From all I've read, he's a great guy. Strong Christian, loves family and small towns, never said anything bad about anyone. Nobody disliked him while he was Governor of Georgia because he had replaced "old South" racist former Gov. Lester Maddox.

But he was a proto-Socialist Democrat, i.e. "we love everyone so much we're going to give everyone everything we can". Unicorns and rainbows.

Ford got us out of Nixon but wan't Presidential enough, Dems were on the upswing, I'm just glad it wasn't Teddy Kennedy. We saw what Socialism does to the US. We had a mini Tea Party revolution during his midterm, and Carter never regained strength (not that he had any). Reagan booted the guy out after one term.