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ames Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (October 1, 1924-) was 39th President of the United States, following Gerald Ford and preceding Ronald Reagan, and lasting from 1977 to 1981. Carter began his political career in the Georgia state senate, and after an unsuccessful run for governor in 1966, was elected at the second time of asking four years later. After an attempt to become running-mate to George McGovern at the 1972 presidential election ended in failure, Carter decided to instead position himself for the top job at the next election, and earned a Dark Horse Victory in part due to the party's more liberal wing not being able to coalesce around a single candidate, and also because it was felt they needed a candidate who could win the Deep South states that Richard Nixon had flipped to the Republicans in his two elections (Carter remains the last Democrat to win any appreciable number of southern states, albeit Bill Clinton won a few in his elections). The end result of the election was a close, and surprising win for Carter, which was owed primarily to lingering resentment at the Republicans over Watergate, and also due to Ford having run a poor campaign. Carter's victory was the only one the Democrats would win between 1968 and 1988, with the Republicans winning every other election during that timeframe by a landslide. Considering that his presidency happened forty years ago, a look around the Internet will astonish many readers with just how much of a polarizing figure Jimmy Carter continues to be. Conservatives declare that his watch was a mess, while liberals assert that he inherited a mess: the huge Vietnam War deficit, an economy that for the first time ever suffered rampant inflation while stagnating (which led to the portmanteau "stagflation" to be coined to describe it), and a national post-Vietnam, post-Watergate funk which was described as a "malaise" — a word that is hung around his neck by conservative commentators (and The Simpsons) to this day, though Carter himself never actually used it. "Stagflation" was exacerbated by the 1979 oil crisis; long gas lines and high energy costs contributed to the national unhappiness. In an attempt to lead by example, the President lowered the thermostats in the White House and donned sweaters to keep warm instead — which, for many, became a hated symbol of the lifestyle sacrifices which they believed his policies had made necessary. That said, much of Carter's popularity with liberals came after his administration. Carter ran as a centrist Democrat, on a small government platform not dissimilar from Ronald Reagan four years later, and alienated many liberals within his own party. He was considered a micromanager who had a limited White House staff and difficult relations with both Congress and his own Cabinet. In 1980, Carter faced a strong primary challenge from Ted Kennedy, who ran on the idea that Carter had sold out the Party's progressive wing. Carter secured his nomination in the last brokered convention to date.note On the foreign policy front, meanwhile, the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the subsequent protracted holding of American hostages seemed to many to demonstrate the feebleness of the Carter administration's foreign policy, an impression by no means dispelled by a bungled attempt to free the hostages by force. In fairness, Operation: EAGLE CLAW's failure was the military's fault, not his, and had it worked, people might be praising Carter's steely-eyed decisiveness in foreign policy. Such is the fickleness of helicopters. (Conspiracy theorists have held — and not without reason or completely without evidence — that there was an arrangement between the Ayatollah and the Reagan campaign as the hostages were released on Inauguration Day 1981, almost immediately after Reagan had taken the oath.) Carter's term saw the Soviets deploy better nuclear weapons and invade Afghanistan, resulting in the SALT II arms control treaty not being put before the Democratic-controlled Senate. Still, his term saw a lasting (if somewhat frosty) peace negotiated between Israel and Egypt, having sponsored a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Menachim Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at Camp David. The only significant and lasting peace settlement in the modern Middle East, it's so well-respected that even Egypt's new post-revolution government is honoring it. His administration negotiated the return of the Panama Canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century. Additionally, some might claim that his economic policies may have paid off in the next decade and that their success had been wrongly attributed to Ronald Reagan. The emphasis that the Carter administration placed on human rights garnered respect even among his political opponents; even most conservatives do not doubt the sincerity of Carter's intentions. More than a few people argue that Carter was essentially a nice guy who was good at humanitarianism and charity work but was saddled with a job that he wasn't prepared for at a bad time to have it. Carter's former speechwriter Jimmy Fallows has opined that Carter's administration suffered from his lack of vision and an overreliance on yes-men. People will say that he would have made a better Secretary of State than a President of the United States. Carter has had one of the most active post-presidencies of any former president, founding the Carter Center to work toward peace, which helped him win a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. (Contrary to popular opinion, Carter didn't win in 1978 for negotiating the Camp David Accords; rather, Begin and Sadat each won.) His work with charities such as Habitat for Humanity gives him the interesting designation of causing people to like him better for his post-presidency actives than the ones during his presidency. His current crusade (as of January 2014) is to eradicate guinea worm, a disease-causing parasite now found mainly in South Sudan; if he is successful it will be the third disease (the rinderpest virus was the second to be eradicated, following smallpox) and the first parasitic disease to be completely eradicated. Nowadays, Carter remains remarkably healthy despite his advanced age, walking around without a cane, surviving the pancreatic cancer that killed his father and three siblings, and still doing humanitarian handiwork with his own hammer and tool belt, with Rosalynn at his side. Satirical media portrayals of Carter focused on his southern-ness, ranging from portrayal as an incongruous Southern Gentleman out of place in a savvier Washington, to an out and out hickish bumpkin; his toothy smile became iconic. The "Redneck President" conception fell a bit out of favor once the nation was introduced to Jimmy's brother, Billy Carter, who generally fit the stereotype a lot better, putting Jimmy in the role of straight man. Given that the former president is still alive and working for diplomacy and Habitat, a lot of portrayals reference this. In the states of the former Confederacy, he was widely known as "The South's Revenge."

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エームズアール "ジミー"カータージュニア（1924年10月1日）は、ジェラルドフォードに続き、ロナルドレーガンに先立ち、1977年から1981年まで続いた第39代アメリカ合衆国大統領でした。そして、1966年の知事選に失敗した後、4年後の2度目の質問で選出されました。後部

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Ames Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924) was the 39th President of the United States that lasted from 1977 to 1981, followed by Ronald Reagan, following Gerald Ford. And after failing in the 1966 governor election, he was elected in the second question four years later

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エームズ伯爵「ジミー」カータージュニア（1924年10月1日）は、1977年から1981年まで続いた米国の第39代大統領であり、ジェラルドフォードに続いてロナルドレーガンが続きました。そして、1966年の知事選挙で失敗した後、彼は4年後に2番目の質問で選出されました

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Earl Ames "Jimmy" Carter Junior (October 1, 1924) was the 39th president of the United States that lasted from 1977 to 1981, followed by Gerald Ford followed by Ronald Reagan. And after failing in the 1966 governor election, he was elected in the second question four years later

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アールエイムス「ジミー」カータージュニア（1924年10月1日）は、1977年から1981年まで続いた米国の第39代大統領であり、ジェラルドフォード、ロナルドレーガンが続きました。そして、1966年の知事選挙で失敗した後、彼は4年後に2番目の質問で選出されました

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Earl Ames "Jimmy" Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924) was the 39th president of the United States that lasted from 1977 to 1981, followed by Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. And after failing in the 1966 governor election, he was elected with a second question four years later

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アール・エイムズ「ジミー」・カーター・ジュニア（1924年10月1日）は、1977年から1981年まで続いた第39代アメリカ合衆国大統領であり、ジェラルド・フォードとロナルド・レーガンがそれに続きました。そして、1966年の知事選挙で失敗した後、彼は4年後に2番目の質問で選出されました

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Earl Ames “Jimmy” Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924) was the 39th President of the United States, which lasted from 1977 to 1981, followed by Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. And after failing in the 1966 governor election, he was second after four years

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アール・エイムズ「ジミー」カーター・ジュニア（1924年10月1日）は、1977年から1981年まで続いたジェラルド・フォードとロナルド・レーガンが続く第39代アメリカ合衆国大統領でした。そして、1966年の知事選挙で失敗した後、彼は4年後に2番目でした

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Earl Ames “Jimmy” Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924) was the 39th President of the United States followed by Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan, which lasted from 1977 to 1981. And after failing in the 1966 governor election, he was second after four years

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アール・エイムズ「ジミー」・カーター・ジュニア（1924年10月1日）は米国の第39代大統領であり、ジェラルド・フォードとロナルド・レーガンが続き、1977年から1981年まで続いた。四年間

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Earl Ames “Jimmy” Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924) was the 39th president of the United States, followed by Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan, lasting from 1977 to 1981. Four years

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アール・エイムズ「ジミー」・カーター・ジュニア（1924年10月1日）は米国の第39代大統領であり、ジェラルド・フォードとロナルド・レーガンが1977年から1981年まで続いた。

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Earl Ames “Jimmy” Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924) was the 39th president of the United States, followed by Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan from 1977 to 1981.

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アール・エイムズ「ジミー」・カーター・ジュニア（1924年10月1日）はアメリカ合衆国の第39代大統領であり、1977年から1981年までジェラルド・フォードとロナルド・レーガンがそれに続きました。

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Earl Ames “Jimmy” Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924) was the 39th president of the United States, followed by Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan from 1977 to 1981.