Last night from my DVR I watched an interview of President Jimmy Carter by Tavis Smiley which was conducted just a few weeks ago. Carter is on a publicity trip promoting his newest book "White House Diary."
I found this interview to be really amazing. Carter is almost 90 years old, but he is just as sharp as a tack. And the really amazing part is that he is still humble. I can't recommend this interview highly enough.
Jimmy Carter explained very succinctly why we must achieve campaign fina
nce reform, discussed negative campaign ads, and other presidents from Reagan to Obama.
One little minor part of the interview sticks out in my memory. Jimmy Carter is at heart a very enthusiastic, upbeat, and positive thinking man. No negative energy for him! Somehow the conversation got around to whether the federal government in Washington, D.C. has evolved into something that cannot accomplish anything meaningful, and has actually become an ungovernable monster. Carter said that in national politics things were worse now than he had ever seen at any time in his long life.
This interview is only about 20 minutes long. You can be apathetic and go back to watching TV or surfing Facebook and Twitter. Or you can make the decision to take a few minutes to watch this. Its up to you.
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LINK TO INTERVIEW VIDEO: http://video.pbs.org/video/1625548776/
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I found this interview to be really amazing. Carter is almost 90 years old, but he is just as sharp as a tack. And the really amazing part is that he is still humble. I can't recommend this interview highly enough.
Jimmy Carter explained very succinctly why we must achieve campaign fina
nce reform, discussed negative campaign ads, and other presidents from Reagan to Obama.One little minor part of the interview sticks out in my memory. Jimmy Carter is at heart a very enthusiastic, upbeat, and positive thinking man. No negative energy for him! Somehow the conversation got around to whether the federal government in Washington, D.C. has evolved into something that cannot accomplish anything meaningful, and has actually become an ungovernable monster. Carter said that in national politics things were worse now than he had ever seen at any time in his long life.
This interview is only about 20 minutes long. You can be apathetic and go back to watching TV or surfing Facebook and Twitter. Or you can make the decision to take a few minutes to watch this. Its up to you.
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LINK TO INTERVIEW VIDEO: http://video.pbs.org/video/1625548776/
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