In many ways, the best President in my lifetime.

holding my then toddler daughter. He reached up, touched her arm and said "Hello, darlin" with a big smile. It's a moment I'll never forget.

Happy 90th Birthday, Mr. President.

Did he at least win there? I hope your work paid off. Very few are able to have that as an achievement. Cherish it if you did.

And Happy Birthday President Carter. I feel fortunate to be part of your constituency.

Thank you for the post. Will try to find a way to send an email for happy birthday.

I will print it out tomorrow and mail it by hard copy.

For my money, he was the best president we have had in decades. He walked the walk--not just while he was president, but throughout his entire life. To this day he works for his causes.


Cher

He also has an amazing work ethic.

Happy Birthday, Mr. President, from an admirer of your work, past and present. Respectful greetings to Mrs. Carter as well. God Bless you both for many more years.

I proudly cast my very first vote for President for the gentleman from Plains. May you live to be 100, President Carter!

I still think he was a better president than Reagan.

My first time voting was for him!

I still remember the chest pains I got when Raygun won.

He was by a distance

I voted for you twice.

Good for him!

Peace Train song for the very good man, Jimmy Carter:

http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2014/0925/Thirteen-Days-in-September-is-a-great-readable-account-of-the-Camp-David-Accords

Thirteen Days in September
By 1977, though, Carter seems to have recalibrated accordingly, and in Wright’s telling he was the ingredient without which the peace could never have been cooked up. The Carter of Camp David is a man of passion, anger, and pragmatism, willing to cajole, flatter, and threaten his way to a solution. On the occasions when the Egyptians and Israelis prepared to call off further discussion – going so far as pack their bags and request helicopters to the airport – he at times begs them to stay. His own presidency (which, of course, turned out to be doomed anyway) would certainly have been judged a catastrophe if the summit turned out to be a long and wasteful bull session. But Carter had a furious streak. A Navy man, he promised Sadat and Begin that if his ship was going to sink he would make sure the one who torpedoed it by walking out would drown with him. He swears, in effect, that he will make their departure look unconscionable and stupid, not only to their own people but to the world.

It worked, although up to the very last days the conference seemed hopeless. Begin categorically refused to countenance closing settlements in the Sinai, and Sadat refused to accept anything but total withdrawal. That they emerged from the woods with a lasting accord, given the nature of the participants, can be described only as a miracle of diplomacy, still somewhat baffling almost forty years later for having happened at all. Miracles, even of the purely secular kind, inherently resist explanation. But as explanations go, Wright’s is among the best and most readable we are likely to get.

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No other president has managed a Middle East peace accord since.

how much he is appreciated.

he'd never know how much he's appreciated, but I think he's heard good things about himself from many folks around the planet.

a President among Presidents.

He writes books. He's a thoroughly decent human being.

http://www.cartercenter.org/index.html
"Waging Peace. Fighting Disease. Building Hope."
For those who would like to honor President Carter on his birthday, or to support his legacy foundation's work in promoting democracy, human rights, conflict resolution. disease eradication, and so much more, please check out the link above, where you can learn about the ongoing work and make a donation if you wish.

I'd also like to see Bill Moyers interview him for his 90th birthday.

May you have many more!

I proudly voted for you twice.

I hope he lives a long long time yet.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter

Successful in the military, in business, in politics.

It's no wonder republicans have worked so hard to destroy him.

He had an amazing work ethic - ReTHUGs would never understand that.

we sure could use him right now!

in 79/80.

Best of my lifetime ( so far of course ) . He was an inspiration in office and after also with all his volunteering and the negotiating for peace that he has done.

I campaigned for him, I voted for him.

Ronald Reagan would be in hell if he hadn't lost his mind first.

Elder President Bush and Dick Cheney are too afraid to die.

Younger President Bush is a venal clueless fuck, just like Reagan.

That's all we want because no one is perfect

It was so fast I hardly had time to say "Thank you for everything." But he smiled and said "No, thank YOU." And it was over. And I still smile when I think of it. 😀😍

Lucky you

A formidable age, respect!

I, OTOH, think he's got at least fifteen MORE years of good ideas and humanity-enhancing proposals in him!

Ref: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5585759


Happy birthday, JC!

Peanuts are good for you

The goodness in this man,makes me weepy.
I want to hug him,a long,long hug.
I hope he knows how much he is loved,and beloved.

that he is loved and beloved by all but winders and media hacks.
I'll be watching to see how M$Greedia covers his 90th birthday.