Jimmy Carter Hospitalized 

Former US President Jimmy Carter was hospitalized on Tuesday, September 28th 2010 after becoming severely ill while flying to Cleveland as part of a tour to publicize his book "White House Diary." President Carter, an author and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his work with the Carter Center, suffered what was described as an upset stomach, and was hospitalized as a precaution. 

JIMMY CARTER was an unlucky president. He came to power shortly after the American failure in Vietnam and the Watergate scandals. Since the late 1960s, a "leadership crisis," characterized by widespread, deep, and serious lack of confidence in the leaders the system supplied, had been a major feature of American politics. Also before he became president, an "energy crisis" and other economic troubles had emerged, raising doubts about the future of American power and prosperity. Carter was highly sensitive to these developments and shared the skepticism about "Washington" contained in them. Yet, he had confidence that his own personal qualities could end the...