I would a thousand times rather have another Jimmy Carter as President than another Donald Trump!

You and me both, my friend. I was fairly young when Carter was in office. I do recall the hostage situation and the oil crisis. I don't recall an actual scandal taking place during his time in office. If there was any sort of scandal I simply don't remember it.

My heart aches when I watch videos of Obama. I'll admit that the Obama years were a blur to me due to in real life circumstances. But I do recall Osama bin Laden and do definitely recall his reaction to Sandy Hook. His compassion and empathy were deep and real.

What concerns me is that the children growing up today (ages 13 and up) will be of voting age by the time that Trump (God forbid) wins a second term and they will think that the US politics they've witness are the norm. This WILL be the norm if he wins a second term.

I pray that he doesn't get re-elected.

Jersey Girl wrote:

Gunnar wrote:I think Jimmy Carter was very much, unfairly underrated both as a president and as a human being. He was probably not perfect for that job, but I would a thousand times rather have another Jimmy Carter as President than another Donald Trump!

You and me both, my friend. I was fairly young when Carter was in office. I do recall the hostage situation and the oil crisis. I don't recall an actual scandal taking place during his time in office. If there was any sort of scandal I simply don't remember it.

My heart aches when I watch videos of Obama. I'll admit that the Obama years were a blur to me due to in real life circumstances. But I do recall Osama bin Laden and do definitely recall his reaction to Sandy Hook. His compassion and empathy were deep and real.

What concerns me is that the children growing up today (ages 13 and up) will be of voting age by the time that Trump (God forbid) wins a second term and they will think that the US politics they've witness are the norm. This WILL be the norm if he wins a second term.

I pray that he doesn't get re-elected.

I corrected my original post as shown in this reply. I inadvertently left out the word "not." I never meant to say that Carter was perfect. I never believed that! I'm glad to see you agree with me about Carter. We also seem to agree about Obama. He was probably not perfect either (as if either of us were qualified to judge perfection), but if it were possible to vote for him for a third term, I probably would have. He showed dignity, a love and respect and fidelity to his wife and family, plus respect for his office and political rivals that Trump could never credibly claim!

Gunnar wrote:I corrected my original post as shown in this reply. I inadvertently left out the word "not." I never meant to say that Carter was perfect. I never believed that! I'm glad to see you agree with me about Carter. We also seem to agree about Obama. He was probably not perfect either (as if either of us were qualified to judge perfection), but if it were possible to vote for him for a third term, I probably would have. He showed dignity, a love and respect and fidelity to his wife and family, plus respect for his office and political rivals that Trump could never credibly claim!

None of them are perfect. But we have had men of character and integrity in spite of their imperfections and errors. We don't have that now. We have trash.

I corrected my copy of your post.

Poor MeDot you wanted this to be a positive thread. I guess you can't have light without a little dark for contrast.

Sorry.

Yes. I hope Carter will be remembered in history more for his goodness and compassion than for what his opponents have unfairly said about him. And his work for Habitat for Humanity is far from the only positive thing that can be said about him. Check this out for starters: 10 Major Accomplishments of Jimmy Carter.

I have little doubt that Carter could have made much more of a positive difference had he been reelected for a second term with a more supportive congress. We might even have been well on the way to solving the problem of mitigating the worst affects of climate change by now! And I can't imagine that Carter would have handled the Mideast situation anywhere near as badly as the Republican administrations we have had since his Presidency did! I even think it may be likely that the 9/11 attack would never had occurred had the differences that Carter could have made in world diplomacy during a second term had been realized.

Jersey Girl wrote:I corrected my copy of your post.

Thanks!