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    I will be very sad when he goes. Regardless of his success or lack thereof during his presidency, I don’t know that a better person in general has been president. The man devoted his post-presidency to building houses for the poor (with his own two hands) and eradicating guinea worm… and never showed up to say something on the endless news cycle unless he had a specific point to make.

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      Still the only nuclear physicist peanut farmer to win the Nobel Prize for international peace and human rights. Incredible man.

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      The most Presidential of all our former Presidents. I will shed tears at his passing.

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    He was President when I was born, and it will be sad to see such a genuinely decent person depart this Earth. He did so much for so many.

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    I find it sad that president from the late 70s showed more care for his constituency and broader world during the cold war than what our current president seems to be actively avoiding during a self funded genocide.

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      One of the consequences of the Cold War was a sense of domestic nationalism that fell apart when the USSR did. No point in working together without a singular globe spanning enemy to work against.

      Ironic that Ayn Rand’s anti-communist philosophical selfishness came out of Soviet Russia in the 40s, and that’s what will likely bring the American Experiment to an end.

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    He was a truly great person. He didn’t do so well at politics, but that’s because he was such a good person.

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    You’ve given it your all. More than most can say. And, you’ve done it while taking it on the chin the whole time from lesser people and politicians. You are/were a great man!

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    He is truly a wonderful and selfless person. I can think of way worse people much easier than I can think of truly great people. He’s up there with Fred Rogers in my book. Jimmy, thank you for you service, bless you and your family. I hope there is no pain. 🫂💐