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Jimmy Carter is without question one of the all-time great ex-presidents. Whatever the successes or failings of his administration, he's used his time since to
by pmyteh 8y ago
Jimmy Carter is without question one of the all-time great ex-presidents. Whatever the successes or failings of his administration, he's used his time since to improve the world, and is honest, uncorrupt, and suitably (ex-)presidential.
- humanrebar 8y agoHe's a bit opinionated to be considered "ex-presidential". He was pretty sour grapes with the Reagan administration and generally had plenty of opinions about each of the subsequent ones.
- ryanwaggoner 8y agoPlenty of opinions?? God forbid! Maybe what we need is fewer ex-presidents willing to at most give milquetoast read-between-the-lines statements of vague disapproval at the systematic undermining of our institutions and values.
- Broken_Hippo 8y agoHaving opinions about things doesn't mean one isn't "ex-presidential". Of course he has opinions about things, and has decided to voice them. What makes someone "presidential" (or ex-"presidential") is the way one conducts themselves and voices their opinions. Not the lack of opinions nor the lack of voicing them.
- johnchristopher 8y agoI don't know. Now that I am old enough to see how people praise Bush or Chirac even though `they are the worst presidents ever` I can't help but wonder what it was really like under Carter.
- MrLeap 8y agoMan you're speaking directly to me right now. Reading people on reddit drone on about "TRUMP REALLY MAKES YOU WISH FOR BUSH JR. AMIRITE?" makes me think I'm taking crazy pills. Nothing I've seen Trump do so far is even in the same bad/wrong hemisphere as the patriot act. I eagerly await his attempt, it should be a doozy.
- BrainInAJar 8y agoFunny you should say that on the anniversary of the Gwangju uprising, where Jimmy Carter sent the military to go massacre students protesting the US-installed military dictatorship in South Korea
- tenken 8y agoCan you please provide a source for this info? I can't find Jimmy Carter's name in this research: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju_Uprising https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju_Uprising
- BrainInAJar 8y agohttp://articles.latimes.com/1996-10-07/local/me-51336_1_south-korea http://articles.latimes.com/1996-10-07/local/me-51336_1_sout...
- hfdgiutdryg 8y agoYour claim that, "Jimmy Carter sent the military to go massacre students" is not supported by that article. It was an interesting read, though.
- leereeves 8y ago> According to declassified U.S. documents I obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, the Carter administration gave prior approval to Chun to use the army to quell the wave of unrest that shook South Korea in the spring of 1980. The hundreds of State Department and Pentagon cables contradict the official U.S. claims that the Carter administration was surprised by Chun's resort to force and had no advance knowledge he was deploying paratroopers trained to fight in North Korea against his own citizens.
- hfdgiutdryg 8y agoAgain, your claim that, "Jimmy Carter sent the military to go massacre students" is not supported by that article. You appear to have a reading comprehension problem.
- RickJWagner 8y agoYes, I agree.