Kevin RussellJun 16, 2023

President Carter, now in his last days, home to be with his family as he passes, once personally saved Ottawa from a Nuclear Disaster, at risk, and cost, to his life, suffering from radiation poisoning all his life.

Canada had a Nuclear Accident in the 50s, asked the US for help, Lieutenant Jimmy Carter lead a team out of NY.

The future President Carter, had his team lower him into the reactor.

I had no idea

I have no idea why this isn't widely known.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/chalk-river-nuclear-accident-1.6293574

How a future U.S. president helped avert nuclear disaster near Canada's capital | CBC News

In 1952, an experimental nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ont., about 180 kilometres northwest of Ottawa, partially melted down, becoming the world's first nuclear reactor incident. Disaster was averted, in part, with help from future U.S. president Jimmy Carter.

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Show thread(((JaneinNJ)))Jun 17, 2023
@kevinrns There should be a superhero comic about him — superhero whose cover identity is that he’s this kind of milquetoasty US president, as Carter was. The man is just incredible.
Show threadKevin RussellJun 17, 2023

@JaneinNJ

That was a smear on President Carter. Republicans arranged with terrorists in Iran to hold American hostages and not release them until carter was defeated on an election( hes so weak!)

Just one of the many filthy things Republicans have done with terrorists.

Iran Contra is a subject to learn.

Show thread(((JaneinNJ)))Jun 17, 2023
@kevinrns Wasn’t attempting to smear him at all, was just alluding to his low key genial persona when he was president. He came into his own as a powerful public figure after his presidency. And yes, Reagan and cronies (Atwater) certainly did set the stage for today’s R party.
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@JaneinNJ

Great, leaping to his defense unbidden, sorry.

He was smeared constantly, the smears continued long after office.

Jun 17, 2023 at 2:41amWeb
Show thread(((JaneinNJ)))Jun 17, 2023

@kevinrns For a little bit of contemporaneous satire, I give you these two #SNL sketches…first, the real Reagan (Phil Hartman z”l) and second, the inner Carter (Dan Ackroyd).

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b5wfPlgKFh8

https://www.cracked.com/article_37044_dan-aykroyds-jimmy-carter-was-a-counterculture-hero-on-saturday-night-live.html

President Reagan, Mastermind - SNL

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