Jimmy Carter: Successes and Failures Abroad (1977 - 1981)

Jimmy Carter was the last Democrat to win the South, given that he had served as Governor of Georgia. Most of the major events during his presidency were centered on foreign affairs, specifically the Middle East. Some went well, some not so well. What were these events and how did he handle them? What has he done since his term? An incredible amount actually, probably more than any other president. So let's learn a bit more about Jimmy Carter.
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[@San_Vito]

The Carter Administration was really influential over here, Argentina, during our last (and by far the most brutal and violent) militar dictatorship, mainly by the efforts of Patricia Derian denouncing human rights violations. It represented a shift in US policy, which used to view South American dictatorships as allies against communism during the Cold War.

[@ethanweeter2732]

Carter is a good guy.

[@GiordanDiodato]

pretty sure that was the Nixon administration.

[@moustachio05]

​@@GiordanDiodato Nixon was the one who put Videla and Pinochet in power

[@petergeorge2232]

@@GiordanDiodato Patricia Derian worked for the Carter administration. Far from opposing the repression Nixon supported it. Look it up.

[@c.w.simpsonproductions1230]

This video is about to get a lot more views with Jimmy getting hospice. He’s such a curious president, and I think that largely reflects the 70s as a whole after Nixon.

[@NorseLax07]

5 months later he’s still here! He’s a pretty tough guy.

[@MegaByte8904]

Carter was dealt a terrible hand during his term, and honestly that most likely plays a massive part in why his presidency isn’t as fondly remembered. A nearly uncontrollable onslaught of both international and internal crisises plagued him. He was one of those president who came into office at a very bad time.

[@user-lf6hm5cz9k]

He laid the groundwork for the recovery, but the medicine for the economy was very bitter.

[@shanesommer]

Lmao Jimmy Carter was on a plane I took and took 45 min to shake everyone's hand

[@davew6949]

And it wasn't because he was running for some office. He's long past that now. He's just a very genuine people-person.

[@shanesommer]

@@davew6949 true im way to young to have voted for him ha

[@babarazamsucks]

@@shanesommer I wasn’t even born then but my Mom was born the year his term started.

[@czmisfitsfan]

Surprised there was no mention of the Panama Canal treaty. I'm from the former Canal Zone and that treaty made him insanely unpopular with my fellow Zonians. I personally understand that it had to happen, but most people were against it. That was considered another foreign policy blunder for him.

[@badfox1962]

That's one of the first things I think of when Carter comes up.

[@GiordanDiodato]

compared to Reagan basically going full force against a nation that could nuke us, which would you choose?

[@rnagel54]

Carter was in way over his head- he had no idea how the rest of the world operated- he deserved to lose

[@shahabbaloch8338]

Your work is appreciable. You make the complex things easy for plenty of students through out the world.

[@RapidTransitFan]

I agree

[@tylerkutschbach]

I think Jimmy Carter is another one of the greatest presidents to me. I even have a shirt of him saying Carter 2020 Make America Civil Again

[@thebigpicture2032]

I agree. He’s my most favourite President since JFK.

[@babarazamsucks]

He’s my most favorite President since JFK as well and I’m a millennial.

[@babarazamsucks]

I want that t shirt now.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

He’s a great man, but he was president at the wrong time.

[@ladder3257]

@@PremierCCGuyMMXVI yessss true

[@andrewstoll4548]

I was 9 when the Iranians took the US embassy staff hostage. I have since 2000 or so changed my mind on Carter. I think him sending the rescue mission was probably the call that took the most guts any President has had to take.

[@JM-qn3tf]

The failed rescue mission? 450 days in? That he created. Um ok

[@petegorman9547]

@Dow John I agree with you I don’t know how anyone could say he handled the hostage situation well. I’m 35 so Carter was before my time but I’m a history buff and I’ve read and watched everything I could on the Iran hostages of the US EMBASSY & he did a very poor job. It’s amazing that he was The President when that went down and was campaigning to get re-elected while Americans were held hostage. I don’t see how he could have focused on anything besides bringing those Americans home. There was a reason he only served one term and a big reason for the Reagan Revolution was people got to see how bad a left leaning President policy’s effect the entire nation. Carter comes off as a nice guy with a big heart with compassionate ideas but that doesn’t equal a great leader and it definitely didn’t translate well in real life with his policies. After just 4 years of Carter & his bleeding heart America had a Republican in the White House for 12 years (3 terms Reagan & Bush)until they were ready to give a Democrat another shot at leading. Carter’s bad policies effect America to this day.

[@ethanweeter2732]

@@petegorman9547 Reagan did less for the country though, to be honest. We had two recessions under Reagan and after he left office, right?

[@billbaumiester6764]

@@ethanweeter2732 Ronald Reagan revived the American economy through the Supply side school of economics

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@JM-qn3tf he didn't create it. Iran did when they had their revolution.

[@shaneross7428]

Awesome video. Very well done

[@talv5399]

Not a great president, but an amazing man.

[@ChiefFalque]

@Dow John please enlighten us

[@chrismartin9084]

You mean he wasn't a war driven lunatic?

[@myristicina.]

@Dow John wtf

[@Elimad0502]

Just like with Adolf Hitler. He was a horrible man, but he was smart.

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@chrismartin9084 not really. he helped end the Yom Kippur war and ease tensions between Egypt and Israel.

[@johndavis8669]

10:09 The rifle being shown is used for hunting not sniper.

[@lorddonk9806]

Professor dave. I got banned from the flat earth discord right after they told me the moon was a hologram

[@thebigpicture2032]

Well you probably disagreed with them. Everybody knows it’s a hologram.

[@ladder3257]

@@thebigpicture2032 lmao

[@backstreetfan2887]

This is the first video in this series to be about a former president who is still living.

[@josho7138]

He died

[@sagelaw5997]

@@josho7138 He's in hospice care, but he's still alive

[@user-lf6hm5cz9k]

2024 here. Still alive. Outlived Reagan and bush41

[@gonloburdee111]

Good content as always Dave

[@snatchX626]

from "knows a lot about the science stuff" to "all kinds of stuff" 😄

[@steven21736]

He used this intro before on his older videos on politics

[@cproteus]

Most critically, he kept the derp face. :-)

[@jokersman666]

Don't listen to this man! He's a glober! Just kidding. Absolutely love this channel. Please keep up the great work

[@resikin]

Excellent video! My favorite science-related KZbinr is also covering History! (My second favorite subject)

[@willgoleski4533]

Happy 99th birthday President Carter!!

[@Gfish17]

Wait hippies weren't hedonistic? I've seen those Woodstock pics.

[@rosealexander9007]

He was president when I was born. That’s why I’m here to check out what kind of president he was because I don’t remember or know a thing about him.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Carter was a decent president but he was just weak. Pretty much why he lost in 1980. But with all the community service Carter did after his presidency, he definitely cleaned up his image and his presidency looks better decades later. I think it was Carter was president at a wrong time. Just my take on it. Great video thank you.

[@Reynolds69er]

I'm from the UK so my knowledge of him is relegated to Simpsons references quite frankly. He'd always been made out to be an incompetent dope but he seems like one of the few truly good men to be president

[@GiordanDiodato]

you know, I think I agree on him being President at the worst time. If it was during the 90s, he'd probably be a good President. Didn't help that a lot of shit happened in his last two years in office. USSR invading Afghanistan, Iran revolution, Iran hostage crisis, TMI, and the oil embargo he was forced to sign.

[@user-lf6hm5cz9k]

Not like Reagan, who armed the Mujahideen. Wait, that was Carter. Carter didn’t shout from the rooftops. He did his job quietly. That’s not how humans work. When judging a complex job like the Presidency, people don’t know and just guess. And they pick the guy who shouts the most.

[@user-lf6hm5cz9k]

⁠@@Reynolds69erhe wasn’t a dope. He was a nuclear sub tech. Nuclear sub mariners see him as a small end god. He was hand picked to stop a reactor from going into full meltdown. The planning for that (you literally had only 60 seconds in the hot zone) alone shows he’s not a doofus. And the dedication to service - he got blitzed with a massive radiation dose had radioactive pee for weeks. He thought a move away from oil would be a good thing - and was laughed at for it. We dropped a trillion on the gulf war maybe we shouldn’t have laughed. We just had Beryl spin up to cat 5 the fastest ever maybe we shouldn’t have laughed.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@user-lf6hm5cz9k Reagan was bad enough with Iran-Contra

[@ashleighstratmann7783]

Americans during Carter's presidency who didn't supported Carter must have learned from those who were around during Wilson's presidency because Carter only was able to stay in office for one term.

[@GiordanDiodato]

Or they were suckered into the second Red Scare.

[@user-lf6hm5cz9k]

Reagan possibly committed some light treason as he messed with the hostage situation, saying “don’t release in carters term and I’ll hook you up later”.

[@mattyicemadebeats6320]

Did you blame americas drug problem on disco?

[@Nikkioq]

It’s like history is repeating itself.

[@MystBloom]

Proffesor Dave looks like someone tried to draw jhon wick frome memory

[@davew6949]

I'd say they saw John Wick and wondered what a similar-looking guy would be like if Wick's gun-fu skills were teaching skills instead! (Also, bringing Keanu Reeves into a discussion about Jimmy Carter is strangely appropriate, as they're both insanely decent people in person.)

[@tapatiouo6384]

im currently researching about jimmy carter with his successes and failures and this video excited me because it looked helpful, but i was disappointed because the video gave us all these events that happened under his administration but gives the viewers no context to the events, and does not explain the importance of the events at all. i am better off just using your video to see all the events and then googling them individually instead for better information.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

This tutorial is specifically about Carter.

[@tapatiouo6384]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains i know this is supposed to be a video about carter but i just got confused when i watched the video instead of enlightened. for example, you discuss the 2nd oil embargo at 1:24, but do not elaborate how this might have been a failure of Carter's, or how it affected him (maybe the people blamed the inflation on carter or became unhappy with him, etc). i can list many more examples where you present an event like that and leave me confused about the significance. when explaining events in history, i think it is crucial to include even the most minute context in order for the viewer/learner to be able to fully understand. if it is a video about carter, i don't understand why the video hardly talks about him, or at least presents no useful analysis as expected from the title. i guess the main idea of what i'm saying is, WHY are these events important to his administration and how was it a success or failure? and yes, you can tell me to go make my own video then if i know so much, but i saw that no one else brought this up in the comments. maybe i am missing something, but that is what i thought. i do not mean to be a hater or something i just mean to give you criticism in case you decide to make more videos like this for the future, and please tell me if i am misunderstanding something . furthermore, i apologize if it is unwarranted. i hope you understand

[@CONTACTLIGHTTOMMY]

@@tapatiouo6384 ---- Keep in mind that we only have 12 minutes in play here, not 2 hours.

[@tapatiouo6384]

@@CONTACTLIGHTTOMMY you may be right, but i ask the meaning of the 12 minutes if it does not properly educate the viewer. it is still possible to make something short if it is clear and concise.

[@asmaulhusnaansari769]

Professor please explain Conductometric titration

[@stretchscreamers]

I have a question, what did jimmy carter do in East timor?

[@lazynow1]

Who cares about East Timmyor...........just another 3rd world dump...

[@CasuallyOvercomplicated]

I never like Jimmy Carter. Half of his policies and inspired the 70's materialism culture. However, he always seemed to be one of the best presidents in terms of being a good person. He is an actual devout Christian (not like most presidents who just pretend to be to get evangelical support) and he is very serious on human rights.

[@Crusader677]

i dont think he inspired materialism. his economic malaise speech even decries the path american society was headed on, which is what you describe. if anything, i think he failed to appropriately deal with it, rather than inspire it.

[@ch.illmatic]

@Dow John trump never claimed he was christian

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@ch.illmatic bruh

[@timdaugherty4014]

I'd take him over Biden anyday.

[@backstreetfan2887]

My folks didn't like him too well. They acknowledged he was a good fellow, but they disagreed with some of his decisions and felt he was not a very effective president.

[@thebigpicture2032]

They bought into the Republican smear campaign that was in full swing.

[@backstreetfan2887]

@@thebigpicture2032 ah, yes, pretty much

[@tanvirfarhan5585]

pls explain gradients in a more detail way

[@sgringo]

This! 👍

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

Subbed because I saw you on AronRa's channel! and also because... ya know... cute ^.^

[@bigblue2216]

simp.

[@thomasneal9291]

@@bigblue2216 ^asswipe

[@kevinwilson3868]

I wish I could have been alive to follow his career. I only hope we can have more people in this world follow the path of jimmy carter.

[@muskyman3238]

Here is one very important task Carter did in his term ... US and PR.China built real nation-nation relationship in Yr.1979.

[@lorddonk9806]

Professor dave do you have any GRE related videos ?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

not yet but i was thinking about doing a huge amount of test prep at some point, SAT, GRE, etc.

[@lorddonk9806]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains the breakdown for the chemistry gre is 15% analytical 25% inorganic and then 30% physical and 30% organic. Honestly, i blow in analytical. Learning that online sucked Your videos are usually extremely helpful, and then i read chapters in textbooks to further my understanding

[@philosophyofreality1739]

Gone to die for three times but still surviving longest living president ever USA had

[@graffiti9145]

Wow, i wish you were my teacher back in highschool 🔥🔥🥵🥵

[@Ryan-vs1ux]

0:52 Professor Dave is that you??

[@97SEMTEX]

Why does this only have 5.3k views??? What the fuck?

[@chimpanzeethat3802]

I can't wait for your rebuttal to Tour's abiogenesis videos. His fans are driving me crazy. They all seem to think that Tour is the foremost expert in the field, and none of them are willing to accept that he's dishonest.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

They're the worst bunch of morons I've ever dealt with. Crushing James will be one of the highlights of my career.

[@chimpanzeethat3802]

Do you have a rough idea how long it will be before your response video will be up on KZbin?

[@fukpoeslaw3613]

YEAH!!! LET US LEARN ABOUT JIMMY CARTER!!

[@AdamShaiken]

Imagine...where we might be as a country and as human beings if we had followed the lead and example(i.e. Habitat for Humanity, etc.) of the remarkable human being known as President Jimmy Earl Carter !!!!

[@JM-qn3tf]

We’d be destroyed

[@thegoodfight8316]

We still suffer from some of his failures.. H for Humanity is a suspect organization… People should buy their own homes in a free and open market, just my opinion on that.. it’s a noble idea don’t get me wrong..

[@arthas640]

I cant think of a single person who was such a great person, so loveable, yet such a mediocre leader. If he had more of a backbone and been a bit more patient by staggering his reforms out across 2 administrations he could have been one of the best presidents of the last 100 years, but he was a bit too gullible, indecisive, and self righteous. He was a great person but politically he was like an American Chamberlain, a classic appeaser. Doing things like supporting the Shah publically yet doing next to nothing to actually support him was enough to weaken the Shah and sour his opponents (like the ayatollah) against the US without actually doing anything to help the Shah. It was a classic example of why it's best not to do half measures. If Carter and Reagan had teamed up with Carter as the VP I honestly believe it would have been the best presidency since FDR. He was a great diplomat and ambassador, and had an excellent moral compass and endless compassion. Coupled with Reagans decisiveness, pragmatism, and political power it would have been a match made in heaven. Reagan could reign in Carters pie in the sky optimism while Carter could counter balance Reagan's more morally bankrupt acts like the Iran Contra affair

[@rudranshu65sengupta14]

Carter and LBJ. That would truly be a match made in heaven.

[@rudranshu65sengupta14]

I also forgot to add that Reagan used to be a Democratic of the old FDR mold.

[@lazynow1]

WOW...mediocre is such high praise for Carter.....

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@lazynow1 better than outright terrible like Reagan

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@rudranshu65sengupta14 yeah until Joseph McCarthy happened.

[@user-lf6hm5cz9k]

0:16 he was such a respected submarine nuclear tech he was hand picked to walk into a nuclear reactor in meltdown to lead the cleanup. During 3 Mile Island the techs tried to give him a snow job but he actually knew his stuff and when they were lying.

[@MrsMeowMeowWoof]

What I'm getting here is that Carter aged like a fine wine

[@user-ne6gp4gn6x]

jimmy was a gop ineret rupert and lives today 43 years later the old record was hoover 31 years

[@lolo27234]

If carter is as president he would be widely loved

[@AM-gt6kh]

Carter won the South without Virginia AND you didn't mention Oklahoma

[@Kerorofan1990]

That Shah guy was annoying. Always going on about those 20 years he spent in the can.

[@juckimal]

sounds like the ding dong in office now?

[@resikin]

The Iranian Revolution was one of the greatest upsets of all time.

[@davew6949]

Especially for the people living within Iran. They were lured by a man who claimed he didn't want power, and then he took absolute power and created an oppressive regime that has lasted 40 years. Remember the Green Revolution attempt 10 years ago? It was bloodily crushed, sending the message to Iranians that the Ayatollah will forever be Iran's jailer and that they are all his prisoners.

[@resikin]

@@davew6949 lmao, that so-called “green revolution” consisted of 2,000 (at the maximum) crazies who banded together that day. That was basically the scaled-down capitol riots of Iran.

[@davew6949]

@@resikin Huh, I didn't know that the Theocratic Jailers of the people of Iran invested much in misinformation abroad about the people of Iran. I suppose there is an understanding that the people of Iran will look for any chance to overthrow the Jailers and thus, the Jailers have people hired in order to try to keep chances low. The Green Revolution was a lot larger than what you're trying to make it out to be. The event wasn't that long ago. And even if it was 30 years or so ago, people won't forget. Remember, the Chinese Communist Party has invested a lot more than the Ayatollah in misinformation about its own people and still can't make the world forget about Tiananmen Square.

[@JM-qn3tf]

@@resikin the irony is that democrats are authoritarian dictators

[@GiordanDiodato]

and it's all because we got rid of the Iranian Prime Minister in the 1950s and installed the dictator Shah. Why? Well, Iran refused to give oil to the US and UK.

[@diedrike863]

You should have mentioned that he is 96 years old.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

He's now 98!!

[@aleksavasic2612]

Today he turned 99

[@moneyshop7845]

No war jimmy

[@danielausten8478]

0:03 You're welcome

[@abdullahahmed4229]

I heard Sheldon Cooper say that he tried to bring America to the metric system. That would've been a relief. Unfortunately not so.

[@phxgen]

Reagan killed metrification. Fuckin' idiot. In fairness, the public weren't super keen and little if any progress was made.

[@NH-zi4jr]

Do we really need more globalization in this world? Do we really need fewer ideas and fewer ways of thinking?

[@sagelaw5997]

@@NH-zi4jr I do agree with the idea that we need different ways of seeing things and perspectives and the like, but I think officilly switching to the metric system would have been a pragmatic decision overall, especially when so much of the world utilizes it not only in commerce, but in science as well (though to be fair, metric is the official measuring system of science to begin with)

[@ihorperec4990]

@@NH-zi4jr Globalization is a good thing. It leads to more diversity, to more ideas and more achievements. Look at it this way: If you have and apple and I have an apple and we exchange them, each of us will have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange them, we both will have two ideas.

[@maximusoptimus3817]

Great channel and content! In this video however you stated that "sales of state own businesses" is progressivism on Shah's part. I would call it as following orders from washington to get in line with the neoliberal order.

[@minnesotavaughn6930]

2:39

[@sirultim8643]

Can’t believe he’s not got more views

[@bjv93]

@Ronald trump Jesus Christ would like a word with you lmao

[@NorbertSD]

Gonna be interesting to see your video on Donald Trump. Are you gonna do one on Joe Biden too? Or will you stop at Trump?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

I'll do Biden once his term is over.

[@thomasneal9291]

trump was nothing but a lying, worthless, demagogue. not worth taking the time to review frankly. just skip it.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@thomasneal9291 it is history and should be talked about

[@waltersobchak7275]

@@thomasneal9291 come on liberal

[@IaconDawnshire]

@@thomasneal9291 Okay Liberal. Bet you think Biden is the best president ever.

[@heraldojacques8386]

How is the sale of state owned buisness progressive?

[@alexstewart9747]

I hate politicians so I’ll give this a miss

[@ihorperec4990]

It's better to hate religious leaders, they cause more harm to people.

[@mrkevin6354]

I wish ya stop calling me Jimma.

[@MrBlack-wt5er]

So he didn't fight in the middle east so what a failure.

[@Gfish17]

FARGO?

[@jhedcarlaringo1759]

👍

[@firstlast9731]

nice job being first

[@davidmoreno8568]

Finally, someone who didn't say "first"

[@firstlast9731]

@@davidmoreno8568 fr

[@danielhutchinson6604]

The Administration of Nelson Rockefeller, as the defacto VP in charge of Foreign Affairs, with his trusty sidekick Hank seemed to operate all foreign affairs real well in the Carter Administration, as id did for Ford's...... Nelson made sure The Shah was well treated at the Mayo Clinic..... Texaco liked to exploit Colonies like the one the Brits gave us after WW2...... Seems like US Foreign Policy has been engineered to serve Standard Oil profits since 1910.....

[@washinfdc]

Bless Jimmie's heart. The way I see it he chose to find good in too many evil Cats. Moreover, FBI Christopher Wary must be overwhelmed today. I'm not so one-sided I cannot see those complex facts. My only prayer is the DOJ will clean the house. MichaelPatrick1972

[@jalapenoandbanana]

Never knew of him

[@ihorperec4990]

One of the greatest American presidents. Morally superior to just about any American president since FDR. 🖤🖤🖤

[@lazynow1]

do you have a head injury...????

[@ihorperec4990]

@@lazynow1 Learn more about him, don't just watch Fox News, buddy

[@lazynow1]

@@ihorperec4990 Do not have cable news pin head..

[@lazynow1]

@@ihorperec4990 cannot afford cable tv...did you see the Dr. about your head..??

[@Life_moreabundantly]

Thank You Lord For POTUS 🇺🇸 Carter. Amazing Man!

[@kevinwebster7868]

Carter was a president too soon. If he were younger and became President today I think he could achieve tremendous things. That is if we can somehow get rid of that terribly hateful other political party.

[@voicevitality7197]

While I agree that democrats are hateful, how would getting rid of the PARTY do anything?

[@lazynow1]

We have another version of that idiot.....his name is Joe...

[@archietravers5697]

You seemed to forget that the Shah came to power via a US backed coup which overthrew a democratically elected government. I also had a chuckle with your listing of the Shah's achievements as selling state run businesses. Yep selling assets built with public money has been a worldwide success!

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

I didn't forget anything, it's covered earlier in the series. In the Eisenhower tutorial I believe.

[@thomasneal9291]

"Yep selling assets built with public money has been a worldwide success!" Any neoliberal will think you are being serious.

[@fatemeb9588]

By democratically elected Government you mean the time when Qajar dynasty ruled over Iran? People lived in filth and suffered from many diseases back then and women were not considered as individuals. I believe you have mistaken Shah's father for him Because Shah's father was responsible for the coup. His father (Reza Shah) who was the leader of the coup was actually the one who brought civilization to Iran by building so many institutions, facilities and eliminating the religious disastrous beliefs which consisted of not letting Shia Mullahs have a power in making any kind of decision and removing hijab for women which later lead to women enfranchisement.

[@ashylarry4802]

Jimmy carter aka John f kennedy

[@firstlast9731]

4th :)

[@EkoJr1337]

JFK is Jimmy Carter...but 9 times out of 10 your ego would get offended.

[@Colonel__Ingus69]

Jimmy Carter was the right man at the right time. He pardoned draft dodgers and help heal the nation and restore integrity in government after Watergate and Vietnam. Unfortunately the energy crisis, inflation and international events did him in.

[@lazynow1]

Carter was the wrong man period.....

[@TheAzmountaineer]

The man was absolutely terrible as a president. He still stands as the classic example of what can happen when an idealist starts running things without considering reality. On the lighter side, remember him 'lusting in his heart' for other women and, the most fun: the Killer Rabbit incident?

[@martinoconnor923]

He came from the wilds of Georgia….. I’m pretty sure the are such things as killer Rabbits down there….. I’m sure if you went to the Georgia wilderness you’d be squealing like a Pig 👀

[@TheAzmountaineer]

@@martinoconnor923 I doubt it. He was just a rich guy from GA. I'm from the wilds of WV and later Louisiana. There's no such thing as a killer rabbit and if there was, we would have shot and skinned it, fried it up, and maybe called our friends over to eat the little bastard with beer and some maque choux on the side. But it seems you're projecting with that squealing like a pig thing. Do what you want, but keep it to yourself.

[@martinoconnor923]

@@TheAzmountaineer I suggest you actually read some of the book’s which are available on Jimmy Carter …. I have 4 which I’ve read and you’re welcome to borrow …. The incident with the rabbit type creature is documented and caught on camera ….. people who are willing to give it out should be willing to take it back …….

[@TheAzmountaineer]

​@@martinoconnor923 At first I thought you meant they wrote 4 books about the killer rabbit, which was hilarious until I reread you comment. Thanks for the offer, but I'm good, I lived through his presidency. I remember the pictures of the rabbit in the water while he fights it off with a paddle or oar. It's funny, regardless. And can you imagine what the press and talking heads would make of it if that happened to Biden or Trump?

[@dperez3437]

😴

[@kronovore3583]

Thankfully, Carter's presidency is being more positively re-assessed, but the enemy of your enemy is not always your friend.

[@pauldaniels2179]

Am I on the right channel ?

[@Rayzersword]

Carter is my favorite bad president lol.

[@MihadAlzayat]

Great guy but choked during the Iran crisis

[@thomasneal9291]

actually, he didn't. you should read the full history on that, and not believe the republican spin on it.

[@MihadAlzayat]

@@thomasneal9291 if I believed the Republican spin I wouldn’t say he’s a good guy. Secondly, if holding our hostages for 444 days isn’t choking I don’t know what is. If I was president I would have demolished Iran to get our hostages back. Appeasement doesn’t work with radical regimes. They slap you, you have to slap back 10 times harder for them to stop.

[@devontaelafleur3841]

@@MihadAlzayat so an eye for an eye?

[@amirjn9820]

God damn him

[@RandomVidsforthought]

Do not insult this man

[@lazynow1]

@@RandomVidsforthought okay...he was only an idiot..

[@lincoln5310]

sounds like biden

[@RandomVidsforthought]

Do not compare them since jimmy is better

[@m3528i]

Election denier...

[@cps_Zen_Run]

A great humanitarian. But sucked as President. Interest rates soared to +20%. Inflation out of control. No gas. Etc.

[@thomasneal9291]

none of which were his fault. it's your understanding of the period that is wonky, not Carter.

[@cps_Zen_Run]

@@thomasneal9291 the buck stops here.

[@MeikaiX]

I don't think you should ever blame a president for economical issues-with a few exceptions of course. I don't think it was Carter's fault. Carter was just President at a really bad time.

[@mrrb4290]

A bad man. A bad host. A traitor guest. Shame on him...

[@RandomVidsforthought]

What a stupid comment

[@jagaberdeen]

Carter was a failure period ..and this sounded so robotic like you were reading it as you went

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Um, yeah. I read my scripts off a teleprompter like a professional. Would you prefer that I just improvise a monologue about him?

[@lazynow1]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains sorry you don't get the point...and you need thicker skin to deal with these comments in the future....

[@jaydean7924]

Jimmy Carter. The OG of libtards.