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Jimmy Carter Won the 2019 Grammy Award For Best Spoken Word Album
Huffington Post ^ | 02/12/2019 | By Sanjana Karanth

Posted on 02/12/2019 9:58:47 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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21 posted on 02/12/2019 10:50:28 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: AndrewB

Bill..Shatner..is..in..a..league..of..his..own..above..Jimmuh..Carter.


22 posted on 02/12/2019 10:51:51 AM PST by wally_bert (You're bringing The Monk down, man!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Nobody can hammer a screw like old Jimmy.


23 posted on 02/12/2019 10:53:08 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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24 posted on 02/12/2019 10:53:14 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Doogle

What a great book.

The Hunt For Red Rabbit.


25 posted on 02/12/2019 10:55:04 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Leaning Right

Carter is not a Christian. He claims Jesus would have approved of queer marriage and abortion. On marriage he’s said he could have been just as happy “married” to a man as a woman. The older he gets the crazier he gets. His comments about marriage means he’s also a closeted queer.


26 posted on 02/12/2019 10:55:41 AM PST by NKP_Vet ("Man without God descends into madness”)
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To: SeekAndFind

Gotta keep throwing awards at leftists as often as possible. More proof that awards be leftists hold no true value. Heck, toss a worthless Nobel his way before he assumes room temperature.


27 posted on 02/12/2019 10:57:41 AM PST by Two Kids' Dad (((( Wake me when a prominent democrat gets prosecuted. ))))
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To: SeekAndFind
This would be the consolation prize for losing the 1980 election to
28 posted on 02/12/2019 10:59:42 AM PST by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: AndrewB

That William Shatner performance was too much. LOL.


29 posted on 02/12/2019 11:01:16 AM PST by KittyKares (Drain the Swamp)
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To: blueunicorn6

“Andrei ... you’ve lost another rabbit?”


30 posted on 02/12/2019 11:01:27 AM PST by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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“I would like to move to Montana and get an RV and drive around with rabbits.”


31 posted on 02/12/2019 11:06:15 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: SeekAndFind

Satan’s Legions demonstrating group solidarity


32 posted on 02/12/2019 11:11:31 AM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians arent born, they’re excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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> Carter is not a Christian. <

Maybe not. But awhile back I was reading a commentary on the Gospels written by someone who happened to be a Baptist. It was a good commentary, except for one thing.

The author kept on saying that Roman Catholics are not really Christians. They don’t believe this. So Catholics are not really Christians. But they do believe that. So Catholics are not really Christians.

The author did not accept the concept of a flawed Christian. It was either his way 100% or the highway. I found that to be a bit disturbing.

Oh, and I have Roman Catholic friends who say the same. We believe this. And if you don’t, you are not really a Christian. Again, I find that to be a bit disturbing. We should all be brothers in Christ, as much as possible,

By the way, I’m a Christian. But I’m neither a Baptist nor a Roman Catholic.


33 posted on 02/12/2019 11:18:09 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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In July of 1979, President Jimmy Carter faced seemingly intractable problems. Inflation was at 13 percent. Gasoline lines caused Americans to wait to fill up their cars on alternating days. The U.S. space station Skylab was about to fall from the sky, and no one could tell for sure where it might land. The president’s popularity rating was at 25 percent, lower than any since Harry Truman, and a majority of his party looked forward to nominating Senator Edward Kennedy in 1980.

Carter had planned a major energy speech to be given the week of Independence Day. He canceled it, creating a greater sense of anticipation. Then for the next ten days, he remained at Camp David in the Maryland mountains where he hosted an array of leaders in business, economics, religion, and politics, and solicited advice on what he should do next.

On July 15th, Carter came down from the mountains and gave what came to be known as the “Malaise Speech,” even though he never used the word in his televised address to the nation. Surprising viewers, who were expecting a laundry list of proposals to deal with the energy crisis, Carter took a different tack.

Most presidential addresses proclaim the greatness of Americans as citizens of a unique nation poised for further greatness. Instead, Carter proclaimed that the nation was suffering a “crisis in confidence” which struck “at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will.” He called upon the nation to reflect upon its meaning and purpose, and critiqued American materialism.

The immediate response was generally favorable. “No president since Abraham Lincoln had spoken to the American people with such sincerity about matters of the spirit,” gushed presidential historian Theodore White. Polls indicated that 61 percent of the public said the speech inspired further confidence. Seventy-two percent said they were willing to sacrifice to help solve the energy crisis, which had been Carter’s major policy plea. The president’s approval ratings went up twelve points.

As scholar Robert A. Strong notes, the speech was more sermon than policy prescription. The structure was similar to southern church revivals familiar to Carter, a devout Southern Baptist. There was an acknowledgement of sins, as Carter acknowledged his failings; a reaffirmation of faith in the American spirit, and a rededication to action through a series of energy proposals Carter planned to send to Congress.

According to Strong, the speech itself was largely a success. But it was soon overshadowed by other factors. Carter reshuffled his Cabinet within days, changing the focus on his call to American sacrifice. Soon his administration would be absorbed in foreign policy crises as the Iran hostage crisis and the Soviet takeover of Afghanistan dominated the headlines. Carter proved unable to overcome these obstacles and lost his re-election bid to Ronald Reagan, who projected a more sunny view of the American experience. Pundits would later criticize Carter’s “malaise” speech, arguing that he was blaming the public for his own failings.
According to Strong, Carter’s disappointments overshadowed his legacy, including accomplishments such as the Panama Canal treaty and the Camp David Accords that established a long-term peace between Egypt and Israel. The later setbacks, he noted, put the speech in a different light. But in its own time, the speech was considered both highly unusual and largely successful.

https://daily.jstor.org/jimmy-carter-and-the-meaning-of-malaise/

Full Speech: https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/july-15-1979-crisis-confidence-speech


34 posted on 02/12/2019 12:03:25 PM PST by Mozilla (Truth Is Stranger than Fiction)
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Well it’s sad that carter got beat out of the “worst President” by Obama


35 posted on 02/12/2019 12:12:56 PM PST by stubernx98 (cranky, but reasonable)
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To: Leaning Right

Anyone that says Jesus would approve of two men getting “married”, or approve of murdering the unborn is not only not a Christian but he’s committing blasphemy. A Christian is someone who lives his life according to the word of God, which is the Holy Bible. Scripture is perfectly clear on marriage and on murdering the unborn. Jimmy Carter is a senile old hypocrite who’s trying to stay relevant with today’s God-less democrat party. He has turned his back on God to please man.


36 posted on 02/13/2019 8:18:05 AM PST by NKP_Vet ("Man without God descends into madness”)
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