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  Ruth Carter Stapleton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ruth was born August 7, 1929, in Plains, Georgia, the third of the four children in the family of James Earl Carter, Sr.
Stapleton married Robert Thome Stapleton, a successful veterinarian, in 1948 and had four children: Lynn (born 1950), Scott (born 1951), Patricia (born 1954) and Michael (born 1958).
Stapleton also complained of being "worthless", which motivated her to continue her education and pursue a career outside the home.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ruth_Carter_Stapleton   (358 words)

  
 American President
Carter was the first American president born in a hospital, and was raised on his family’s farm outside the small town of Plains, Georgia, where the family home lacked electricity and indoor plumbing.
Carter watched McGovern run an impracticable campaign, in which he was portrayed by his opponents as a radical extremist, and that ended with an overwhelming defeat at the hands of Republican incumbent, Richard Nixon.
The Jimmy Carter Oral History is one of several presidential oral histories conducted by the Miller Center of Public Affairs, a nonpartisan and nonprofit research center at the University of Virginia whose mission is to study and inform the national and international policies of the United States, with a special emphasis on the American presidency.
www.americanpresident.org /history/jimmycarter/biography/email.html   (9982 words)

  
 Robert Christgau: An Ex-Believer Defends Carter's Religion
What talk there was about Carter in the many churches on my brother's circuit tended to knock his liberalism; in the California suburbs, evangelicals are predominantly Republican, and most of their political chitchat concerned Ford and Reagan, both of whom had professed faith in Christ.
Stapleton is often described as a faithhealer, which is meant to imply either charlatan or nut, but that conjures up images that are much too outlandish.
Carter is clearly at home performing such moral calculations, yet he tries to conceal them; although at their simplest they may only involve fibbing to your grandfather, they can make you look bad, worse than you believe yourself to be.
www.robertchristgau.com /xg/misc/carter-76.php   (4360 words)

  
 Jimmy Carter: 39th President of the United States - Hear The Issues - Political Articles and Commentary
Carter's presidency was marked by a period of American supremacy being challenged abroad and economic recession striking at home.
Carter continued his predecessors' policies of imposing sanctions on Rhodesia, and, after Bishop Abel Muzorewa was elected Prime Minister, protested that the Marxists Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo were excluded from the elections.
Carter was initially prepared to recognize the revolutionary government of the monarch's successor, but his efforts proved futile.
www.heartheissues.com /presidents-39-jimmycarter.html   (2816 words)

  
 Jimmy Carter Biography
Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.) was born on October 1, 1924, in the small farming town of Plains, Georgia.
The permanent facilities of the Carter Center were dedicated in October 1986, and include the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, which is open to visitors.
President Carter has served on the board of directors and is a regular volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit organizations that helps build homes for the needy in the United States and in underdeveloped countries.
www.geocities.com /carterbiography   (921 words)

  
 Jimmy Carter - Biography of the 39th President of the United States
Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.), thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born Oct. 1, 1924, in the small farming town of Plains, Ga., and grew up in the nearby community of Archery.
President Carter and The Carter Center have engaged in conflict mediation in Ethiopia and Eritrea (1989), North Korea (1994), Liberia (1994), Haiti (1994), Bosnia (1994), Sudan (1995), the Great Lakes region of Africa (1995-96), Sudan and Uganda (1999), and Venezuela (2002-2003).
Donnel Jeffrey (Jeff) Carter, born Aug. 18, 1952, New London, Conn. He is married to Annette Jene Davis of Arlington, Ga. Their children are: Joshua Jeffrey Carter, born May 8, 1984, Jeremy Davis Carter, born June 25, 1987, and James Carlton Carter, born April 24, 1991.
www.cartercenter.org /news/experts/jimmy_carter.html   (1038 words)

  
 Biography of Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.), thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born October 1, 1924, in the small farming town of Plains, Georgia, and grew up in the nearby community of Archery.
Carter Center fellows, associates and staff join with President Carter in efforts to resolve conflict, promote democracy, protect human rights, and prevent disease and other afflictions.
The permanent facilities of The Carter Presidential Center were dedicated in October, 1986, and include the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.
www.jimmycarterlibrary.org /documents/jec/jecbio_p.phtml   (847 words)

  
 Rosalynn Carter's Haunted House by Jacquelyn Cook
By the time Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter and their three young sons moved into it in 1956, the handsome old home was already long famous for its spooky phenomena.
Rosalynn Carter and her friends climbed up to the attic where there are two fireplaces that face toward the windows about five feet away instead of facing into the room.
When Rosalynn Carter and her friends left the antebellum house, the mystery of the tiny concealed rooms was still a mystery.
www.jacquelyncook.com /Articles/haunted.htm   (970 words)

  
 On the Floor: NRO Total Convention
The Carter video began with talk of "human rights." This is alleged to be the hallmark of Carter's presidency; he is thought to have introduced the concept of human rights into American foreign policy.
The Carter story is a classically American one, as this boy on a peanut farm grew up to be president.
Finally, the video celebrated Carter for his work as an ex-president — as a do-gooder both here (unquestionable, given the contributions of Habitat for Humanity) and abroad (questionable: Carter specializes in certifying shady elections won by leftists).
www.nationalreview.com /convention/floor/floor081500d.shtml   (888 words)

  
 Lillian Gordy Carter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bessie Lillian Gordy was born to James Jackson Gordy (1863-1948) and Mary Ida Nicholson (1871-1951) in Richland, Georgia in 1898.
Lillian Carter said that the strongest influence on her liberal views was her father.
After a period of remission, Lillian Carter's younger daughter, Ruth was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in April 1983, and died on September 26, 1983, at 54.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lillian_Carter   (1105 words)

  
 TIME.com: Healer of Memories -- Apr. 26, 1976 -- Page 1
His younger sister Ruth Carter Stapleton, 46, has been on the Gospel trail for nine years both preaching and practicing what she calls "healing of memories." She works not only with her fellow Protestants but with Roman Catholics as well; 5,000 of them attended one of her healing sessions in Atlantic City last October.
Stapleton goes on the road neither as a stump preacher nor as a faith healer dispensing supposedly miraculous cures.
Some clergymen object strenuously to Stapleton's ministry on the ground that there is no biblical basis for her technique or that she is practicing psychotherapy without a license.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,879683,00.html   (694 words)

  
 AllPolitics - Back in TIME for May 10, 1976
Carter spent only few days in the state, and offered this blunt message: "The only choice is between one who can be President and one who wants to broker or horse trade delegates." In the end, Carter crushed Bentsen, winning 93 of the 98 delegate contests.
Carter's strength in the heavily unionized western Pennsylvania steel-mill country -- in the face of all-out opposition from union and party leaders -- was startling.
As Carter and his sister, Evangelist Ruth Carter Stapleton, tell the story, he was upset over losing his first for Governor and was questioning his personal values and goals.
www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1996/analysis/back.time/9605/10/index.shtml   (5848 words)

  
 Jimmy Carter Biography -- Academy of Achievement
Carter had reached the rank of Lieutenant Senior Grade when his military career was cut short by the death of his father.
Carter entered the Democratic primary for the Georgia State Senate in 1962 as a moderate, seeking to counter the influence of the state's strong segregationist faction.
To an electorate disenchanted with the established leadership of both parties in Washington, Jimmy Carter promised "a government as good and as competent and as compassionate as are the American people." With his serene optimism, unpretentious manner and engaging smile, Carter began to capture the public's imagination.
www.achievement.org /autodoc/page/car0bio-1   (2170 words)

  
 FrontPage magazine.com :: A Failed Former President by Ben Johnson
Carter ultimately agreed to pay a ransom of $8 billion (of which, Iran netted $3 billion), [15] although Ronald Reagan’s toughness and resolution was the decisive factor in ending the crisis.
Carter began his long history of interfering in his successors’ affairs in 1984 by again suggesting Dobrynin interfere in a U.S. election, this time on behalf of Walter Mondale.
Carter won 59.1 percent of the Southern Baptist vote in 1976 to Gerald Ford’s 37.6 percent, and 50 percent in 1980 over Reagan’s 46.6 percent.
www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20232   (2618 words)

  
 Ruth Carter Stapleton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ruth Carter Stapleton (August 7, 1929- September 26, 1983) is a sister of Jimmy Carter (1924-) and was known in her own right as a Christian evangelist.
Stapleton also complained of herself as being "worthless", which motivated her to continue her education and pursue a career outside the home.
Ruth was the best friend of Jimmy Carter's wife, Rosalynn Smith Carter (August 18, 1927-) of Plains, Georgia.
ruth-carter-stapleton.iqnaut.net   (270 words)

  
 screaming-penguin.com
Carter served in the mid-to-late '40s, before the era of nuclear submarine propulsion, and definately before the era of bad-ass supersubs like Seawolf, Ohio, and Virginia class.
Carter served on submarines in the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, and was later selected by Admiral Hyman Rickover for the U.S. Navy's nuclear submarine program.
Carter wasn't a scumbag, he just didn't have a clue when it came to dealing with all of the lowlifes in the world.
www.screaming-penguin.com /main.php?storyid=4521   (1219 words)

  
 American Experience | Jimmy Carter | Further Reading
Carter's presidential library, located in Atlanta, Georgia, features online documents and photographs, including Carter's daily diary from 1977 to 1981.
In a 1998 article, Dr. Donald Hopkins of the Carter Center describes the campaigm to eradicate Guinea worm disease, and explores its implications for eradicating other diseases in the future.
When Jimmy Carter was a boy, his family ran their farm with tenant farmers.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/carter/filmmore/fr.html   (1007 words)

  
 Web Exclusive Happily Ever After
His sister, the late Ruth Carter Stapleton, was Rosalynn's good friend and arranged for the two to have a date.
Carter also got into hot water with his wife when he got up one morning, put on his Sunday suit, and—again without even consulting Rosalynn—decided to run for the Georgia state senate.
Carter says that he has learned not to interfere with things that are important to his wife "and to honor her—you know, her decisions—if they are related to things that are important to us."
www.aarpmagazine.org /people/Articles/a2004-11-17-mag-everafter.html   (1758 words)

  
 A Failed Former President (Carter)
Carter now frets, “A recent announcement of withdrawal of U.S. troops farther away from the demilitarized zone has caused increasing concern in South Korea that hard-line leaders in Pyongyang and Washington might precipitate the threatened conflict.” Hard-liners “in Pyongyang and Washington,” Mr.
President Carter’s economic genius created the situation that, by 1980, interest rates stood at 21 percent, inflation at 13.5 percent, unemployment at 7 percent, and the “misery index” he coined during the 1976 campaign reached 20.5 percent.
Carter was imposed, during a long building National hangover- kinda like a drunk wakes up with a broken nose and a two-bit hooker robbing his wallet.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1525063/posts   (6133 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A: Her name was Ruth Carter Stapleton, sister of President Jimmy Carter.
Carter apparently left her Baptist roots and became a nondenominational lay faith healer.
Most so-called "Christian" self-healing therapies and programs are based less on the Bible than they are on the pronouncements of Agnes Sanford, Ruth Carter Stapleton, and others who have followed their lead.
www.xrysostom.com /askthepastor/columns/0071.txt   (755 words)

  
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter spoke of the influence of his Christian faith, while former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young called poverty the single most important moral and practical problem facing the world today at a gathering on "Religion in the American South," Oct. 21-23 at Emory.
Carter, known throughout the world as a man of deep religious convictions, surprised several hundred gathered for the conference opening on Oct. 21, by admitting there was a time in his life when he doubted his own convictions.
Carter credited his sister, the evangelist Ruth Carter Stapleton, with helping him turn in another direction.
www.emory.edu /WELCOME/journcontents/archive/rel/carter.html   (310 words)

  
 Engology.com, Engineer Jimmy Carter, Former President of the US, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Nuclear Engineer, ...
Former President Jimmy Carter is the winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.
Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.), 39th president of the United States, was born Oct. 1, 1924, in the small farming town of Plains, Ga., and grew up in the nearby community of Archery.
Children and Grandchildren: John William (Jack) Carter, born July 3, 1947, Portsmouth, Va. He is married to Elizabeth Sawyer of Cleveland, Miss.
www.engology.com /engpg5ajimmycarter.htm   (1000 words)

  
 SAABT - Follow These Great People Series - Jimmy Carter
President Carter Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.), 39th president of the United States, was born Oct. 1, 1924, in the small farming town of Plains, Ga., and grew up in the nearby community of Archery.
His son, James Earl Carter IV, was born Feb. 25, 1977, and his daughter, Margaret Alicia Carter, was born Sept. 23, 1987.
Amy Lynn Carter, born Oct. 19, 1967, Plains, Ga. Her son, Hugo James Wentzel, was born July 29, 1999.
saabt.com /article.asp?article=401   (1017 words)

  
 Carter, Jimmy 1924 books, find the lowest prices
Yankee from Georgia : The Emergence of Jimmy Carter
Dasher : The Roots and the Rising of Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter : The Man and the Myth
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 Religious + Crime / +quot;Satanic Crime+quot; Series #006 John Todd claimed that he was in
She tried to hide any concrete facts about herself (including her name and home city), which would enable people to check up on her story.
However, her real name is "Ruth Irene Bailey" from Indianapolis, and her license to practice medicine was revoked by the Indiana State Medical Licensing Board for numerous prosecutable medical violations, including falsifying medical records, giving her patients and herself abnormally high doses of Demerol, and various neurotic behaviors.
For example, she claimed to have the power to diagnose diseases that no one else could detect, and to sympathetically "share" the undiagnosable diseases of her patients.
www.skepticfiles.org /rumor/reb-brow.htm   (565 words)

  
 by Travers and Jewel van der Mer
A lady had called to a local radio talk show exuberantly declaring her belief in Inner Healing.
When referring to Ruth Carter Stapleton, she just oozed with the "wonder experiences" she had had as a result of Ruth's ministry.
Stapleton's strange beliefs that did not accord with orthodox Christianity, the caller assured her listeners that she had been to Bible College.
www.discernment-ministries.org /StrangeFire6.htm   (1931 words)

  
 The Latest Word   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The February 17, 1978 Enquirer had a large story about a Flynt press conference announcing his search for absolution to the JFK assassination.
This article featured a photo of Flynt standing next to Ruth Carter Stapleton (President Carter' sister) and now prominent researcher Robert Groden.
Left: Larry Flynt, Ruth Carter Stapleton and Robert Groden.
www.umsl.edu /~skthoma/plword3.htm   (488 words)

  
 Washington Blade Online
Tom Ammiano, a current member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, said feeling good for Harvey Milk (left) ‘meant you were feeling good for yourself.’ Here, Milk and then-President Jimmy Carter greet.
IN ONE OF the funniest passages from the exhilarating documentary “The Times of Harvey Milk,” political consultant Tory Hartmann recalls when the gay (and Jewish) politician rendered evangelist Ruth Carter Stapleton utterly speechless following her promise to “turn Milk heterosexual” should he convert to Christianity.
“Dumbstruck” grossly understates poor Stapleton’s aghast expression during her first (and only) encounter with the titular city supervisor.
www.washblade.com /2004/7-16/arts/dvd/dvd.cfm   (618 words)

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