{"id":7580,"date":"2024-12-30T08:59:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T13:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=7580"},"modified":"2024-12-30T08:59:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T13:59:11","slug":"godspeed-jimmy-carter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2024\/12\/30\/godspeed-jimmy-carter\/","title":{"rendered":"Godspeed, Jimmy Carter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><em>I wrote this essay almost two years ago, when Jimmy Carter went into hospice care.  He passed away yesterday, and I thought it was appropriate to re-post it, with two post-scripts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Campaigns<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In 1975, I was nineteen, a sophomore at Denison University and an aspiring politician.&nbsp;&nbsp;I already had experience. At fourteen I helped manage a local judicial election campaign, and at seventeen in the spring of \u201974, I helped run Tom Luken&#8217;s  \u201cGet Out the Vote\u201d operation for a Congressional special election .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;My \u201cshining moment\u201dwas&nbsp;&nbsp;in the fall of \u201975.  I managed the campaign to make the village of Granville, Denison\u2019s home, allow liquor sales.&nbsp;&nbsp;Historically, Granville was headquarters for Ohio\u2019s Methodist Convention, and a \u201cdry town\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;While Denison&nbsp;(at least in my time) was anything but  a \u201cdry\u201d campus, you couldn\u2019t buy a beer within the village limits.&nbsp;&nbsp;We changed that&nbsp;(If I had a nickel for every drink now sold in Granville, known for its pubs and breweries&#8230;). By 1975 campaigning was already \u201cin my blood\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Denison<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Denison gave students an opportunity to \u201cdesign\u201d their own academic major.&nbsp;&nbsp;Students could put together courses and \u201cexperiences\u201d and graduate with a Bachelor\u2019s Degree molded to their own particular needs.&nbsp;&nbsp;My degree was in \u201cAmerican Political Studies&#8221;.  It was an amalgam of political science, history, and education courses; designed to earn a teaching certificate as well as prepare me for Law School and my future political life.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">One semester would involve student teaching,&nbsp;&nbsp;and one semester would be working in Washington DC and taking courses at American University.&nbsp;&nbsp;But the \u201cbest\u201d part was the fall semester of 1976 \u2013 when I would do an \u201cindependent study\u201d by working in a Presidential campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Find a Winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Easy to say:&nbsp;&nbsp;but which political campaign could I work on?&nbsp;&nbsp;In the early spring of 1976 there was no way of knowing which candidate could win the Democratic nomination.&nbsp;&nbsp;I contacted the Sargent Shriver campaign.&nbsp;&nbsp;Shriver was a Kennedy in-law, and head of the Peace Corps for JFK.&nbsp;&nbsp;Getting close to a \u201cKennedy\u201d campaign was always a goal, and Senator Ted Kennedy wasn\u2019t running, still suffering from the political fallout of his Chappaquiddick disaster in 1970.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">But Shriver was out of the race by early April, and I was at a loss where to turn next.&nbsp;&nbsp;My professor and advisor, Dr. Kirby, was friends with the brother of Ohio Governor Richard Celeste.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ted Celeste was active in Columbus politics, and the state manager for the obscure former Governor of Georgia,  Jimmy Carter.&nbsp;&nbsp;I had an interview with Ted (I wore a tie over a flannel shirt \u2013 it was 1976).   We agreed I would  volunteer with the Carter primary campaign in Cincinnati after spring semester was over in early May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carter\/Mondale<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Jimmy Carter was never my first choice.&nbsp;&nbsp;He was too moderate, too Southern, and too anti-Washington DC for my taste.&nbsp;&nbsp;But his crack staff of Georgia political operatives, led by Hamilton Jordan (pronounced Jur-den)&nbsp;&nbsp;had him in position to win the nomination if he could win in Ohio in June.&nbsp;&nbsp;They had momentum, and I wanted to be a part of the fall campaign for the Presidency.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">So I walked into the Cincinnati &#8220;headquarters&#8221;,  a decrepit office building&nbsp;&nbsp;next to an \u201chourly\u201d hotel in downtown Cincinnati.&nbsp;&nbsp;I already knew a couple of staffers there from the Luken campaign, and within a day I was putting together the  \u201cGet Out the Vote\u201d effort for the Cincinnati area.&nbsp;&nbsp;I was nineteen years old:  street campaigning is for the young, energetic, dedicated and sleepless.&nbsp;&nbsp;That fit my lifestyle just fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Carter won Ohio, and the Democratic nomination.&nbsp;&nbsp;I used my primary contacts to get on the \u201cprofessional\u201d staff for the fall campaign.&nbsp;&nbsp;I was a \u201cpaid political operative\u201d, at $75 a week!! While today that sounds like nothing at all, it&nbsp;&nbsp;converts to almost $400 in 2023, enough to live on, as long as I slept at Mom and Dad\u2019s house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Operative<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I spent the summer painting houses, repairing my Volkswagen\u2019s engine, and studying Jimmy Carter.&nbsp;&nbsp;I read his book,&nbsp;<em>Why Not the Best,&nbsp;<\/em>and every bit of the \u201cpolicy bible\u201d I could get my hands on.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the end, I was a \u201cKennedy Liberal\u201d in a \u201cCarter Moderate\u201d campaign, but that didn\u2019t bother me.&nbsp;&nbsp;As a future lawyer there would always be \u201cclients\u201d to represent that I didn\u2019t necessarily agree with. I could make the case for Carter, especially against Republican Gerald Ford, the legacy of the Nixon\/Watergate debacle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I ultimately wrote a thirty-some page paper about my fall experience with the Carter Campaign for my independent study credit.&nbsp;&nbsp;They put me in charge of eight rural counties around Cincinnati, gathering statistics (by hand, there was no such thing as a \u201cwebpage\u201d; and just barely calculators) to analyze.&nbsp;&nbsp;I also had Miami University in my \u201cterritory\u201d, and I helped organize the student staff there.&nbsp;&nbsp;And I had \u201cthe best\u201d job:&nbsp;&nbsp;I was in charge of the \u201cillegal\u201d sign operation in Cincinnati itself.&nbsp;&nbsp;All of those campaign signs that \u201cblossomed\u201d at intersections, telephone poles and bridge railings in the middle of the night:&nbsp;&nbsp;that was my crew.&nbsp;&nbsp;Luckily for us, the Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police were on our side.  In fact, some were part of the crew.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">And, in the end, I was back to my specialty:&nbsp;&nbsp;Get Out the Vote efforts in Cincinnati in the last weeks.&nbsp;&nbsp;The mantra was &nbsp;we\u2019ll sleep after the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Candidate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I got to meet Jimmy the one time he was in town.&nbsp;&nbsp;The \u201cpowers\u201d in Atlanta decided to fly him in on the second day of the World Series. It was Sunday, and the Reds played the Yankees for the championship.&nbsp;&nbsp;Everyone in town was fixated on the \u201cBig Red Machine\u201d.  It seemed natural to send Carter to the ballgame.&nbsp;&nbsp;But Atlanta worried that he might be booed. We said, &#8220;Put a Reds hat on and he would be golden.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">But It wasn\u2019t to be.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jimmy flew in for a brief rally at the Lunken commuter airport.&nbsp;&nbsp;There was a crowd of a couple thousand there to see him, and the staff was brought in for a \u201cmeet and greet\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;When I shook hands and welcomed \u201cGovernor Carter\u201d to Cincinnati, he quickly corrected me \u2013 &#8220;Jimmy.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;He gave us a short pep-talk, then was back on the plane headed to Cleveland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In fact, I spent more time with Senator Howard Metzenbaum that day.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Senator was there for the rally, but abandoned by his staff, who were anxious to go watch the game.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the end I gave him a ride in my beat-up Volkswagen back to his downtown office.&nbsp;&nbsp;He was a kind and respectful man,  and&nbsp;&nbsp;we had a good discussion about politics and Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I did get to spend more time with Carter\u2019s daughter-in-law, who campaigned in the \u201couter\u201d counties with me.&nbsp;&nbsp;And I got to meet Rosalyn (Rose-a-linn, not Ross-a-linn) as she spent a couple days in town.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Back to Granville<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Carter won Ohio, and the Presidency.&nbsp;&nbsp;The original count had him up by 5000 votes in the state.  Each of us young staffers \u201cknew\u201d that it was our singular effort that got him there.&nbsp;&nbsp;We walked across Fountain Square in downtown Cincinnati early on Wednesday morning after the election was determined.  For the moment &#8211; we owned that town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I decided to finish my Denison education rather than try for a job in the Administration.  But I spent the winter and spring of 1977 in Washington, working for Congressman Luken and studying at American University.&nbsp;&nbsp;The next year I was back in Granville.  And when I spent that winter and spring student teaching at Watkins Memorial High School in Pataskala, I found another vocation that could compete with politics:&nbsp;&nbsp;teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In 1980 I was contacted about joining the Carter Staff for their ill-fated campaign.&nbsp;&nbsp;But it wasn\u2019t disappointment in Jimmy \u2013 it&nbsp;&nbsp;was the \u201clure\u201d of teaching and coaching that kept me on the sidelines.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outside-Inside<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I do have a better understanding than most why the Carter Administration failed in so many ways.&nbsp;&nbsp;The \u201cGeorgia Mafia\u201d, so brilliant at the politics of winning the Presidency, were too dedicated to being outsiders.&nbsp;&nbsp;Washington is an insider town;&nbsp;&nbsp;the compromise needed for the moderate President to work with a progressive Congress, even from the same party, didn\u2019t happen.&nbsp;&nbsp;Add to that the economic downturn, and the Iran hostages (with Reagan negotiating to  hold until after the election).  Jimmy was fated to lose in 1980.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">But even with all that, he did manage to bring together two mortal enemies:\u00a0\u00a0Israeli Menachem Begin\u00a0and Egypt&#8217;s Anwar Sadat. They negotiated the Camp David Accords, the first agreement between the two sides.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">President Carter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">And Jimmy Carter, out of the Presidency at fifty-six, remained determined to impact the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;His forty years of work through the Carter Center perhaps were more influential than his Presidency.&nbsp;&nbsp;The organization monitored elections throughout the world, demanding free and fair voting.&nbsp;&nbsp;It virtually eliminated parasitic river blindness worldwide.&nbsp;&nbsp;And Jimmy annually volunteered for construction with Habitat of Humanity up until two years ago, when he was ninety-six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Jimmy Carter is a model of faith, decency and service.&nbsp;&nbsp;While his Presidency wasn\u2019t what he hoped, his influence on the world was even greater after he left the highest office.&nbsp;&nbsp;He\u2019s taught Americans how to live, and now, entering hospice, he\u2019s teaching Americans how to die.&nbsp;&nbsp;I\u2019m proud of my distant association with him, but more importantly, awed by his lifelong dedication.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Godspeed, Jimmy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Post Script 1 (November 5, 2024)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Count on Jimmy Carter to do exactly what he wanted to do.&nbsp;&nbsp;I wrote the above as a eulogy in February of 2023, when Jimmy went into hospice for brain cancer.&nbsp;&nbsp;I assumed that his stay on this earth would be short.&nbsp;&nbsp;Be here we are, a year and a half later, and Jimmy is still with us.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">He lost the love of his life, Rosalyn.&nbsp;&nbsp;And his grandchildren say he sleeps a lot.&nbsp;&nbsp;But Jimmy is still aware of what\u2019s going on in America.&nbsp;&nbsp;On October 1st, he turned 100 years old.&nbsp;&nbsp;Abiding by Georgia state laws, as soon as he was able, Jimmy voted by absentee for the President of the United States.&nbsp;&nbsp;And while Georgia has no law prohibiting the counting of a deceased person\u2019s absentee ballot, Jimmy is alive today, election day.&nbsp;&nbsp;I\u2019m sure part of the reason is to make sure his vote for Kamala Harris; the first woman, the second Black person, and the first person of West Asian descent to run for President; counted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Post Script 2 (December 30, 2024)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">On December 29. 2024, Jimmy Carter passed away at 100 years old.\u00a0\u00a0He was a man of politics, but his motives were pure.\u00a0\u00a0The world will be a little dimmer with the loss of his life.\u00a0\u00a0Once again, Godspeed Jimmy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote this essay almost two years ago, when Jimmy Carter went into hospice care. He passed away yesterday, and I thought it was appropriate to re-post it, with two post-scripts. Campaigns In 1975, I was nineteen, a sophomore at Denison University and an aspiring politician.&nbsp;&nbsp;I already had experience. At fourteen I helped manage a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2024\/12\/30\/godspeed-jimmy-carter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Godspeed, Jimmy Carter&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Godspeed, Jimmy Carter : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2024\/12\/30\/godspeed-jimmy-carter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Godspeed, Jimmy Carter : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I wrote this essay almost two years ago, when Jimmy Carter went into hospice care. 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