Jimmy Carter has cancer

[Russ]

throw in the 21% prime, the hostages and scared shitless by a killer rabbit

Ha! I love the reminder of the killer rabbit. I seem to recall some big hemorrhoid episode as well.
I think Jimmy Carter is the total exemplification (that's a word, isn't it?) of the difference between good intentions and good leadership. He really couldn't "lead" his way out of the Men's Room, but I think his intentions were good. We should have gotten the idea when he told the nation he wanted to be called "Jimmy", not "James".

Was it Jimmy Carter that invented the obsession with legacy during his last 1-2 years in office? I think he dropped everything to prod Begin and Sadat into signing an agreement, no matter what it said. Obama can thank Jimmy Carter for the legacy obsession and Middle-East-agreement ideas. And Clinton can thank Carter for the idea of having a wacky and embarrassing younger brother.

Perianne is correct about Jimmy Carter making a lot of nutty proposals to the press in the time since his Presidency. Maybe I'm being too lenient, but still think it is good intentions paired with being quite the fool. And don't forget that it is one of his grandsons that recorded Mitt Romney's "47%" comment, which may have been a factor with us being stuck with Obama for 4 more years. That by itself kind of vaporizes any good feelings I have about him.

[BoogyMan]

Carter is a kind-hearted man who was a lousy president. I hope he is in better shape than this announcement sounds and if not that he is able to be comfortable.

[Voted4Reagan]

at this point I hope he surrounds himself with his Family and spends his days with those that he loves.

as a President.... weak, inept, lacking.

but as a God fearing, humanitarian, family man.... he is among the best.

I hope his time left is without pain.

I will not stoop to the partisan nit picking.... he was always a good man.

Lets remember the good things he embodied... Not his failures.

[gabosaurus]

"How sad. Carter has gone from being a cancer to having it."

--My father-in-law, who feels the same way about Carter as most of you do about Obama

[Gunny]

at this point I hope he surrounds himself with his Family and spends his days with those that he loves.

as a President.... weak, inept, lacking.

but as a God fearing, humanitarian, family man.... he is among the best.

I hope his time left is without pain.

I will not stoop to the partisan nit picking.... he was always a good man.

Lets remember the good things he embodied... Not his failures.

I like Jimmy Carter. His ideals were out of place and time. My grandma, who died of cancer, had an autographed pic of him.

After watching both my grandmothers and several great aunts die from cancer, I'd rather be shot in the head.

I hope the best for Carter. And like you, I hope his family surrounds him.

Just don't go getting a warm n fuzzy feeling because we agree on something.

[Jeff]

Heck good man bad man it's makes no difference, I hate to see anyone suffer from this terrible disease, if it is going to take him I pray it does so quickly.

[Jeff]

"How sad. Carter has gone from being a cancer to having it."

--My father-in-law, who feels the same way about Carter as most of you do about Obama

You are really a disgusting person, I may not like a persons politics or how he/she lives his/her life, but to make a joke about a terrible disease such as cancer, well yea again you are showing us all those degree's you have. NO person Obama or anyone else would I wish Cancer on or make fun if they are diagnosed with it, maybe you and your daughter ought to go have lunch with someone that could teach you a little bit about being a human being.

[Gunny]

President Carter is a good man...

I wish him only the best in this fight..

I used to spend my dime working on his Habitats for Humanity stuff. It was the right thing to do. He's a good man and doesn't deserve this. Anyone that's ever watched someone die of cancer knows that.

[Jeff]

I used to spend my dime working on his Habitats for Humanity stuff. It was the right thing to do. He's a good man and doesn't deserve this. Anyone that's ever watched someone die of cancer knows that.

And certainly someone with 15 different degree's that travels the four corners of the earth to have lunch with folks to solve the worlds problems must know what a terrible horrible fucking way to die it is, but you know, I am getting older and have learned, what goes around usually comes around, I truly pray it doesn't and would give everything I own to see a cure for cancer ( well maybe not the Wide Glide ) But my God what a terrible disease, man I hate to hear of anyone getting it.

[Voted4Reagan]

And what a family.... Ms. Lillian, Brother Billy

how can you not like them all on a personal level??

Come on... who remembers THIS???

[Gunny]

And what a family.... Ms. Lillian, Brother Billy

how can you not like them all on a personal level??

Come on... who remembers THIS???

Billy beer. You can get better beer in the Philippines.

[NightTrain]

He's a good man and doesn't deserve this. Anyone that's ever watched someone die of cancer knows that.

It's horrible. I've seen what the battle with cancer entails with my Dad, both of his parents and then a co-worker last year who actually beat it.

I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

And I agree completely that a bullet to the head is a whole hell of a lot better than losing the battle after a year or two in agony. It's no way to live.

The Chemo, Radiation and the side effects to the mass quantities of drugs involved are worse than the cancer itself from what I've been told and observed - but what are you going to do? You have to fight, even when the docs tell you there's a 1% chance you'll beat it, like they did to my Dad. He ended up beating it, but then it turned out that it had spread to his brain because he'd waited so long before getting diagnosed... and there's not much they can do about that. They zapped his head with radiation, but it was ineffective as they said it would be.

[Gunny]

And certainly someone with 15 different degree's that travels the four corners of the earth to have lunch with folks to solve the worlds problems must know what a terrible horrible fucking way to die it is, but you know, I am getting older and have learned, what goes around usually comes around, I truly pray it doesn't and would give everything I own to see a cure for cancer ( well maybe not the Wide Glide ) But my God what a terrible disease, man I hate to hear of anyone getting it.

I look at it like this: In MY family you die of heart disease or cancer. So far, I'm the only male that doesn't have heart disease. Kind of narrows my options, dontcha think?

There's no "thinking it's terrible" to it. I watched my grandmother who raised me half my life die from that crap. She was nothing more than an animal laying in a bed at the end. ANyone wanted to argue assisted suicide with me THEN would have had a damned good case. Watching her suffer was worse to me than when she finally died. At least it was over.

[Voted4Reagan]

Billy beer. You can get better beer in the Philippines.

Ahhh... good old Subic Swill Beer....

[gabosaurus]

You are really a disgusting person, I may not like a persons politics or how he/she lives his/her life, but to make a joke about a terrible disease such as cancer, well yea again you are showing us all those degree's you have. NO person Obama or anyone else would I wish Cancer on or make fun if they are diagnosed with it, maybe you and your daughter ought to go have lunch with someone that could teach you a little bit about being a human being.

Seriously? Where does it say that I agreed with this statement?
Obviously your reading comprehension skills are not what they used to be if you think that I bear any malice or ill will toward Pres. Carter.
I was merely voicing the stated opinion of my father-in-law, a lifelong Republican, toward someone he has immense dislike for. Sort of like most of you have stated about Obama.
Jeff, I like you quite a bit, but perhaps you need to read things over a second time before you stick your foot in your mouth.