Rosalynn Goes Down On Jimmy Carter

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In public, even! :jawsdown

http://www.navytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1026914.php
Former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter got to ride on the Seawolf-class attack submarine named in his honor during an overnight trip out of Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga.

According to a Navy press release, the trip Thursday marked the first dive for Carter, a former submariner and Naval Academy graduate, since he left the Navy in 1953.

The submarine was scheduled to return to Kings Bay on Friday.

Jimmy Carter was commissioned in February. Currently on a routine training mission, the submarine will transfer to Bangor, Wash., later this year.

Naval analysts describe Jimmy Carter, the third and final Seawolf-class submarine, as the eventual successor to Parche. The submarine was lengthened with a 100-foot hull extension, a “multimission platform” that will allow it to store, launch and recover large unmanned underwater vehicles.

Long described as the Navy’s spy submarine, Parche decommissioned in October. :Wink

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Holy crap! Is Jimmy Carter still kicking around? :noway He's gotta be what, around 95 now? Who says peanuts are bad for you. Ol' Jimmy's just proved them wrong!

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All nuts, while high in fat, are good for you.
and he's lived a gently farmers life, so at 81 he's in pretty good shape.
Probably the most humane and honorable President ever. :hail

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The sub itself is preety cool, with remote and manned minisub capability.

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Probably the most humane and honorable President ever. :hail
I disagree. Carter pretty much defeated the anti-Communist movement by opening China as a major trade source; not to preach against Communism (we know where that will lead us), he did cause huge amounts of money to flow into a rather abusive country. China's "human rights" policy is pretty much what makes me boycott any product that says "Made in China".

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I voted for Carter, so I'm not really going to say anything one way or the other on his politics, but it really strikes me as funny that the latest version of the Navy spy sub is named the USS Jimmy Carter. Are they going to base the Navy hostage rescue team on it too? :lmao