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Jim Sutherland's avatar

Very well said. Thank you.

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Julie Wash's avatar

I wept in my car in a grocery parking lot listening to Jimmy Carter’s grandson’s eulogy.

Carter’s character was held together, not by the threat of the rule of law, but by the his own measure. He was honest with himself, “to thine own self be true.”

Trump brings a whole new meaning to “lying in state.”

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Sara Idleman's avatar

I did as well. Jason Carter spoke at the Carter Center too. The love and gratitude for his grandfather was palpable.

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Richard's avatar

Trump, too, is true to himself- he reveals himself almost every time he opens his mouth. / But: "himself" is no Jimmy Carter...

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Edward Low's avatar

Are you suggesting the guy who insulted war hero John McCain doesn't have compassion...

pshaw!!!

I think this moment in history with the last respects that Jimmy Carter deserves and hmpy trmPEDO's behavior leaves me wondering how anyone would vote for such a despot like hmpy for president???!?!

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Ken Tingley's avatar

It is something so many people continue to ask.

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Edward Low's avatar

49% of the country thought the guy who called soldiers and vets:

suckers and losers was okay guy

but then they thought a rapist felon was okay too

I think of Jimmy Carter and how much good he had done to balance the evil of hmpy trmPEDO

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Edward Low's avatar

o man because of this post, I went and watched the eulogy

and when Jason Carter walked down and put his hand on the casket.. I lost it.. thanks fo pointing this out

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-jason-carter-honors-his-grandfather-jimmy-carters-life-legacy-in-eulogy

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Sara Idleman's avatar

Jason Carter, President Carter's grandson, spoke at the funeral and the Carter Center. He spoke beautifully with respect and deep love about his grandfather. Both are well worth a watch. Go Diana! She would a great mayor.

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Sandra M. Watson's avatar

Teacher Mather has valuable forethought and dedication to her students and community. It was no secret President Carter was a religious man, he led by principle, while maintaining the separation of church and state.

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Richard's avatar

Carter-Mondale: "We told the truth. We obeyed the law. We kept the peace." / Trump & Co.: "We lie. We break the law. We sow discord, enmity and chaos."

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Diane Denny's avatar

Perfect. My sentiments entirely. Thank you.

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Don Shuler's avatar

Beautifully and well put, Ken. Thanks! It was a remarkable, wonderful day, and a perfect reminder of what America is really all about.

Didn’t Dr. MLK Jr have something to say about judging someone not by the color of their skin but “by the content of their character”?

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David Nathan's avatar

Well stated. Carter definitely redeemed himself with his wonderful, long post Presidential career, even with many pols who had made him a punch line during his time in the White House. Re Ford, impressive that you made the long trek to DC. My family and I were there as well, but we came from only 15 miles away. In the 60s, almost exactly 60 years ago, as a young Times Union reporter, I had interviewed Ford after he spoke at Russell Sage College. Unlike some pols, who to coin a phrase, viewed journalists as “enemies of the people”, Ford could not have been nicer, responding to my request for an interview by saying - memorably - “sure, if you don’t mind coming into the bathroom for a minute.” It worked, and I got my story. Several years later, I had left reporting and was working as a Congressional staffer, and the word from just about everybody on the Hill was that Ford was truly a ‘“good and decent” man in his dealings with Republicans and Democrats of whatever stripes..

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Maggie's avatar

After the last eight plus years politically, good and decent seems to have become an oddity - something to be surprised about, doesnt it?

Actually, not only politics, but every day life.

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Walter Combs's avatar

Historic

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Barbara Bubar's avatar

The TV was on and as I walked past, the casket was waiting to be carried up those steps, and I was just plain drawn into the entire funeral....absolutely beautiful from beginning to end. I was tearful more than once and really loved listening to the woman sang Amazing Grace with the orchestra. Carter's sons were eloquent, and yes, especially his grandson, Jason, who spoke about PaPa.

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Walter Combs's avatar

The same week we honor a president for whom character was everything, we watch a man who is clearly an amoral scoundrel conclude his preparations to acend to the presidency for the second time. Much of the nation seems to have lost it's moral compass; fears it's own system of governance and is so susceptible to half-truths and outright lies repeated ad nauseum by a man whose whole claim to fame is media hucksterism; and been dragged down into a moral morass. Let's hope at some point we can reclaim the true source of our greatness and leave behind the cheap and cheesy wilderness of Trumpism. Perhaps a greater emphasis in the schools in creating a nation of good citizens instead of corporate cogs might help?

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Barbara Wilson Parks's avatar

How are children taught right from wrong when they witness the next occupant of the White House? Teaching by example simply doesn't apply here.

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Christine Corlew's avatar

Well said.

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Adrienne Hull's avatar

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Upstate New Yorker's avatar

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise is a great example that quality local journalism is still possible if its owners actually support it.

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Ken Tingley's avatar

I agree.

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Frances Bowen's avatar

All of us should share our lives with humanity the way that the Carters have.

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Edward Low's avatar

I am guessing their are two sides of Americans when it comes to President Carter

The one side respects morals.. and look deep into who President Carter was and what he meant to America. And hopefully that group will look deep into themselves and ask.. am I using President Carter as an example in my life.

And the other side, who couldn't be more different than the above people. The group that willingly voted for a candidate who could be considered the least moral president (and likely individual): hmpy trmPEDOphile

If I said: this person thinks beyond him/her self and tries to make the world a better place; who tries to enrich the lives of others and not themself; does not treat women (or any gender and age) as an object; this person is more likely to volunteer for habitat for humanity over buying paintings of himself and declaring it charity; this person is a regular attendee to church (if not a church go-er, lives by the standards or morality that most religions ask their congregation to follow); avoids mass consumption; protects the planet; on and on

Could you guess who they voted for.. would you have a good guess?

Now I could add a twist... you take each of those two groups and ask them: "are you a good person." and use those factors I just laid out as the criteria..

Maybe I am wrong.. but I believe the people who voted for Harris/Walz try to live the Jimmy Carter role model, but say they fail to live up to it

AND the trmPEDO/vance voters would tell you they DEFINITELY live up to that standard (if not better), but could not name one example of how they do that.

As an example: of the people who read Front Page... if you voted for Harris/Walz in 2024, did you help your ‘neighbors’ did you volunteer... did you help the less fortunate.

and how about you trmPEDO/vance voters (simply put).. what did you do in 2024?

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