Posted on 12/31/2024 9:08:24 AM PST by Red Badger
Former Secret Service agents paint a starkly different picture of President Jimmy Carter's character than the one recently praised by President Joe Biden, author and investigative journalist Ronald Kessler revealed Monday on Newsmax.
In an interview on "Finnerty" discussing his book "The First Family Detail," Kessler claimed that Carter was viewed as "the most detested president in modern times" by many Secret Service agents who protected him.
Kessler's view opposes Biden's recent praise of Carter. Following Carter's death at 100 years old, Biden told reporters that Carter exemplified "decency." Biden remarked when asked what President-elect Donald Trump could learn from Carter's legacy, he responded:
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Kessler cited multiple incidents described by agents to support his belief, contrasting sharply with the public perception of Carter as a paragon of humility and decency.
According to Kessler, Carter would stage photo opportunities to appear relatable but allegedly behaved quite differently once the cameras were off.
"Typically, he would walk around with luggage, pretending he was a member of the common man," Kessler said. "Actually, the luggage was empty. Or, in other cases, he would carry luggage full of clothes in front of cameras, but as soon as they were gone, he'd hand it to aides."
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One agent who drove Carter for five months and served on his detail for three and a half years said Carter never spoke to him, considering such interactions beneath him.
Kessler alleged Carter's disdain extended to the military. He cited reports that Carter, when visiting his hometown of Plains, Georgia, insisted that the military aide carrying the nuclear football remained at least 10 miles from his residence.
"He hated the military and made derisive comments about them," Kessler said.
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May he be passed around by the demons in hell like a pack of smokes.
I had read that Jimmy Carter also got rid of all the blacks that Lester Maddox had appointed to State government.
While this may or may not be true - it shows how big a scumbag one must be to throw dirt at anyone before they have even assume room temperature
Many years ago, before the Internet, I read that First Lady Rosalynn Carter was hated by the White House Staff. Treated them like slaves..........................
“He hated the military and made derisive comments about them,” Kessler said.
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For someone who had a stellar military career - this seems false.
Carter put on a show with Habitat, but that was just a show.
Look at Iran before and after Carter. He ruined that country.
And the “press” has universally adopted the mantra and spreads it like cow manure that Goober was our “best ex-president”. BS.
Will it go to the national Archives or is there such a thing as "the Jimmy Carter Library"? Rumor has it that the collection includes "action" Polaroid "selfies" of Jimmah and Rosalynn "doing the nasty".
I’ve read something like this, a while ago. Carter was truly hated by the SS details.
Anyone else remember when the Carters left their sedan to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue (for a quarter-mile, perhaps) on Inauguration Day.
“Kessler’s view opposes Biden’s recent praise of Carter.”
Whatever Biden says, you know it is a lie of some sort. I was in my late 30’s during Carter’s regime and he always struck me as an annoying, self righteous, unctuous douche. His judge appointments certainly reflected a man of poor taste,
Nope, sounds likely to me. I have kown several officers who detested the military and hated the enlisted even more.
Officers often become very elitist, rude and arrogant.
Swimming rabbits all agree.
Right? What happened to Nil nisi bonum?
Crapping on a dead guy is poor form IMO.
He was an officer, and I met many officers that detested the enlisted and treated them like dirt..............
He also put his 'Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval' on Hugo Chavez's election chicanery in Venezuela. This helped the destruction of a once healthy nation. They might have gotten destroyed later (things tend to go off the rails fairly often, in South America), but Carter certainly sided in the accelerated destruction of that country.
There’s truth to that.
Gregg Popovich was a USAF officer. Now he is an America hating woke leftist.
I’ve never heard that before.
Carter spoke against pornography, but had an extensive collection?
Sounds dubious.
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