Brian O'Shea

Dec 29, 2024 | ledger-enquirer.com | Brian O'Shea

Jimmy Carter is known across the world, but that wasn't the case when the former Georgia governor began his improbable campaign for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination. Little known outside his native state, he caught the attention of editorial cartoonists who drew him as the grinning "born-again peanut farmer," in a phrase used by Time magazine. They sometimes dressed him in blue jeans or had him standing near a battered pickup truck or a rustic country store.

Dec 29, 2024 | ajc.com | Brian O'Shea

When President Jimmy Carter helped forge an unlikely peace deal between Israel and Egypt at Camp David in 1978, Atlanta newspaper editorial cartoonist Clifford “Baldy” Baldowski sketched a panel that is now preserved at the Carter Presidential Library. The drawing depicts Carter walking with Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Menachem Begin of Israel under a row of portraits of former presidents who gaze on the three with astonishment.

Dec 21, 2024 | ledger-enquirer.com | Brian O'Shea

The U.S. Senate gave final approval this week to legislation honoring Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn by renaming the tiny post office in their hometown of Plains. The measure by the Georgia delegation just needs a signature from President Joe Biden, which is expected soon. Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff and Rep.

Dec 21, 2024 | thederrick.com | Brian O'Shea

ATLANTA — The U.S. Senate gave final approval this week to legislation honoring former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn by renaming the tiny post office in their hometown of Plains. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading. Get complete access for 24 hours to all of the content on our site, including breaking news, e-editions, archives (2010 to current) and special sections.

Dec 21, 2024 | macon.com | Brian O'Shea

The U.S. Senate gave final approval this week to legislation honoring Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn by renaming the tiny post office in their hometown of Plains. The measure by the Georgia delegation just needs a signature from President Joe Biden, which is expected soon. Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff and Rep.