Yes, we’re old enough to remember the Carter administration, and CNN contributor Kate Andersen Brower published an opinion piece on CNN’s website this week praising Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter and fearing that we’ll never see another president and first lady like them.
As Americans sit glued to impeachment hearings centered on allegations of self-interest, I'm emotional thinking about the Carters and the fear that we may never see another president and first lady like them, writes Kate Andersen Brower for @CNNOpinion https://t.co/zSvu5ePGRp
— CNN (@CNN) November 27, 2019
We’re not really nostalgic for malaise, but Brower writes:
As Americans sit glued to impeachment hearings centered on allegations of bribery and self-interest over country, I can’t help but be emotional myself when I think about the Carters’ specific brand of patriotism and the fear that we may never see another president and first lady like them again.
There is no starker contrast to Donald Trump than Jimmy Carter. Today, Jimmy Carter prefers not to be called “Mr. President.” He says there is only one president at a time and his respect for the office runs too deep. Even when he was in the White House he would not allow “Hail to the Chief” to be played when he walked into the room, a tradition that dated back to 1829, because he thought it was ostentatious.
Good thing he only served one term then so he didn’t have to be embarrassed by his position.
Yes, I'm nostalgic for the days you could only queue up for gas on odd or even days and wait for an hour to pump it or have the POTUS tell you, "if you're cold, put on a sweater," OPEC oil embargoes, Iran holding US citizens hostage. Good times. https://t.co/he1ZElDLOs
— BayAreaFrau (@bayareahausfrau) November 30, 2019
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I should have said for HOURS to pump it. I remember the gas lines going around the block.
— BayAreaFrau (@bayareahausfrau) November 30, 2019
Oh yeah, those were the days!!!
— Errrrrrrrrrr (@ElliotR) November 30, 2019
When Reagan became prez. and I saw what America was like firing on all cyclinders…that was it for me.
— Errrrrrrrrrr (@ElliotR) November 30, 2019
Don’t forget, not only the hostages but also the humiliation of the failed rescue attempt. That was a real low point.
— Michael (@wholesickcru) November 30, 2019
That was demoralizing for the entire country.
— BayAreaFrau (@bayareahausfrau) November 30, 2019
Those were the days. Home loan interest rates North of 15% https://t.co/LuXTG1U8Wg
— Don Beavers (@donsspencer) November 30, 2019
I was in my teens, but I do not recall the gas lines (even-odds days with max limit) being great. The challenges and problems of high interest rates were on news regularly.His brother Billy was a hoot. So there's that.
— Lori Knight (@Yodaville60Lori) November 27, 2019
???glued. And how old is this Kate? Did she live through the Carter years? I was a small child and remember them not being good. Perhaps a nice man but he didn’t do well for the American people. He was better suited for an ambassadorship not presidency.
— LisaLee,MS Nutrition (@LisaLeeM) November 30, 2019
I assume Kate wasnt alive during the Carter Presidency.
— NE Fan (@BabaOTownshend) November 30, 2019
A quick Google search shows that Brower was born in 1980. Surprised?
Absolutely no way she could have been old enough to know what was going on. Yikes.
— Katiedid shedid shedidnt (@KShedidnt) November 30, 2019
Thanks goodness…the peanut man is the worst POTUS in history
— TherealQ (@mqualizza) November 30, 2019
Worst president in my life time.
— Paul Shapiro (@pns85) November 30, 2019
God I hope not. Carter was one of the worst presidents in history.
— Frank Hart (@FrankHartII) November 30, 2019
Thank gawd! Carter was a walking talking disaster!
— CW (@gt500cws) November 30, 2019
Nice people, not so good prez, did not stand up to Iran, I DO remember the long gas lines?♂️
— BAMA guy81 (@Lvo57) November 30, 2019
The “Misery Index” says hello…
— Katiedid shedid shedidnt (@KShedidnt) November 30, 2019
Haha.. go home young Kate and calculate your home mortgage or credit card or student loan debt at 19% instead of 3%. Explore an economics class ..and then a history class.
— s oshea (@McLaughlinJUDGE) November 30, 2019
The Carters??? Lmao mortgage rates at 19% yeah those were good times!!!
— Jeffrey Eraca (@jeraca) November 30, 2019
He was a horrible president, but honestly a decent person.
— Hey Bartender! (@Seabee201) November 30, 2019
Agreed. He’s great at not being president.
Carter was a terrible president who ran the country into the ground—he has been a good ex-president, though
— Jay Talley (@jay_fsu1) November 30, 2019
He was thrown out of office – thrown – for a reason.
— El Jefe (@ElJefeTulum) November 30, 2019
He was a terrible leader and terrible president. He’s good at Habitat for Humanity but that’s about it
— KSE (@kbk3n3) November 30, 2019
You took what could have been a beautiful story into a biased Trump-hating piece every opportunity you had. This is why you are worthless #FakeNewsMedia. I pray that someday you understand the harm you try to cause because WE THE PEOPLE are woke! #cnnfakenews
— Lisa Prince (@LisaPrealestate) November 30, 2019
Since this is CNN, there has to be some fake news, and that’s the idea that Americans are glued to the impeachment proceedings.
I know lots of people and not one is “glued” to this sham BS. Try again.
— Verb8imKSH (@Verb8imK) November 30, 2019
I actually have a nice wonderful life and I did not sit glued to the hearings. Because it was a farce of epic proportions and I love being with human beings who have lives as well.
— PHAROAHPRIME (@PHAROAHPRIME) November 30, 2019
No one with a job or a life is “glued” to these silly hearings
— Maxime Libertas (@LibertyFanOne) November 30, 2019
Nobody was glued. And nobody watches CNN. Good luck y’all.
— Pea Eye One (@JimmyEastwood2) November 30, 2019
#FakeNews in the first 7 words of the tweet, I'm impressed!
— Joshua Richards (@joshuaprichards) November 30, 2019
95% of Americans did not watch the impeachment hearings.
— Austere Religious Scholar Udynasty?? (@naturalrights23) November 30, 2019
Only those deluded enough to call Rep. Adam Schiff a “progressive rock star” are glued to CNN watching this circus.
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Nothing to see here, just 'our worst ex-president' Jimmy Carter 'delegitimizing American election results' https://t.co/E2Ws88zima
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 28, 2019
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