Jack Carter - Reminding us of a Great President

Jack Carter wrote this on Daily Kos.com It speaks for itself. Go to his website, JACK CARTER FOR NEVADA give some money Kossacks, My father dropped in on y'all last week with a post in support of my Senate campaign in Nevada (and again yesterday with a follow-up). I expected the magnitude of the response - after all, this is the first President of the United States to honor the blogosphere with his presence, but I was overwhelmed at the sheer love and respect you guys displayed for him. I currently spend much of my day in a windowless room using a telephone to reach willing contributors to my campaign. Last week, in the course of my calling I was talking to one of my contemporaries (late 50's) when the conversation turned to Bobby Kennedy. I have a bust of him on my TV cabinet wearing a 1976 New Hampshire Carter for President ski hat. Bobby Kennedy was assassinated while I was in boot camp, 1968, and something died in me. He was my last hero. I was relating that story when the thought struck me that my father had rekindled the flame. He has become my new hero - one with much more gravitas than Bobby ever had in his short life. Bobby was a meteor, an orator with charismatic appeal, geared to the boomer generation. My father is a bricklayer, one who goes to work every day, trowel in hand, and lays his line honestly with respect for a hard days work by his fellows and a sincere wish to do the best he can. As a member of the family, I am so close to these incremental changes that sometimes I don't recognize their impact until something happens to make me turn around and look back. I turned around last week. What I discovered was that my father has, brick by brick, day by day, built a magnificent edifice, a towering monument to the best that humankind has to offer - peace, love, alleviation of suffering, compassion, joy, freedom and democracy. Wow! I'm impressed, too. Thanks for your thoughts. Y'all inspire me. Jack Carter