Happy Birthday, Jimmy!

Wow. I can't believe he's 90.

Given that it's been thirty-three years since he *left* the Oval Office, it's kind of amazing that he's not older.

I suppose that's right. I've just never stopped to do the math. He seems younger to me.

I thought so too. It is kind of amazing - he's still so active and outspoken. Aren't we all supposed to be reactionaries by that age?

OK. What the heck. I'd shove a quarter in his cake.

poetinahat said:

I thought so too. It is kind of amazing - he's still so active and outspoken. Aren't we all supposed to be reactionaries by that age?

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Hell, I got there way earlier.

Happy birthday, Mr. President.

Carter may not have been the best president, but I've always thought he was a fairly decent person. And I admire a lot of the work he's done in his post-presidendial years, Habitat for Humanity in particular.

I remember being in Kenner, LA the day he was elected. I hadn't watched TV or listened to a radio in years (hippie, living on the land, etc.) but I stopped into a Dunkin' Donuts for a coffee and heard the news on the radio -- and I realized I had been reading a book on how to grow & sell earthworms -- one of the farms you could order a starter kit from was the Carter Worm Farms, Plains, Georgia. So he was okay with me.

Michael Wolfe said:

Carter may not have been the best president, but I've always thought he was a fairly decent person. And I admire a lot of the work he's done in his post-presidendial years, Habitat for Humanity in particular.

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This. I'd stand side-by-side with him and swing a hammer anytime. His relatively lackluster presidency had far more to do with the system than the person, IMO. Even his creation of the dual DoEs can be put down to unrealistic idealism rather than powerlust. He and Jerry Ford are the only two presidents I've felt sorry for in my lifetime.