An Unlucky President, and a Lucky Man
In the years I worked for him, Jimmy Carter was always the same: disciplined, funny, enormously intelligent, and deeply spiritual.
![A photo of Jimmy Carter](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/OoH18r-Yyob6TaN726xTW1lC8JM=/281x238:1901x1858/80x80/media/img/mt/2023/02/Jimmy_Carter-2/original.jpg)
In the years I worked for him, Jimmy Carter was always the same: disciplined, funny, enormously intelligent, and deeply spiritual.
The president took a tired form and found a way to make it fresh.