The older I've become the more fond I've grown of President Carter

I was a child when he was in office, but as I grew up learned of politics and more about him, I developed a true affection for who he is as person and was as a President.

His endorsement of Gore for President if he were to run comes as no surprise to me. Neither does it come as a surprise to find out that he's been pushing Gore to get into the race. If anything it's the type of action I've come to expect from him. He wants what's best for not just the US but for the rest of the world as well.

I wonder what the world would be like today if President Carter had been elected to a second term and if his energy policy would have been taken seriously.

Of all the Presidents in my lifetime, he's the one I'd most like to meet and have a conversation with. He's a man of peace and caring on a global level, and that's a beautiful legacy to leave in your wake.

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Here's the link to the endorsement I mentioned above.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/02/carter_endorses.html

Carter Endorses Gore, Says Former Veep Can Win More Than Oscars

George Stephanopoulos Reports: In an exclusive interview with former President Jimmy Carter set to air on Sunday's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos", Carter lavished praise on "(his) favorite Democrat) former Vice President Al Gore.

Carter told ABC News, "If Al should decide to run -- which I'm afraid he won't -- I would support Al Gore."

The former Democratic President asserted Gore could accomplish much more in the White House than he ever could as a private citizen, saying to Stephanopoulos, "His burning issue now is global warming and preventing it. He can do infinitely more to accomplish that goal as in the incumbent in the White House, than he can making even movies that get -- you know, that get Oscars."

He actually had a plan for the US to become self-sufficient for its energy needs. He had solar panels installed on the White House. Reagan, tool of the oil industry, removed them and stopped all those plans.

people with energy-related issues. We had a toll-free number that people called to get FREE information on conservation and all renewable energy topics.

When Raygun came into office, he changed the nature of what we did from actually providing information to people to only giving referrals to businesses that did so. We were not even allowed to send out the documents (papers, brochures, etc.) that had been created with taxpayer funds. Instead, they were stored in warehouses in Silver Springs, MD and eventually destroyed.

The project closed down after a short time and renewable eneregy efforts in this country died.

It is good to see interest rise again, but I wonder how much further along we would be if President Carter's policies had been allowed to continue.

Another reason to hate the has-been-actor-turned-senile-figurehead.

I heard him say he once thought he made a better 'ex-president' than president - but I always thought his Presidency was underrated. And he was certainly screwed by those Bush/Reagan criminals.

I'm glad he's chosen to be more visibly active of late.

Any presidential candidate with a brain in her/his head would seek his services as far as diplomacy is concerned. I personally agree with his non-aggressive foreign policy

President if things had been different. He is one of the few ex-Presidents that truly cared about his country and the people in it. I normally shudder at people who are religious because of personal experiences, but Mr. Carter is to me the epitomy of what a true Christian should be and I admire the man greatly.

elements without taking precautions that they wouldn't come back and bite him.

He fired over 200 agents soon after he took office, and it eventually contributed to his serving only a single term.

I voted for him twice, my first Presidential vote was for Carter.

I would be in no way surprised if it were. I've always been a believer that it was manipulated behind the scenes and that Poppy Bush was involved.

to the October Surprise, that is that the breakdown of the deal to get the hostages out, was rigged.

The day Reagan was inagurated they released the hostages.

But you know people often do not like their truth given to them straight. They prefer their President to say one thing during campaigns, and do another when they take office.

It is generally understood that the electorate will not elect a Presidential candidate who says he/she will raise taxes if he/she is elected. If that candidate utters those words, his opponents will paint a rosy picture of how he/she would avoid the need to raise new taxes(even though it is likely untrue).

John Edwards has told interviewers that if he is elected he will raise taxes, beginning with the Bush tax cuts being rolled back for the ultra-wealthy and the corporations. So you can see why Republicans are already targeting him --cannot have that from a new President!

Americans do NOT want the truth told to them. Got to be why we have so many liars in our "hallowed" halls.

stood up and cheered - while everyone else, including Dems I knew, were castigating him for saying it. That struck me as on the lines as cursing out the doctor that just told you you have cancer.

He was the first president that I voted for that actually won, and the last one, for another 16 years. And i've always hoped for another like him.

one of the best presidents in the 20th century. He was made fun of because he was a southerner, was widely made fun of, his daughter Amy was as badly treated by the conservatives as Chelsea Clinton has been, and so on. But he actually accomplished good things during his term, not the least of which were the Camp David Accords. Remember them?

Carter was the last honest President we had, which is why he lost in 1980. Carter endorsed Howard Dean early on in 2004, and later endorsed Edwards only after Dean dropped out. Carter puts morality and the greater good for the common man above his image or gaining revenge. :woohoo:

I think Carter should give up on Gore, especially now that Gore believes he is too good to listen or even talk to this great President! But I am still interested in who Carter will support in 2008, and it will certainly be a key factor in who I support in the primaries!

What came after him has certainly elevated his stature and made us aware of his qualities.

It makes me wonder all the more what things would have been like if Carter would have won a second term.

He also delivered quite a eulogy for his friend President Ford.

If I had the chance to spend an hour with one living US President, it would be Carter.

I was in college at the time, and I listened to his speech in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. I didn't understand about not participating in the 1980 Olympics--always thought politics shouldn't be part of the Olympics--but figured that he was a wise man and knew what was best. But when he announced that he was reinstating draft registration, my heart sank. So many had worked so hard to end the draft, and I thought reinstating registration was a step down that old slippery slope. I knew then that he'd never be re-elected. I cried.