We, as a society, did this guy wrong. He was made to be a symbol, and a scapegoat.

This was a nice touch.

Since the Twitter diaspora, I have lost track of some voices I followed. Some are on Threads now. Others went to BlueSky, which I genuinely cannot explain why I hate that layout, but whatever.

In any case, I saw this post going around from Qasim Rashid. More to the point, I saw him being genuinely touched that Amy Carter had read his words and responded.

Carter is the first president I remember, and the first live instance of seeing what the Republican party has since embraced wholeheartedly as they trashed his name and policies in an angry power grab.

I am amazed he still believed in this country to his last days. We sure as hell didn’t give him a reason to.

Definitely worth a listen. He should be the model for former presidents and it is a damn shame he is such an outlier. Says a lot about the folks who end up in the job.