Opinion Happy 100th Birthday Jimmy!

[Orgasmo]

Regardless of what you think of his presidency, he's universally respected as a good man.

ATLANTA - Jimmy Carter reached his 100th birthday Tuesday, the first time an American president has lived a full century and the latest milestone in a life that took the son of a Depression-era farmer to the White House and across the world as a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian and advocate for democracy.

Living the last 19 months in home hospice care in Plains, the Georgia Democrat and 39th U.S. president has continued to defy expectations, just as he did through a remarkable rise from his family peanut farming and warehouse business to the world stage. He served one presidential term from 1977 to 1981 and then worked more than four decades leading The Carter Center, which he and his wife Rosalynn co-founded in 1982 to "wage peace, fight disease, and build hope."

James Earl Carter Jr. was born Oct. 1, 1924 in Plains, where he has lived more than 80 of his 100 years. He is expected to mark his birthday in the same one-story home he and Rosalynn built in the early 1960s -- before his first election to the Georgia state Senate. The former first lady, who was also born in Plains, died last November at 96.

Jimmy Carter and his hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th U.S. president's 100th birthday

Jimmy Carter reached his 100th birthday Tuesday, the first time an American president has lived a full century and the latest milestone in a life that took the son of a Depression-era farmer to the White House and across the world as a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian and advocate for...

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[BFoe]

What a bunch of crazy shit he has seen in his lifetime.

He was a better ex-President than he was a President, a massively important diplomat on the world stage. Happy Birthday to him!

 

[HOLA]

He was doing pretty well until recently, too. Was still out there helping to build houses in his mid 90's.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

He is a decent man, one of the very few in politics.

 

[fingercuffs]

He was doing pretty well until recently, too. Was still out there helping to build houses in his mid 90's.

Really? Awww.

He said recently he just wants to make it long enough so he can vote.