Is there a classier former President than Jimmy Carter?

[lucas80]

Obama is really close, but I’ve grown to appreciate Carter as the maelstrom of corruption and incompetence grows around Trump.
https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/11/03/po...yer-service/index.html?r=https://www.cnn.com/

 

[The Tradition]

Really nice guy. Sterling silver reputation. Has done wonderful charity work. But just not tough enough to be a good president.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

I think all our living ex-presidents are pretty classy.

 

[FSUTribe76]

I think all our living ex-presidents are pretty classy.

Definitely Carter and Dubya are better EX-presidents than actual presidents.

 

[Hawkeye_311]

Good man. Terrible President.

 

[Hawkeye_311]

Definitely Carter and Dubya are better EX-presidents than actual presidents.

Dam radical islamic terrorists threw a wrench at both of them.

 

[The Tradition]

 

[tarheelbybirth]

There aren't many classier people than Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.

 

[SSG T]

Carter is probably one of the best people in this country's history. Not a good POTUS, but a truly incredible person.

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

Obama is really close, but I’ve grown to appreciate Carter as the maelstrom of corruption and incompetence grows around Trump.
https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/11/03/politics/jimmy-carter-at-ease-with-death-prayer-service/index.html?r=https://www.cnn.com/

Today you can see why the country needed a man like Carter after Nixon.

 

[naturalmwa]

Today you can see why the country needed a man like Carter after Nixon.

Who would you say is the “good person” remedy for Trump?

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

Who would you say is the “good person” remedy for Trump?

For me it’s Yang, but I see Mayor Pete’s appeal in that regard. Bonus would be having to watch Mike Pence shake the First Husband’s hand at the inauguration.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Who would you say is the “good person” remedy for Trump?

Any of them would be a serious upgrade.

 

[TJ8869]

Who would you say is the “good person” remedy for Trump?

Gandhi

 

[TJ8869]

It seems like every time Carter falls and injures himself, he takes the rest of the day off from building houses. So lazy!

 

[naturalmwa]

Gandhi

I don’t think he’s available

 

[TJ8869]

I don’t think he’s available

Alright, then. Mother Teresa.

 

[naturalmwa]

Alright, then. Mother Teresa.

Have some coffee, bud.

 

[TJ8869]

Have some coffee, bud.

Malala Yousafzai?

Wait, never mind. She’s not 35 yet.

How about Alec Baldwin?

 

[naturalmwa]

Malala Yousafzai?

Wait, never mind. She’s not 35 yet.

How about Alec Baldwin?

Make it a double

 

[OrlandNole]

Really nice guy. Sterling silver reputation. Has done wonderful charity work. But just not tough enough to be a good president.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Gandhi

I'm sad to say that he came to my mind, too. Sad because that's the caliber we need, but I don't see anyone like that in the world of politics. Might be someone, but no one well known.

A decade or so ago, Kucinich might have been that person.

Obama might be the closest, but he can't run.

Of those running, I think Bernie and Lizzie are closest programmatically - by which I mean that they want to heal the nation - but don't have Carter's demeanor.

Pete may have the best demeanor, but lacks the sincerity that Carter had (or that Bernie and Lizzie have). I think Booker probably has the sincerity, but lacks the demeanor.

 

[cigaretteman]

Carter told Americans the truth. They didn't want to hear it.

 

[Capernum]

Yep, the main thing I’m looking for in a candidate is moral core. That’s what they lean on when stuff gets hard. Right now I’m leaning Warren based on that.

 

[strummingram]

The office of US President was beneath him. The Democrats abandoned him, the GOP resented him. And, as with the end of most 2 term Republican administrations, the economy tanked. He never had a chance.

 

[hawkfan0319]

The office of US President was beneath him. The Democrats abandoned him, the GOP resented him. And, as with the end of most 2 term Republican administrations, the economy tanked. He never had a chance.

You mean to tell me that "trickle-down economics" didn't work then either? Shocking!

 

[UNIowaHawk]

Carter and W are both classy and well liked people— except by the extreme right and left idiots who seek attention.

 

[naturalmwa]

I'm sad to say that he came to my mind, too. Sad because that's the caliber we need, but I don't see anyone like that in the world of politics. Might be someone, but no one well known.

A decade or so ago, Kucinich might have been that person.

Obama might be the closest, but he can't run.

Of those running, I think Bernie and Lizzie are closest programmatically - by which I mean that they want to heal the nation - but don't have Carter's demeanor.

Pete may have the best demeanor, but lacks the sincerity that Carter had (or that Bernie and Lizzie have). I think Booker probably has the sincerity, but lacks the demeanor.

Remember Gandhi wasn’t really that successful a leader. After the obvious bad guys were pushed out, his country fell apart. Hopefully we can find someone to push the bad guy out, without partitioning the nation.

 

[LuteHawk]

It was President Jimmy Carter who told the American
people: "The Presidency is too big of a position for
one person."

It was President Jimmy Carter who went on national
television to tell the American people during the energy
crisis: "Tonight, I have turned down the thermostat
in the White House and I am wearing a sweater. I ask
you to do likewise in your home."

 

[naturalmwa]

It was President Jimmy Carter who told the American
people: "The Presidency is too big of a position for
one person."

It was President Jimmy Carter who went on national
television to tell the American people during the energy
crisis: "Tonight, I have turned down the thermostat
in the White House and I am wearing a sweater. I ask
you to do likewise in your home."

Did you do it?

 

[Hawk_4shur]

Oh Holy God he looks like someone on TWD.

Admiration for Jimmy took another jump up!

 

[tarheelbybirth]

 

[unIowa]

Obama is really close, but I’ve grown to appreciate Carter as the maelstrom of corruption and incompetence grows around Trump.
https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/11/03/politics/jimmy-carter-at-ease-with-death-prayer-service/index.html?r=https://www.cnn.com/

I would say both Obama and GWB have been really good ambassadors of decency and classiness post presidencies.

 

[unIowa]

For me it’s Yang, but I see Mayor Pete’s appeal in that regard. Bonus would be having to watch Mike Pence shake the First Husband’s hand at the inauguration.

I wonder if Pence is allowed to have lunch with a gay guy without his wife present.

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

I wonder if Pence is allowed to have lunch with a gay guy without his wife present.

I think that's the rub: He's giving his wife the ol' head fake because he wants exactly the scenario you describe. I get that vibe with him, like most vocal gay haters.

 

[Finance85]

Yep, the main thing I’m looking for in a candidate is moral core. That’s what they lean on when stuff gets hard. Right now I’m leaning Warren based on that.

Wait! What?!?!?!?

 

[sober_teacher]

Remember Gandhi wasn’t really that successful a leader. After the obvious bad guys were pushed out, his country fell apart. Hopefully we can find someone to push the bad guy out, without partitioning the nation.

Gandhi successfully led the movement that pushed the British out of India. He was killed during the chaos caused by the Partition after the British divided the subcontinent into Pakistan/India.

We never really had a chance to see him as the leader of a nation. Pakistani/Indian relations might well be completely different than they turned into.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Carter told Americans the truth. They didn't want to hear it.

Which is why we ended up with a 2nd rate actor best known for flogging 20 Mule Team Borax and being the supporting actor to a chimp.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Yep, the main thing I’m looking for in a candidate is moral core. That’s what they lean on when stuff gets hard. Right now I’m leaning Warren based on that.

I'd put Bernie ahead of Lizzie on that measure, but Lizzie is petty solid, too.

 

[BigDelHawk]

I would say both Obama and GWB have been really good ambassadors of decency and classiness post presidencies.

Ehhhh, Obama is too much of a political activist in my mind. He needs to STFU, that is what has traditionally happened with ex-presidents.