![]() A religious man with eclectic curiosity, he often confounded Baptist Christians who feared the grey areas (most of life). He was not surprised that his relationships sometimes made that harder he was a loyal to people who made his life more complicated than a more ruthless man would have (thinking of a few bankers and entrepreneurs who clung to him like barnacles). In fact, he worked through his own complexities to still chose to act, speak and do what he thought right. And he is clear-eyed about his own death, which most of us ignore until the last final shock.Ĭarter was always misread as being somewhat simplistic and moralistic. Or embracing improbable relationships-the Allman Brothers Band so key to the first steps of his race for President, Liberian pariah President Charles Taylor, or North Korean pariah President, Kim Jong-un.Ĭarter was able to live across improbable boundaries because he was comfortable with his own complexities and complicities he knows he is human like all of the 8 billion of us. Counting him out was almost never a good idea, whether he was running for an improbable office (every one he ever held) or an improbable health goal (guinea worm, polio, smoking or handgun violence). In this Carter Center photo he has said “Hands up all those who have had Guinea Worm,” and many of the children put up their hands. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn address Savelugu children on the seriousness of eradicating guinea worm disease. ![]()
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