[award_]

He sure seemed like a legitimately good man.

I think one of my favorite stories about him is that he helped resolve a nuclear reactor meltdown

https://www.military.com/history/how-jimmy-carter-saved-cana...

[grecy]

> He sure seemed like a legitimately good man.

And I think this is where politics around the world has gone wrong.

A decade or two ago I would genuinely have been happy for the leader of a country, or mayor or whatever elected leader to date my sister or to watch my kids or something like that.

These days it feels like the most narcissistic a-holes get voted in. I wouldn't trust these people with my dog, and basically every country is suffering for it.

(Jacinda Ardern being the massive exception. I'm sure there are more exceptions too)

[matsemann]

Yesterday I watched an episode of a tv-show here in Norway ("A-laget") where people with severe autism, downs and similar interviews famous people. This episode was them interviewing our prime minister. And he was honestly so sweet, even when they asked questions with no filters. He also visited a ski-podcast I listen to, and there as well he came across as a very likeable guy.

I don't vote for him, but I honestly think he's a good person. I hope we avoid getting the same kind of rhetoric and harshness when we have our election next year, that we've seen in recent years in other countries.

[DonHopkins]

SNL gave him a lot of shit, but SNL's "Ask President Carter" skit was perfect:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-68iTvhWNB0

Jimmy Carter will always be my favorite Amazing Colossal President, as Rodney Dangerfield described in the SNL "The Pepsi Syndrome" sketch:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=533858710873763

https://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78ppepsi.phtml

Dr. Casey: “It means, Mrs. Carter, your husband, President Carter, has become [camera zooms in on Dr. Casey] the amazing colossal president.”

Mrs. Carter: “Well, how big is he?”

Dr. Casey: “Well, Mrs. Carter, it’s difficult to comprehend just how big he is but to give you some idea, we’ve asked comedian Rodney Dangerfield to come along today to help explain it to you. Rodney?”

[Rodney Dangerfield enters]

Rodney: “How do you do, how are you?”

Denton: “Rodney, can you please tell us, how big is the president?”

Rodney: “Oh, he’s a big guy, I’ll tell you that, he’s a big guy. I tell you, he’s so big, I saw him sitting in the George Washington Bridge dangling his feet in the water! He’s a big guy!”

Mrs. Carter: “Oh my God! Jimmy! Oh God!”

Rodney: “Oh, he’s big, I’ll tell you that, boy. He’s so big that when two girls make love to him at the same time, they never meet each other! He’s a big guy, I’ll tell you!”

Mrs. Carter: “Oh no! Oh Jimmy! My Jimmy!”

Rodney: “I don’t want to upset you, lady, he’s big, you know what I mean? Why, he could have an affair with the Lincoln Tunnel! I mean, he’s really high! He’s big, I’ll tell you! He’s a big guy!”

Mrs. Carter: “No! No! No!”

Denton: “Rodney, thank you very much. You can go.”

Rodney: “It’s my pleasure. He’s way up there, lady! You know what I mean?”

—Saturday Night Live, Season 4: Episode 16, “The Pepsi Syndrome” skit, Apr. 7, 1979

And poor old Billy always got the cardboard box.

https://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78ncarter.phtml

>SNL Transcripts: Gary Busey: 03/10/79: The Carters In Israel

[...]

>Lillian Carter: Jimmy.. Jimmy.. I’ve come to talk to you about your brother.

>President Jimmy Carter: Oh, Mama. Let’s not talk about Billy now.

>Lillian Carter: Ohhh.. Jimmy, you’ve gotta remember that it hasn’t been easy for Billy. You were the oldest and the favorite – you got the wagon, he got the cardboard box; you got the bicycle, he got the cardboard box; you got the brains, he got the cardboard box.

[...]

[EdwardDiego]

Thank you for the SNL video, Jimmy Carter talking down a young man who took too much acid is something I find highly plausible.