PLAINS, Ga. — As a mother of 10-year-old twins, I have spent what feels like a lifetime protecting my children from “bad examples,” the kind of people you’d give anything for your children not to know about, let alone emulate.
For much of their lives, that’s included walling them off from many politicians they see on TV. One example I’ll never have to hide is Jimmy Carter.
That’s not to say Carter wasn’t as ambitious as other politicians — he was. He rose from the Sumter County School Board to the Georgia state Senate, the governor’s mansion and the White House — all by the time he was 51.
