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The 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, was finally laid to rest in Plains, GA , today while the 45th (soon to be 47th) president (he who shall not be named) was sentenced without penalty in New York for his felony conviction on all 34 counts of a scheme to influence the 2016 election by making hush money payments to a porn star. 45/47 will be the first president in the history of this country to take office as a convicted felon. The differences between Jimmy Carter and the other guy could not be more stark. Carter had a problematic presidency but was, fundamentally, a decent, honest, empathetic and unassuming man whose post-presidency years were filled with international diplomacy, hands-on advocacy on behalf of the world's sick, poor and homeless, unshakeable faith, and a proven love for his fellow humans. The other...well, the less said about him, the better. His many, many  vindictive words, his unspeakable cruelty towards his fellow humans, his utter narciss...