Free Republic

Presidential historian Jon Meacham claimed Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that former President Jimmy Carter cared about politicians’ character while most voters do not. Meacham said, “The way I think about President Carter is he’s a complicated man, driven by, like all people in the public arena, driven by different elements of ambition and service. When you look at most American presidents, most of our key leaders in the arena, you have this tension.” He continued, “You have someone who believed in the capacity of human nature to make our lives, the lives of the less fortunate better, stronger, even...