When Jimmy Carter decided in 1974 to run for President, I didn’t get it. He was not a great speaker, and no one knew who he was. But he outworked everybody and won. ~ TheDaveRoss
announced over the weekend that former President Jimmy Carter is now in hospice.
I admit having a soft spot for Jimmy Carter, because I covered him when he was Governor of Georgia. I’ll always remember his open door policy. The trick was to wait until the press aide outside the office took a break, and then, if the governor’s door was open, you could just walk in. And he would give an interview.I saw first-hand his determination to follow his conscience — how he would write out a press statement in longhand on a legal pad without consulting his aides.
He wasn’t always the good guy. When he ran for governor he made a shameless play for the white vote. He appealed to segregationists. He campaigned against forced bussing, and criticized his opponent for supporting Martin Luther King.“I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.”“No poor, rural, weak, or Black person should ever have to bare the additional burdens of being deprived of the opportunity of an education, or job, or simple justice,” said Carter.
When he decided in 1974 to run for President, I didn’t get it. He was not a great speaker, and no one knew who he was. But he outworked everybody and won. And speaking from the steps of the capitol, promised to bring that idealism to the White House. “For we know that if we despise our own government, we have no future. We reject the prospects of failure or mediocrity, or an inferior quality of life for any purpose. Our government must at the same time be both competent and compassionate.”Unfortunately, there were too many crises – the Iran hostage crisis, a botched rescue mission, gas lines, mortgage rates so high that by 1980 when we bought our first house – I signed a mortgage contract at an interest rate of 15%.
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