39th President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981
Posted on 10/01/2006 8:55:12 AM PDT by yankeedame
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) was the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) and the Nobel Peace laureate in 2002. Previously, he was the Governor of Georgia (1971–1975). In 1976, Carter won the Democratic nomination as a dark horse candidate, and went on to defeat incumbent Gerald Ford in the 1976 presidential election.
As President his major initiatives included the consolidation of numerous governmental agencies into the newly formed Department of Energy, a cabinet level department. He enacted strong environmental legislation; deregulated the trucking, airline, rail, finance, communications, and oil industries; bolstered the social security system; and appointed record numbers of women and minorities to significant government and judicial posts. In foreign affairs, Carter's major initiatives included the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, the creation of full diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, and the negotiation of the SALT II Treaty. In addition, he championed human rights throughout the world and used human rights as the center of his administration's foreign policy.
The Iranian hostage crisis was seen by critics as a devastating blow to national prestige; Carter struggled for 444 days to effect the release of the hostages. A failed rescue attempt led to the resignation, in protest, of his Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. The hostages were finally released the day Carter left office.
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan marked the end of détente, and Carter moved to the right, boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and began to rebuild American military power. He beat off a primary challenge from Senator Ted Kennedy but was unable to effectively reduce soaring interest rates and inflation rates, or to lower unemployment. The "Misery Index", his favored measure of economic well-being, rose 50% in four years. He feuded with the Democratic leaders who controlled Congress and, as a result, was unable to reform the tax system or to implement a national health plan. He was defeated by Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980.
After leaving office, Carter assumed the role of an elder statesman and international mediator, using his prestige as a former president to further many causes. He founded the Carter Center as a forum for issues related to democracy and human rights. He has also traveled extensively to monitor elections, conduct peace negotiations, and establish relief efforts. In 2002, Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for his "efforts to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development." Carter has continued his decades-long active involvement with the charity Habitat for Humanity, which builds houses for the needy.
Put on a sweater, dammit!
Take heart in the fact he's 82 and can't last too much longer.
I think i liked carter better as a president than what he is today. wasnt the race between Ford and Carter very close? I seem to remember the polling that fall favoring ford till his gaff about no soviet threat.
I don't know if I can produce a turd big enough to put that many candles on.
Just like Hitler, Stalin and other monsters, it would have been better if Jimmy Carter was never born. Carter unlike those murderers, did not kill millions, yet he enables those types of leaders to thrive and survive. Carter propped up Hugo Chavez, supported Khamenei over the Shah of Iran and has done nothing but try and thwart our attempts at protecting American citizens, while throwing support to leaders that hate and want to destroy America. Carter is a very dangerous man, intentional or unintentional, thus it would have been better if he was never born.
Happy Birthday, crap for brains......
One of my horses dropped a turd with the image of old Jimmah on it.How much do you think I can get for it on Ebay?
No. He won it for bashing America. My birthday wish is that this old loser would just STFU.
May he lose his voice and sit in a rocking chair on the front porch of his home in Americus, Georgia drooling all over himself starting today!
how bout that real estate bubble?
sorry, wrong thread
ya beat me to it!
rabbit killer -
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"Carter has the distinction of being both the worst President and the worst ex-President in my lifetime. .....and probably in the history of the Union."
I agree completely. Carter will go down in history as one of the worst, or THE worst president in US history. He is now an embarassment to this country!
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