Jimmy Carter's druggy son may run for Senate in NV
 

"President Carter's eldest son, Jack, is fueling hopes that Democrats can knock off first-termer Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) next year," reports the Hill. Among the young Carter's qualifications:

• He was discharged from the Navy in 1970 for drug use.

• He used to run a grain elevator business, which, according to columnst Jane Ann Morrison, "closed."

• He spent seven years trading commodities in the tax haven of Bermuda.

We're tempted to scoff, but we'll resist the urge. After all, underachieving sons of one-term presidents have been known to accomplish great things in American politics.

- Opinion Journal

In all fairness, George Bush was the king of cocaine and he is president.

-Rudey

Why did I think that Amy Carter was an only child?

As Jimmy and Roselyn have said, they had two boys (I think), and then they had a 15-year fight. Then Amy was conceived and born.

So in their White House years, they had two grown sons, and a young Amy.

Re: Jimmy Carter's druggy son may run for Senate in NV
 

In 1970 they were sending kids to 20 years in the maximum security Ohio Pen for simple possession of marijuana. It probably didn't take much to get kicked out of the Navy.

FYI, Jimmy & Rosalyn Carter had four children: three sons (Jack, Chip, Jeff) and Amy. My mother's cousins lived next door to the Carters when they were both stationed in San Diego, and we got to know them a bit.

Funny, I wouldn't expect Jack to have been the son with a drug bust!

Some of the most successful and admired leaders in the world have been "substance abusers."

Good point.

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I call bullshit.

I've seen movie clip after movie clip of kids and hippies smoking weed in that decade. You would all dance, do mushrooms, and smoke weed in the rain. And then have hippy sex in tents.

-Rudey

Oh man, I totally forgot about Chip Carter. I guess that is why we have all those "I Love the 70's" shows.

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Damn. I'm busted.

It was exactly like you described. Every day was like Woodstock. That's probably why I don't remember it all that well.

They say that if you remember the sixties (which blur into the early seventies), you probably didn't live through them.

Besides, we know that life is always exactly like the movies.

ETA "Doing a weedy, mushroomy, hippy sex dance in the rain."

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Actually, according to my brother, it was all a matter of where you were and who saw you. For each person you saw getting away with murder, there were two "normal" people, and another being busted.

I think most people do! And I think he likes it that way!

I forgot about him, too.

But this whole discussion reminds me of a great humor/philosophy (well, OK, philosophy is a little shaky) book I read in high school called "My Brother Was An Only Child."