Jimmy Carter - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they are the children of God.
RIP. You’ve earned it.
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RedBaron · M
He died and deserves the honors accorded a former president.
However, he was ineffective in office and not up to the job, and later essentially pretended he was still in office by pursuing foreign policy goals even if it meant undermining the actual president.
He did this in trying to stop the first Iraq war and conducting freelance nuclear diplomacy with North Korea, directly in opposition to the wishes of President Clinton.
On top of this, he was disproportionally sympathetic to Arab enemies of Israel and both distrustful of and hostile toward the American Jewish community and other supporters of Israel.
A dear cousin of mine who was a liberal Democrat actually voted for Reagan because she was convinced that Carter was antisemitic, and Carter in 1980 received a lower share of the Jewish vote than any Democratic candidate since 1920.
However, he was ineffective in office and not up to the job, and later essentially pretended he was still in office by pursuing foreign policy goals even if it meant undermining the actual president.
He did this in trying to stop the first Iraq war and conducting freelance nuclear diplomacy with North Korea, directly in opposition to the wishes of President Clinton.
On top of this, he was disproportionally sympathetic to Arab enemies of Israel and both distrustful of and hostile toward the American Jewish community and other supporters of Israel.
A dear cousin of mine who was a liberal Democrat actually voted for Reagan because she was convinced that Carter was antisemitic, and Carter in 1980 received a lower share of the Jewish vote than any Democratic candidate since 1920.