Carter Cartoons

This political cartoon is picture of President Jimmy Carter telling 3 dictators to embrace in a group hug. All three dictators, which include Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin who led the country of Germany, are pictured as sullen and grimacing; they are clearly unwilling to acknowledge each other. President Carter is pictured as oblivious to the obvious tension of the three men. This was drawn in order to picture the naivete of Carter, just as he was when he brought together the President of Egypt and the President of Israel into an agreement where neither would fight the other. This was drawn by cartoonist Jerry Herbert.

The political cartoon above depicts a translation of the Middle East talks that President Carter. The mechanic comments on the obvious stall of the car, which is missing basically all of the parts to make it run, yet assures the owner that eventually it will. Like the talks, it would obviously take time, yet it would take too much time to do the things they want. It is making fun of the talks and the absurdity of them. This was drawn by cartoonist Jerry Herbert.

The image above depicts a talk between Carter and Fidel Castro, former dictator of the country of Cuba. It shows the obvious evil done by Castro yet Carter is still surprised by his action. The picture was published by cox and forkum.

President Jimmy Carter

         We have all heard about great presidents like George Washington or Abraham Lincoln; but have you heard about Jimmy Carter?He was born in Southern town of Plains, Georgia. You were Southern, liberal, soft spoken, and an evangelical Baptist, meaning that he was not only very religious but believed in a
literal interpretation of the bible. He grew up on a farm, a peanut farm and would own a peanut farm all of his life. He attended the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, graduating top in his class with a degree in nuclear engineering. He served six years in the United States Navy as an officer aboard a nuclear powered submarine before returning to Georgia to run for congress. He became the youngest congressman in the history of Georgia. He eventually ran for president in the 1977 elections, and won; he was seen as trustworthy.

      As president at the time, Carter was left with many obstacles to overcome, mainly from the last presidency; he was left with an un-trusting nation due to the scandalous actions of former President Nixon. Although President Johnson also attempted to help the nation before Nixon as well, he merely accomplished creating ideas but not putting them into action.Carter also took care of the energy crisis, an aggressive Soviet Union, Iran, and many other things. He pardoned over 10,000 people who refused to join the army for the Vietnam war, simply because they were exercising their rights; this was one of many humanitarian actions he did in order to begin to gain back the trust of the American people. He also helped in the Camp David Peace Accords, where President Aware Al Sedate of Egypt and President Meantime Begin of Israel signed a peace accord, and both countries would no longer fight. He also created the Delta Force, which was a team equipped and trained to respond to crises quickly and professionally.