Former First Lady Rosalyn Carter Dead at 96

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter dead at 96 - https://www.katc.com/former-first-lady-rosalynn-carter-dead-at-96

She wont have to wait long for Jimmy.

RIP

HawkTheSlayer wrote:Former first lady Rosalynn Carter dead at 96 - https://www.katc.com/former-first-lady-rosalynn-carter-dead-at-96

She wont have to wait long for Jimmy.

RIP

A nice regular all American family , she didn't make headlines ( neither did Jim ) but very reserved and did not seem comfortable as the first lady ( neither did Jim as Pres ) . Rest in Peace .
Billy Beer, peanuts, and weakness with Iran is all I can remember of that administration .

High interest rates, odd and even gas days. He was Biden without the corruption.

Crusader wrote:High interest rates, odd and even gas days.  He was Biden without the corruption.

"" He was Biden without the corruption. ""

And a tad more cognitive dissonance.

He was a sanctimonious, pompous stupid-smart asshole - certain that he alone knew better and that God was backing him.

Turns out he was only marginally competent. He knew a lot of FACTS - that's how he managed to become a nuclear officer in the Navy - but he didn't know how to USE facts, how to critically think or to work problems through with information available.

And God made him invincible. Which was why he could never backtrack and change plans, which was why he was so dug in on failed policies - and why he was so filled with hatred years later, as Reagan had succeeded in everything he'd failed at.

I've heard mixed on Rosalyn. Some said she was as smug and as cold with the children, and some said she was at least superficially, a charming social host in the WH.

I don't care. The world would have been better off if Reagan had won the 1976 primary and Jimmuh had stayed in Jaw-Jaw.

Casey Jones wrote:He was a sanctimonious, pompous stupid-smart asshole - certain that he alone knew better and that God was backing him.

Turns out he was only marginally competent.  He knew a lot of FACTS - that's how he managed to become a nuclear officer in the Navy - but he didn't know how to USE facts, how to critically think or to work problems through with information available.

And God made him invincible.  Which was why he could never backtrack and change plans, which was why he was so dug in on failed policies - and why he was so filled with hatred years later, as Reagan had succeeded in everything he'd failed at.

I've heard mixed on Rosalyn.  Some said she was as smug and as cold with the children, and some said she was at least superficially, a charming social host in the WH.

I don't care.  The world would have been better off if Reagan had won the 1976 primary and Jimmuh had stayed in Jaw-Jaw.

No need to remind me not to ask you to write my obit.

HawkTheSlayer wrote:Former first lady Rosalynn Carter dead at 96 - https://www.katc.com/former-first-lady-rosalynn-carter-dead-at-96

She wont have to wait long for Jimmy.

RIP

From your link:

“Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished,” President Carter said. “She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it. As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me.”

What kind and loving words.  Especially considering...

Earlier, in July, the Carters celebrated their 77th wedding anniversary, before President Carter celebrated his 99th birthday in October.

Knock it all you like; there are few marriages that reach that benchmark, and I, for one, highly admire the Carters for their fortitude and stalwart attitude toward life in general, and marriage, specifically.  Not too many marriages make it through all the thick and thin of things, and manage to come out the other end all the stronger for it.

RIP, Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.

2cent wrote:
No need to remind me not to ask you to write my obit.  

You'd be hard-pressed to be as out of my favor as was Jimmuh Peanut and his...whatever she was.

Part of it was the sense of betrayal. He, like other presidential politicians in the past, promised a change - and then doubled down on what had been, that was failing. Can you divine a line between Ford and Carter? I can, only in the amount of brain-dead WASTE that was created. Swine Flu jabs. CETA. The NGO, Synthetic Fuels Corporation - which spent billions, but created NOTHING. And expanding AFDC, and Medicaid, and then covering abortions. Why not plastic surgery, too?

In the midst of that, Rosalyn was a sour-looking companion to Jimmuh's fake smile. Was she that sour? I think yes. Look at how Little Amy turned out. To know the parents, learn what the children are, what they've become.

vege57 wrote:

Crusader wrote:High interest rates, odd and even gas days.  He was Biden without the corruption.

"" He was Biden without the corruption. ""

And a tad more cognitive dissonance.

Me thinks that Crusader means he didn't get caught lol.

2cent wrote:

Casey Jones wrote:He was a sanctimonious, pompous stupid-smart asshole - certain that he alone knew better and that God was backing him.

Turns out he was only marginally competent.  He knew a lot of FACTS - that's how he managed to become a nuclear officer in the Navy - but he didn't know how to USE facts, how to critically think or to work problems through with information available.

And God made him invincible.  Which was why he could never backtrack and change plans, which was why he was so dug in on failed policies - and why he was so filled with hatred years later, as Reagan had succeeded in everything he'd failed at.

I've heard mixed on Rosalyn.  Some said she was as smug and as cold with the children, and some said she was at least superficially, a charming social host in the WH.

I don't care.  The world would have been better off if Reagan had won the 1976 primary and Jimmuh had stayed in Jaw-Jaw.

No need to remind me not to ask you to write my obit.  

Don't you worry 2cent ! If I'm around when you go you can count on me to write a glowing synopsis of the life and times of the Women we know and 2cents aka The Banana Bread Baker extraordinaire .