Ayala: A solemn President’s Day as we remember Jimmy Carter
FILE -- Former President Jimmy Carter in New York, Oct. 8, 2007. Carter, who at 98 is the longest living president in American history, has decided to forgo any further medical treatment and will enter hospice at his home in Georgia, the Carter Center announced on Saturday., Feb. 18, 2023 SAN ANTONIO — The holiday dedicated to the nation’s presidents is never a celebration, despite all the patriotic-sounding sales held over the weekend.
For many, his work in the White House and afterward made him one of the nation’s greatest presidents. His grandson Jason Carter, who chairs the Carter Center’s board of trustees, reassured those who’ve long admired and appreciated the former president’s service.Don’t blame former President Jimmy Carter, who has been wildly successful after leaving the Oval Office, and whose one term was much more dynamic than people give credit. Here, he sits with former first lady Rosalynn Carter.
He wore a tool belt longer than he wore a suit. He was a nuclear physicist and a Sunday school teacher. Carter defeated Gerald Ford, with whom he became friends. Former President Ford welcomed Carter to the White House. Carter held office for four years and lost his re-election to Ronald Reagan. The center continues to promote democracy, monitoring free, fair elections and helps provide treatment to the world’s poorest people, primarily in Africa. Carter and his center has been credited with helping to bring Guinea worm disease almost to extinction.He came across as a down-to-earth peanut farmer, and his presidential campaign stressed those Southern roots.
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