Grandson of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, says 'we're in the final chapter' in health update

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Source: CNN Politics

CNN — The grandson of former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter said “it’s clear we’re in the final chapter” in an interview with People published Saturday.

Jimmy Carter, 98, entered hospice care in February. The former president beat brain cancer in 2015 but faced a series of health scares in 2019, and consequentially underwent surgery to remove pressure on his brain.

Family and caregivers have been the only recent visitors to the Carters’ Georgia home, Josh Carter told People. But “there’s always somebody at the house” to keep the Carters company, he said. CNN reached out to The Carter Center for comment on Saturday but did not receive a response.

“He’s still fully Jimmy Carter,” Josh Carter said of his grandfather. “I mean he’s almost 99 years old, but he fully understands (how many well wishes he’s received) and has felt the love.” Meanwhile, Josh Carter said his grandmother Rosalynn Carter, who has dementia, is cognizant of her diagnosis and even signed off on the May press release in which it was announced. “She still knows who we are, for the most part – that we are family,” Josh Carter said. “My grandmother is still able to form new memories.”

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/19/politics/josh-carter-carters-health-update/index.html

[Think. Again.]

1. My deepest gratitude to the best President of my lifetime, Jimmy Carter.

[hlthe2b]

3. Yes, indeed. Much love and gratitude to them both. 💓💓💓

[Faux pas]

14. Agree!!!!

[COL Mustard]

2. God bless the Carters.

I didn't vote for him either time, but I think he's a wonderful human being and so is Mrs. Carter. Wish we had more like them in public life today.

[634-5789]

4. Some ex Presidents build homes for the homeless, other tear down Democracy.

Thank you, James Earl Carter, you'll always be the most moral President in my lifetime.

[iluvtennis]

15. + agree. n/t

[Attilatheblond]

25. Before that, he gathered a lot of great minds and went to nations that needed help feeding people

Years ago, read a bio about his post presidential work to help feed people in 3rd world nations. He gathered the experts needed to help specific areas, and got them in the doors of leaders of impoverished nations. The article voiced that it seemed possible he really only wanted to be president because it would provide the gravitas he needed to get thru the doors of hesitant foreign leaders and introduce them to people who could help food production in their specific locations/conditions. Having a former US President ask to see you must have been a flattering thing to many people in positions of local power in some pretty hostile environments.

That he and his life partner switched to building homes after the post presidential glam wore off is testament to the depth of their faith and sense of obligation to be useful to those who have little.

[ificandream]

39. The Democratic Party ought to use that slogan. :)

[Traildogbob]

5. 💔💔💔💔💔😥

Angels here on earth. If I believed in such. They both sure do and lived it. If God actually ever sent a President to do his work, it was Jimmy, never Donny. That was Satan, getting back at God for Jimmy.

[FalloutShelter]

6. Lesson for MAGATS

Want to see authentic Christians? Look no further than Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.

Much love to the entire Carter family and thank you President Carter for your love and service to the country.

[Aristus]

35. Oh, they know who he is.

And when they had the chance in 1980 to vote for the born-again Christian (like they persistently and tiresomely claim they want to do), they voted instead for the divorced Hollywood actor.

They’ve been full of holy shit for over forty years…

[yardwork]

41. Well said.

[dem4decades]

7. My first vote for a President, he deserved better from this country.

[applegrove]

8. He has changed the world in his retirement. And he changed the Middle

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East as President. He saved the Ottawa Valley from a nuclear meltdown. Action man. Humble and brilliant. Compassionate. Family man. Great President. Walking the walk religious follower. He will be greatly missed.

[Botany]

9. Much love to Jimmy and Rosalynn

They define grace, class, and living their own faith's # 1 mission and that is to help other people. I hope
they are in the same room with each other and they get to hold hands.

No politics here only love.

[walkingman]

10. The world is a better place because of Jimmy Carter - what better legacy is there?

[lastlib]

45. And we will be so much poorer for his passing......

I can only

He was my first vote in 1976, and I have NEVER regretted it or been ashamed to admit it. (How many people will be proud to say they ever voted for the FOOL*? (yeah, too damn many....) But the Carter presidency has stood the test of time, and I think eventually, historians will say, as they have with Harry Truman, that he was one of the best of the 20th century.


(*FOOL -- Former Office-Occupying Liar.)

[scipan]

51. Well said.

[relayerbob]

11. So sad. My first vote was for Jimmy

1976

[Tetrachloride]

12. Salute to Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter

[brer cat]

13. This makes me so sad. I'm not ready to let go, but I suspect they are

both are peace. Pass gently, good souls.

[3auld6phart]

16. Sad

He is a goodman. Will be missed by many.

[irisblue]

17. May they pass easy

[Marcus IM]

18. THANK YOU, President and First Lady Carter for your guiding light.

[rurallib]

19. to the far right Christians - The Carters are what Christians should be

[Novara]

20. I have been wondering.

I am so sad. What a phenomenal human being.

[MontanaMama]

21. Universe, may their crossing me gentle...

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[TNNurse]

22. No matter which one goes first, I suspect the other will soon follow.

They are a strong unit of souls. I cannot measure my admiration for both of them. They make me proud I grew up in Georgia.

[FakeNoose]

23. It makes me happy knowing that he lived long enough

... to see Chump indicted 4 TIMES!

May Jimmy Carter go peacefully in his sleep and cross over to his just reward.

Thank you sir, for a job well done.

[kimbutgar]

24. Where would we be now if we followed his vision of alternate merger sources

What a great man he is!

[LoisB]

26. History will be much kinder to (former) President Carter than the people of this country were. He

and Mrs. Carter are two people who lived and practiced their faith not just paid lip service to it. Good, kind folks. I will sorely miss them when they are gone. The Universe will welcome them with a parade and a "job well done".

[calimary]

37. Boy is THAT ever true. He will stand like a tower over most of 'em.

When reagan was about to retire, he spoke openly about hitting the "mashed potato circuit", heading out on speaking tours that paid big bucks. Of course, his senility got the best of him before he could cash in as he'd planned on doing. Mercenary schmuck! When Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter left the White House, they kept working for the greater good, and have never stopped since that long-ago day. It just seemed like such poetic justice, and karma, that reagan wound up a pathetic shriveled mess in a puddle of drool, helplessly wheeled around by servants as his brain dissolved away. I remember reading how, as he deteriorated, there was a snow globe of the White House close by on the table where he could see it. He noticed it and asked an aide "does that have something to do with me?"

Amazing. True poetic justice indeed.

In contrast, Jimmy and Rosalyn got busy building houses for Habitat for Humanity over the next several decades.

I think we all know who'll stand taller in history.

[StarryNite]

27. The Earth will be a sadder place when they are gone.

Two wonderful people who walked the walk. They will be greatly missed.

[sellitman]

28. I look at it differently

The World is a better place because they were among us.

[Deuxcents]

33. Yes. 🙏

[Recycle_Guru]

29. Will be a mighty sad day for me.

I voted for Carter in my 1st grade Scholastic Weekly Reader when our class went over politics and presidential race.

I was riveted when he brokered Egyptian and Israeli leaders signing peace treaty.

Come to think of it, I believe (in my opinion) he is the biggest Democratic luminary to pass when that day comes.

Taking nothing away from Ted Kennedy...

[Backseat Driver]

30. I often wake up in the mornand hope that both are still with us and

not the lead story of the day. His was a president I could be proud of, and his energy in his older years was always inspiring; Rosalynn was a dedicated and beautiful First Lady.

[democrank]

31. Jimmy Carter, best president ever

He and Rosalynn are two of the finest people on earth

[dflprincess]

32. I hope that they are one of those long married couples

who die within days, maybe even hours of each other.

It just seems like they should be.

[niyad]

42. I had this image of them holding hands, and taking their last breaths together.

[PlutosHeart]

34. The Carters are grace themselves.

Blessings.

[herding cats]

36. Always and forever my heart goes out to the Carter's and their family.

I've tried to live a good and decent life with much thanks to their example. I've never, and never will, be a tiny fraction of the kind, decent and truly good people they've been.

[Layzeebeaver]

38. My mother-in-law is suffering from Vascular Dementia

It's a terrible disease/condition

I totally feel the emotions the after family is going through.

I send my sincere care and sympathy...

[pazzyanne]

40. Blessings for the Carters, who live the teaching of Christ every day.

they definitely left the world a better place than they found it! May their legacy live on. Gentle passing when your time comes, Jimmy and Rosalynn.

[malaise]

43. The Carters remind us that there are good and decent people

on our planet

[Bayard]

44. Some of the best people this country has had to offer

I hope the rest of the world remembers their good deeds, and not the embarrassing, morally-bereft, blow-hard we had last.

I get regular emails about young people carrying on their work, and it makes me hopeful.

[Thunderbeast]

46. Carter was another victim of Republican election tampering in 1980

Had the hostages come home safely in the fall of 1980, Reagan may not have won election. We will never really know.

What we do know is that the Reagan campaign illegally made a deal with Iran in order to seal his election...much as Nixon did with North Vietnam in 1968.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/politics/jimmy-carter-october-surprise-iran-hostages.html

I was proud to have President Carter in the White House...speaking unpopular truths about oil dependence, race relations, and other topics. He did not insult us with happy platitudes. He did not give a wink to the KKK by launching his campaign in Philadelphia, Mississippi (where sixteen years prior, three civil rights workers were murdered while trying to register black voters).

Reagan was a prop for the wealthy. He continued the tradition of using racist dog-whistles to gain the votes of poor and middle-class white voters. He was the precursor to the dumpster fire that is the current GOP.

Thank you, Jimmy Carter for doing the right things, speaking the truth, and leading through example. You represent what the Presidency should alway be...humble, respectful, honest.

[niyad]

49. Thank you for the reminder about "saint" ronnie's treachery.

[rso]

47. RSO

I’m wondering whether Don the Con will be invited to the funeral.

[CTyankee]

48. I am dreading the day when I read of their passing.

The thought of not having them in this world is very saddening. I don't know why I am this way. I don't want them gone from my world. When good people die it is so unfair!

[niyad]

50. I know what you mean. There are some obits to which I am eagerly looking

forward, and some, like theirs, that I am dreading.

[CTyankee]

52. Yes, but it helps a bit knowing that they are prepared for it and probably welcome it since they do

believe in heaven. It's comforting to me knowing that. I wish I believed in heaven.

[niyad]

53. You are quite correct about them being prepared. I wish them gentle passing.

[FirstLight]

54. Aw man, that's rough

Poor guy... Seeing the decline is hard, but unfortunately it's part of the deal.

I'm glad Jimmy is still "himself" and I wish him easy crossing...and Rosalyn, I hope the dementia blurrs the pain of losing a life partner, and she can join him in due time

[XorXor]

55. He's had a long and impactful life

I'm sure we all wish we could have that said about ourselves.

[Initech]

56. Jimmy Carter is a national treasure!

[redstateblues]

57. First political bumper ever on my van said CARTER FOR PRESIDENT