[HN Gopher] Rosalynn Carter has died
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Rosalynn Carter has died
Author : ianai
Score : 63 points
Date : 2023-11-19 20:20 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| throw0101a wrote:
| Jimmy Carter, her husband and the former US president, just
| turned 99:
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| * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter
| hodgesrm wrote:
| I'm so sorry to hear this. She personified service to others. My
| condolences to her family.
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalynn_Carter
| pjmorris wrote:
| I met them once, by accident, while returning my ski rental gear
| to the shop in the base of the Snowbird lodge. She was friendly
| and kind, and ribbed me a bit. I'd recently read President
| Carter's book on aging [0] and, being ~20 years ago, it was too
| soon for me to be reading that kind of thing.
|
| [0] 'The Virtues of Aging', Jimmy Carter.
| dboreham wrote:
| I also met her, about 20 years ago. Boarding an RJ, bumped to
| 1st, I was in row 1 putting my bag into the overhead. An older
| guy in seat 2A stands up, reaches his hand out over the seat
| back towards me saying "pleased to meet you, I'm Jimmy Carter".
| I shake his hand but think "yeah and I'm the queen of Sheba".
| He didn't really look like him. But then I notice the woman
| sitting next to him is Rosalynn. I think well the chances of
| some crazy guy who thinks he's Jimmy Carter also sitting next
| to Rosalynn Carter are pretty low. She looks at me with a look
| like "yep he's Jimmy Carter". Secret service came on the plane
| before we deplaned and ushered them off into a waiting limo.
| pstuart wrote:
| I expect he'll follow suit promptly, as they were so very close.
|
| Good people and IMHO he was unfairly maligned for his time in
| office.
| chiefalchemist wrote:
| His time in office was a victim of timing. Yeah, agreed, sadly
| that's too rarely acknowledged.
|
| Post-office? What an amazing run. Unfortunately, he's going to
| have to die to get the red carpet they (he + wife) truly
| deserve.
| rayiner wrote:
| Jimmy Carter will probably be going soon. God bless them both.
| Really an end of an era in American society.
| ethbr1 wrote:
| Eras only end when there's no one left to carry on their
| ideals.
|
| I think Carter realized that after he left office. Why he
| dedicated time to the things he did.
| chiefalchemist wrote:
| Carter is the model for being 10x more impactful without
| having to get into politics.
|
| The (political) system wants us to believe we need it - and
| yeah, lightly at times we do - but the truth more often is it
| needs us more. Carter proved that you can do more (read:
| better) outside the political system. The (media) system
| recognized him - cause it can't ignore a POTUS - but didn't
| really give him the status quo disruptor he deserved.
|
| See also Carne Ross' "Leaderless Revolution" (book).
| dylan604 wrote:
| >Eras only end when there's no one left to carry on their
| ideals.
|
| The Carters obviously have many more ideals to prolong than
| just his presidential ideals, so those are safe. However, in
| today's political environment, that era has definitely ended.
| knodi wrote:
| I heart aches for President Carter. Such true love is a thing of
| dreams. I can't imagine his sorrow in such a moment.
| tgma wrote:
| Jimmy Carter was directly responsible for axing of the Shah in
| Iran--who was influential in mediations that eventually won
| Carter the Nobel Peace Prize--, which led to the hostage crisis
| which destroyed his own chance to remain in office, while fucking
| up a nation for 45 years so far.
|
| Karma, I suppose.
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