re: Breaking: Jimmy Carter in Hospice care

He campaigned with George Wallace to beat a good governor, Carl Sanders, for governor of Georgia. HIs strategy was to paint Sanders as what was referred to at the time a "****** lover." Sanders owned the Atlanta Hawks and Carter sent pictures of Sanders with this arms around the black players to Wallace's mailing list in Georgia.

Nobody ever talks about this.

After getting elected Carter saw the benefit of the black votes for democrats and he started courting key black leaders like Andrew Young.

I was in junior college and we went to Plains the day he was elected because Billy's daughter had gone to the same school and she called the dorm and invited us over. There was a huge crowd but we were most interested in the PBRs Billy was giving away!! I shook Jimmy's hand as he passed through the crowd but voted for Ford.

Carter was not the worst President--probably not even close compared to LBJ, Biden, FDR and Wilson. He was among the least effective Presidents but his administration had few scandals. He had thin skin and did not take well to criticism. The Northeastern left wing of the democrats hated him. Teddy ran against him in the democrat primary.

HIs record is not complete without mentioning his horrible campaign against Carl Sanders. He has always been an active Christian. He inherited the Carter Warehouse but lost it shortly after being President. He was not a particularly good businessman.

Prayers for him and his family.