# Rest in Peace, Jimmy Carter who turned 100 on October 1st. Amazing (has died, Dec. 29, 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 27, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838 "2024-07-27T00:47:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/202 "2024-12-30T22:28:47Z")
Jimmy Carter spent his entire life helping people. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/203 "2024-12-31T00:16:02Z")
Habitat is a great organization. Carter didn’t start it. But his support has ensured the growth the organization has today. Link [Cincinnati Habitat for Humanity veterans remember working alongside Jimmy Carter](https://local12.com/news/local/cincinnati-habitat-for-humanity-veterans-remember-working-alongside-jimmy-carter-former-39th-president-united-states-historic-iconic-important-legacy-help-volunteer-commander-in-chief-politics-political-georgia-white-house-dc) Link [Jimmy Carter and Habitat for Humanity: Post-presidency volunteerism](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/12/30/jimmy-carter-habitat-for-humanity/8110438002/) Link [Carter Work Project | Carter Work Project](https://www.habitat.org/carter-work-project) 2012 is only 12 years ago. Carter was 88. > [@](#): > > Also on that trip to Haiti in 2012 was Ed Lee, who at the time was the CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati. > > [“President Carter never looked at this as a photo opportunity,”](https://local12.com/news/nation-world/jimmy-carter-death-dies-president-washington-dc-funeral-security-inauguration-day-39th-president-united-states-joe-biden-atlanta-georgia-white-house-legacy#) Lee said. “He always showed up with his heart, hat, and hammer in his tool belt, as well as Mrs. Carter, and they worked side by side in building houses along with the other volunteers.” > > Carter was wearing the same hard hat Ed wore and still has. It’s a symbol of a man who took a lot of hard knocks but was never deterred from his faith or his mission. > [@](#): > > In March 1984, President and Mrs. Carter worked with Habitat in Americus, Georgia. They quickly realized that our mission closely aligned with their values — **the Carters** had seen firsthand the effects that lack of affordable housing has and **understood that, to ensure the greatest success, families need a stable, affordable foundation to grow.** ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/204 "2024-12-31T03:00:55Z")
My friend and I had this mental picture of Jimmy getting to a Habitat for Humanity site and telling the Secret Service agents “put your guns down, pick up a tool and get to work”. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/205 "2024-12-31T03:20:36Z")
Carter had some success as a president, too. He was responsible for making peace between Israel and Egypt, and i believe he lays the foundations for (and sometimes helped negotiate) later middle eastern peace deals, as well. And he didn’t start any wars. And u suppose the oil embargo forced his have to some extent, but he was the first president to put the limited nature of fossil fuels into the public eye. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/206 "2024-12-31T03:36:16Z")
It must have been nice to live long enough that folks could forget that your Presidency led directly to a decades long war in the Middle East and the worst terrorist attack on your country. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/207 "2024-12-31T03:40:13Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > My friend and I had this mental picture of Jimmy getting to a Habitat for Humanity site and telling the Secret Service agents “put your guns down, pick up a tool and get to work”. Speaking of the Secret Service, I just dug out my paperback of **The Dead Zone**. Published 1979, so Carter was still president and Reagan wasn’t yet. In one sequence, it’s 1976, and presidential campaigns are starting. Johnny Smith, the Christopher Walken character, is in Maine, close enough that he can drive over to New Hampshire and attend candidate meet’n greets: Ronald Reagan, Sargent Shriver and some others. Johnny doesn’t get much of a signal from any of them, though. “It was as if they had made the act of touching such a ritual thing that their true selves were buried beneath a layer of tough, clear lucite.” Then one morning, he drives past a shoe factory, where a bunch of important-looking vehicles are parked. And there’s Jimmy Carter, “shaking hands with the men and women going on shift…Carter had a word for each of them. His grin, then not so publicized as it became later, was tireless and fresh.” Johnny ambles up and hears Carter reassuring one worker about taxes. “There was a serene self-confidence in his voice that struck Johnny and made him a little uneasy.” Johnny shakes his hand and **ZAP**. “‘What the _hell_ was that?’ Carter asked, very softly.” Secret Service guy wants to intervene, but Carter overrules. “‘You’re going to be President.’” “‘Yes.’” “‘Fellow, I want you to move on,’ the agent said. Carter looked at him and the agent subsided.” The real Jimmy Carter had to have read that scene sometime, and I wonder what he thought. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/208 "2024-12-31T04:16:19Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > It must have been nice to live long enough that folks could forget that your Presidency led directly to a decades long war in the Middle East and the worst terrorist attack on your country. I’d have to see your timeline. (Preferably in another thread.) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/209 "2024-12-31T04:28:31Z")
Absolutely in another thread! **Moderating** ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/210 "2024-12-31T04:41:12Z")
I think my sister has that book, I read it once and don’t remember that scene. But now I want to look at it. The move made from that book was arguably the best book to film version of any of the King stories. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/211 "2024-12-31T14:11:37Z")
> **Summary** > > > Obama Was What We Aspire To Be, Trump Is Who We Are. > > – D.L. Hughley ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/212 "2024-12-31T15:18:25Z")
**Moderating:** ## Once again, please keep this thread about President Carter and not Trump or anyone else for that matter. I will hide your post. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/213 "2024-12-31T17:50:36Z")
Rest in Peace, Mr. President. And thank you for all you have done. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/214 "2024-12-31T18:02:54Z")
If you want a stark contrast, read [Carter’s Christmas message](https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/christmas-1977-message-the-president) and then read Trump’s. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/215 "2024-12-31T18:04:55Z")
You might want to read the moderators’ notes. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/216 "2024-12-31T18:11:43Z")
Deleted and thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/217 "2024-12-31T18:54:51Z")
CNN has a nice photogallery of his life: [https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/01/politics/gallery/jimmy-carter/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/01/politics/gallery/jimmy-carter/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/218 "2024-12-31T19:02:25Z")
National Day of Mourning for Carter on 9 January. > **[President Biden marks Jan. 9 as national day of mourning after Jimmy Carter's...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/12/30/national-day-of-mourning-jimmy-carter/77313898007/)** > > President Joe Biden marked Jan. 9 as a national day of mourning in honor of the death of former President Jimmy Carter. But why a Thursday? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/219 "2024-12-31T19:33:31Z")
Why not? Why any particular day? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/220 "2024-12-31T19:36:22Z")
Given that it’s a day off for the majority of federal employees, picking the middle of the week rather than a Monday or a Friday seems a bit odd. That’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/221 "2024-12-31T19:40:23Z")
[A lot precedes the state funeral](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Jimmy_Carter), including going to the Georgia State Capitol briefly, lying in repose at the Carter Center for several days, going to Washington DC, going to the Navy Memorial and then lying in state at the Capitol Building. Presumably all of this was laid out years ago according to his wishes and that of his family. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838.md?page=12)