Re: RIP Jimmy Carter (Off Topic)

On 2024-12-30, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:

On 2024-12-30 02:14, RonB wrote:

I didn't think he was much of a president, but Jimmy Carter was the closest
we got to an honest man in the White House in my life time. I respected the
fact that he never got rich, lived in the same four bedroom house he and his
wife built in 1960 until he died (yesterday). I may not have agreed on a lot
of his decisions, but he lived his beliefs and I respected him for that.
 
May he rest in peace.

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Before it was brought up by President Trump, I had no idea Jimmy Carter
gave away authority over the Panama Canal. I already thought that he was
the dumbest human being after Joe Biden, but this just bumped him up to
the biggest cretin the White House has ever seen.

Congress gave up the Panama Canal. It was passed both by the Senate and
House. Without that bill, Jimmy Carter wouldn't have had anything to sign. I
don't know if I even disagree with that decision any more. Back at the time
I didn't like it. Frank Church (Idaho Senator) lost his long-held Senate
seat because he voted for that bill.

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