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Jimmy Carter, His Legacy and a Rabbithttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/09/opinion/nicholas-kristof-jimmy-carter-his-legacy-and-a-rabbit.html?_r=0
Quiz time: Which American president was attacked by a killer rabbit?
It was Jimmy Carter, although the incident says more about the news media than it does about Carter. He was fishing from a boat in a pond when a rabbit swam frantically for the presidents boat.
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The press and chattering class have often been merciless to Carter. Early on, cartoons mocked him as a country rube using an outhouse or associating with pigs, writers pilloried him as a sanctimonious hick, and in recent years it has been common to hear that hes anti-Israel or anti-Semitic (This about the man whose Camp David accord ensured Israels future!).
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Carter, the one-termer who was a pariah in his own party, may well have improved the lives of more people in more places over a longer period of time than any other recent president. So we in the snooty media world owe him an apology: We were wrong about you, Mr. President. Youre not a lightweight at all, and we cant wait to see what youll do in your next 90 years!
HFRN
(1,469 posts)still_one
(92,502 posts)However, I do not agree with his view that President Carter is a "pariah" in his own party. That is simply NOT correct.
Yes, the republicans despise him, but they also despise every Democrat. As for the media, they have become obsolete, and belong to the "Entertainment Tonight" class, because they sure haven't been doing their job for some time
dsc
(52,172 posts)I am not sure he even went to some of the conventions in the late 80's and 90's.
still_one
(92,502 posts)the Reagan democrats helped propel him to victory, which probably set labor back 40 years, and they are still suffering from that
Other than that, democrats knew Jimmy Carter was a very honest person who tried to do the right thing
closeupready
(29,503 posts)lol, the best days of the American media lie VERY far in the distant past.
When did Lara Logan ever do a story like the one dramatized in "The Insider"?
But she's pretty, so I guess that trumps Pulitzer-winning research and chutzpah and dogging newsmakers for interviews.
hlthe2b
(102,509 posts)and that it seemingly continues, even among major Democrats.
I don't always agree with him, but I've always respected him--tremendously.
malaise
(269,278 posts)and has contributed way more to humanity than any of them. What's more he doesn't deliver speeches for money. I love Jimmy Carter
elias49
(4,259 posts)My wife and I were having dinner at a small diner in our home town in NH and who walked in but his son..."My Daddy's running for president" Didn't know him at the time. He's a good man!
edhopper
(33,658 posts)in history.
pamela
(3,469 posts)His (so-called) "malaise" speech was downright prophetic but Americans wanted sunshine blown up their asses.
1939
(1,683 posts)Both were very intelligent men, both were very compassionate men, both got mangled by the events of their times, and both gave more after being president than any of the other 44 men.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)being President". Nor did Kennedy who would have been a very young 'after' and would have had a lot of time to do stuff.