I don’t wish death on anyone - including DimOcrats. But I must say his family either jumped the gun on this or that old man is one tough old coot.

I wasn't into politics during the 70's, 80's and 90's. What I do remember is rolling recessions during the 70's and 80's, seem to be on a three/four year cycle. In the 70's, oil embargo's, gas shortages, high gas prices. I think I ran out of gas at least a dozen times in my old 67 Impala during that period because I was broke and gas was expensive. I couldn't buy a job that was worth a shit in the early 80's. The job market was very tight and competitive. I spent my eatin' money to get a pilot license only to find layoff's at the airlines and captains walking the street (deregulation). I do remember I began to feel some relief under the Reagan admin and again under Bill Clinton admin. Back then I couldn't have told you if they were democrats or republicans, I didn't care. To me the Carter admin felt like lots of lip service and no positive changes in my AO. The most memorable part was nightly television reports of the Lebanon Hostage Crisis, as a young adult I got real tired of hearing about it non-stop.

At least he can die knowing he is no longer the worst POTUS in US history.  LGB

His foreign policy was the absolute worst, let’s not forget the stellar Rhodesia/Zimbabwe outcome.

But they should have to achieve a rank higher than O-3.  Leadership matters.

ETA:

No one has mentioned how the country felt that the Soviet Union would dominate the world and we were preparing to lose an inevitable war with them.

I think all of his other horrible failures have been covered.

I don't care much about his passing - he's just another in a long line of horrible DemocRAT presidents.

When "it was decided" that Jimmy might be a candidate for President (I believe J. Paul Austin, President of Coca Cola, called David Rockefeller and told him, "I've found the perfect dupe."), Zbigneiw Brzezinski was dispatched to the Georgia Governor's mansion on West Paces Ferry Road to get Jimmy up to speed.  He made Jimmy read the New York Times aloud every day so the peanut farmer would learn something and get the lingo right.  That is why for so long when Jimmy spoke he spoke in 3 to 5 word bursts -- newspaper column length.

Zbig stuck with Jimmy as the puppet master throughout.  Zbig's daughter, Mika, is now a morning news anchor.  Zbig engineered the collapse of Iran and was responsible for the fall of the embassy.  

Some info here:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2015/feb/11/us-general-huysers-secret-iran-mission-declassified

If I recall correctly, the "students" were armed with Hk G3's flown in by General Huyser who lost control of them once they arrived.

When the embassy fell, to the surprise of Zbig (they were his friends!), Ambassador Sullivan, on the phone with Zbig as the embassy was attacked, said, "They are over the wall!!!!"  Zbig refused to believe it.  Sullivan screamed, "DO I NEED TO SAY IT IN POLISH?????"

In the meantime, Jimmy was busy kicking off the anti-nuclear scare, having, for some reason, activated FEMA, run by his buddy Jack Watson, some months earlier than scheduled, just in time to "manage" Three Mile Island.  And Jimmy was dropping steel tariffs and putting American Steel out of business in deference to the Japs and the Brits.  U.S. Steel became USX.

I guess you had to be here.

 

I don't wish death of him, but I'm not a fan either.  I am certain that his family will miss him, and I am sorry for what will some day be their loss.

Regardless of my opinion of the man, I agree with this.  

Thank you.

This.




But after the announcement, also this.

Like Fransisco Franco?

The dude was dying for the past 5 years

Really.  Shit or get off the pot.

I hate most democrats. I don’t hate Carter.

Terrible POTUS, but a decent human. Not a criminal like they are today.

Only President I ever met or shook hands with. May he go peacefully, but he was a very misguided soul as President and afterwards. Still much better than the current crop. I was at a college graduation that he attended to see his grandson or great grandson.  He got roundly booed.