🌎 "Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter have entered ‘the final chapter.'"

 

[rick4bama]

He had his hands full while he was in the White House. It was called Billy Beer!

 

[bama alum]

I'm no liberal, but I can't say I'm completely on the MAGA train. At all... This guy is 100% correct.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I'm no liberal, but I can't say I'm completely on the MAGA train. At all... This guy is 100% correct.

Jimmy Carter was a failure as president. Hard to call it anything else.
Post-presidency, he's been a willing stooge for Western Hemisphere dictators.
These realities were documented and settled well before Trump's fetid self emerged on the scene. Those who consider GOP views of Carter through the lens of a Trump administration are only showing their lack of perspective.

I do believe Carter is a good man and an authentic Christian. I disagree with how he sought to apply his beliefs to policy, both during and since his presidency.

I will also say he's a very good author. An Hour Before Daylight is a great read and provides an insight into large Southern farms that went quite a ways to being self sufficient.

 

[24and7]

If he would’ve only had 4 more years.. He would’ve gave the WHOLE country away.. Thank God for Reagan!..

 

[TerryP]

I'm no liberal, but I can't say I'm completely on the MAGA train. At all... This guy is 100% correct.

Jimmy Carter defines Christian Values in every aspect of his life.

If Carter defined "Christian values in every aspect of life," why did the Evangelicals leave him and move on? How is he "100% correct" when it was Carter's values which led to the exodus of those Evangelical voters?

 

[alabama mike]

Let me see if I can relate my feelings for President Carter in football terms. He was a good coordinator but not a good head coach.

 

[TerryP]

He was a good coordinator but not a good head coach.

Coordinating long gas lines? Do we credit Carter for the "stay in your lane" idiom based on those lines?

 

[alabama mike]

Coordinating long gas lines? Do we credit Carter for the "stay in your lane" idiom based on those lines?

What I was trying to say is that is was an assistant coach and not a head coach.

 

[bama alum]

If Carter defined "Christian values in every aspect of life," why did the Evangelicals leave him and move on? How is he "100% correct" when it was Carter's values which led to the exodus of those Evangelical voters?

Evanglicals moved right, regardless of their religious feelings. Look at half the Trumpers these days.

 

[Rsedge72]

Evanglicals moved right, regardless of their religious feelings. Look at half the Trumpers these days.

No, dems moved left.

 

[TerryP]

Evanglicals moved right, regardless of their religious feelings.

I'd argue they moved right because of their religious beliefs*. In your comparison to Trump, Reagan was able to articulate their beliefs like he has with his supporters.

It's an interesting comparison. I've viewed those who did/do support Trump as a group that always existed but he was able to articulate their beliefs: unify that group. Reagan did much the same in my view.

*The economy and his foreign policy weighed heavily as well. IE: Gas, the Middle East.

 

[Nothing_But_A_Winner00]

I'm no liberal, but I can't say I'm completely on the MAGA train. At all... This guy is 100% correct.

Jimmy Carter is dying... Oh and f*** Trump. You people are obsessed.

 

[24and7]

Jimmy Carter is dying... Oh and f*** Trump. You people are obsessed.

And f—k you too.. ummmmkay..

 

[It Takes Eleven]

If Carter defined "Christian values in every aspect of life," why did the Evangelicals leave him and move on? How is he "100% correct" when it was Carter's values which led to the exodus of those Evangelical voters?

Carter didn't prompt the voter exodus. Roe v. Wade was before Carter, and I'd say Reagan led them away more than they left. Credit Reagan, indifferent impact by Carter.

 

[PurlJam]

Carter is still alive? Not a joke here, I honestly thought he had already passed.

 

[TerryP]

Carter didn't prompt the voter exodus. Roe v. Wade was before Carter, and I'd say Reagan led them away more than they left. Credit Reagan, indifferent impact by Carter.

I think it was Newsweek that coined the term "evangelical" when they claimed 1976 as the year of the evangelical. Carter's affability for human rights, peace, and protect the poor brought a lot of that group over to the democratic side. He introduced the idea of being a "Progressive Evangelical." It didn't sit well with a lot of that group who were supporting him in his original run for POTUS.

Reagan's campaign thing wasn't rocket science: lower taxes, decrease spending...and the nation would see the economy rebound. His stance on pro-life, gun control, and issues like those appealed to those "lost evangelicals."

If Carter's administration upset a lot of the evangelical voters that supported him and Reagan's stances fit their beliefs, didn't Carter drive them out?

 

[24and7]

Carter made us very weak on the world stage..see operation eagle claw..

Three people the military hated when I was in
1. Carter
2. The Clintons
3. John McCain.. the Navy hated him because the Forrestal..

 

[SnakeDoc]

He was too good of a man to be an effective president.

 

[bama alum]

Jimmy Carter is dying... Oh and f*** Trump. You people are obsessed.

I'm not obsessed with the guy. You read what you want to, I guess.

People like you are exactly why I don't talk politics on line.