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AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY AND THE GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY AND MY STUDENTS AT THE WASHINGTON CENTER HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WE WANT TO WELCOME TO THE C-SPAN...
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JIMMY CARTER HAD BEEN GOVERNOR FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. WHEN HE WAS ELECTED, HE GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION. HE WAS ONE OF THE FRESH AIR, BREATH OF FRESH AIR...
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| 00:02:11 |
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LOT OF VIDEO WE WANT TO SHOW. I WANT TO BEGIN WITH ONE OF THE ADS YOU USED IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. THE AD DEVELOPED BY GERRY RAFSHOON THAT LED TO A...
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| 00:02:25 |
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BELIEVE THAT ANYBODY THAT'S ABLE TO WORK OUGHT TO WORK AND OUGHT TO HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK. I DON'T THINK WE WILL EVER HAVE A SOLUTION TO OUR PRESENT ECONOMIC...
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| 00:02:50 |
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WANT TO PUT AMERICA BACK TO WORK, VOTE FOR JIMMY CARTER, A LEADER FOR A CHANGE. >> WHEN JIMMY CARTER
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| 00:02:57 |
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FIRST TALKED TO YOU ABOUT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, WHAT WAS HIS REACTION? >> WELL, HAMILTON AND
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| 00:03:02 |
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I WENT TO SEE HIM AND HE COULD NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION AS GOVERNOR. HE WAS TERM LIMITED TO ONE TERM. WE SAID WE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR FUTURE....
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| 00:04:34 |
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THE PHONE FROM ATLANTA, GEORGIA, IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE 1976 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, JIMMY CARTER. MR. PRESIDENT,...
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BE WITH YOU. I AM IN PLAINS, GEORGIA, JUST BACK FROM ATLANTA LAST NIGHT I MANY AT HOME TODAY FOR A CHANGE. >> WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE
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| 00:04:55 |
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YOU IN THE CLASSROOM. I WANT TO BEGIN BY ASKING YOU ONE QUESTION. >>
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OKAY. >> AT WHAT POINT
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| 00:05:02 |
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IN THE 1976 CAMPAIGN, DID YOU KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO BE THE NOMINEE? >> WELL, I HAVE TO ADMIT I
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| 00:05:09 |
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WAS CONFIDENCE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. IN THOSE VERY EARLY STAGES, WE THOUGHT I WOULD BE RUNNING AGAINST GEORGE WALLACE ON THE EXTREME RIGHT AND...
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| 00:06:07 |
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DOWN, DUFF A QUESTION FOR HIM OR COMMENT? >>
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| 00:06:09 |
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WE FELT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING HE WAS THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE TIME, THAT HE KNEW WHAT HE WATTS ALL ABOUT. WE NEVER HAD ANY DOUBT. WE HAD A PLAN, HAMILTON...
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| 00:06:35 |
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BEFORE YOU CALLED, I HAD TOLD THEM THAT I COULDN'T HAVE DONE ALL THIS WITHOUT JIMMY CARTER AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I STILL FEEL THAT WAY. >> THAT'S...
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| 00:06:45 |
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OF YOU, GERRY. I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL THE CREDIT. >>
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| 00:06:48 |
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HAD YOU NOT CALLED IN, I WOULD HAVE TAKEN ALL THE CREDIT. >>
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| 00:06:51 |
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I UNDERSTAND. AS A MATTER OF FACT, AS I KNOW, THE SECRET TO OUR SUCCESS WAS THAT ALL MY FAMILY WERE OUT CAMPAIGNING EVERY WEEK IN DIFFERENT STATES IN...
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| 00:07:42 |
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WHEN WE WENT DOWN TO THE CARTER LIBRARY AND SAT DOWN AND TALKED WITH BOTH YOU AND MRS. CARTER, WE ASKED HER ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN. HERE WAS HER RESPONSE...
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| 00:07:58 |
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BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THE 1976 CAMPAIGN BUT, MRS. CARTER, WHEN HE FIRST STARTED TO THINK ABOUT A PRESIDENTIAL BID, AROUND 1972, 1973, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?...
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| 00:08:08 |
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BELIEVE IT WAS HAPPENING TO US. IN FACT, WHEN HE TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO RUN, THAT HE THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD AND WHAT DID I THINK ABOUT HIM RUNNING FOR...
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| 00:09:00 |
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OF THE UNITED STATES. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING. IT WAS REALLY AN INTERESTING AND EXCITING TIME FOR US. >> SOMETIMES THE
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| 00:09:07 |
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RADIO ANNOUNCER, THE TV ANNOUNCER WOULD SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK. ROSE WOULD SAY, I HAPPEN TO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE. SHE WOULD GIVE...
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| 00:09:20 |
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PRESIDENT, YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THOSE EARLY DAYS? >> WELL, THEY WITH
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| 00:09:25 |
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CHALLENGING. WE HADN'T SETTLED ALL THAT MUCH IN THE DOMESTIC AMERICA. I HAD BEEN IN THE NAVY FOR A LONG TIME AND THEN A FARMER. WE GOT ACQUAINTED REALLY...
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| 00:10:39 |
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MENTION THAT HE TRAVELED AROUND THE COUNTRY ALL THROUGH 1975. IT WAS VERY EASY TO PUT TOGETHER TELEVISION SPOTS. HE DID NOT HAVE A SCRIPT. HE WOULD...
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| 00:11:37 |
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TO UTILIZE WHAT WE HAD. QUITE OFTEN, I WOULD COME DOWN OFF THE AIRPLANE WHERE WE WERE CAMPAIGNING TOWARD THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN AND GERRY WOULD BE...
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| 00:12:19 |
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MR. PRESIDENT, WE ARE GOING TO GET A QUESTION OR TWO FROM SOME OF OUR STUDENTS. WE WILL BEGIN WITH OAKLAND UNIVERSITY. CAROLYN CURIO? >> HELLO,
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MR. PRESIDENT. I WANT TO GO DIRECTLY TO OUR STUDENTS FOR QUESTIONS. THEY ARE THRILLED TO HAVE YOU AS A GUEST ON THE SHOW. WE ARE DWG TO START WITH ROB...
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| 00:12:39 |
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FOR BEING HERE. MY QUESTION IS, JUST AS THE SOVIET BLOCK WAS SUCH A BIG ISSUE DURING YOUR CAMPAIGN, DO YOU THINK THE ISSUE OF PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD...
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| 00:12:52 |
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IT WILL, BECAUSE THERE IS NOT VERY MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING ON ONE HAND AND WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING ON THE OTHER....
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| 00:13:46 |
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A STUDENT AT THE WASHINGTON CENTER. HE IS JOINING US HERE IN D.C. GO AHEAD, TREVOR. >> THANK YOU,
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| 00:13:52 |
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MR. PRESIDENT. MR. PRESIDENT, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY IN TERMS OF FRAMING AND DELIVERING YOUR CAMPAIGN MESSAGE TO HELP CARRY...
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| 00:14:06 |
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WAS A GOOD ONE ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. WE KEPT OUR COUNTRY AT PEACE. WE DID A LOT OF GOOD THINGS, WHICH I NEED NOT ENUMERATE. WE HAD A GOOD RECORD...
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| 00:15:48 |
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TIED GOING INTO THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE ELECTION. THAT'S WHEN THE IRANIAN PARLIAMENT SENT THEIR FINAL DEMANDS FOR LETTING THE HOSTAGES GO. PRESIDENT...
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| 00:17:01 |
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IT WAS THE IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS AND SOMETHING I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT. EVENTUALLY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THEY CAME HOME SAFE AND FREE BUT MUCH LATER...
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| 00:17:19 |
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WAS A STUDENT FROM ADELE PHI UNIVERSITY AND THE WASHINGTON SCEPTER. IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION, PLEASE? >> THANK YOU, AGAIN,
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| 00:17:27 |
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MR. PRESIDENT, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU, NOW THAT MOST CANDIDATES ARE FULL-TIME CAMPAIGNERS, WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY CAN DO TO STAND...
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| 00:17:38 |
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REPUBLICANS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE A PRIMARY CAMPAIGN. THERE ARE NINE OF THEM NOW. THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO LATER THAT ARE ADDED....
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| 00:19:01 |
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TO CONCLUDE ON ONE NOTE. ONE OF YOUR LEGACIES WAS CHANGING THE ROLE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENCY. I AM WONDERING IF YOU CAN SPEND...
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| 00:19:23 |
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PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT HAD VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL MECHANISMS OF THE GOVERNMENT. IN FACT, EVEN THE USE OF THE NUCLEAR CONTROLLED MECHANISM...
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| 00:20:34 |
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SPECIAL NOTEBOOK BASED ON THOSE INTERVIEWS THAT HE HAD WITH SENATOR HUMPHREY AND FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND ALSO NELSON ROCKEFELLER. HE PRESENTED...
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| 00:21:46 |
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AND GERRY RAFSHOON FIRST MEET? >> GERRY HELPED
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| 00:21:49 |
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ME WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR GOVERNOR. HIS BROTHER WAS A VERY FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER AND GERRY TOO. GERRY HAD JUST BECAME, I WOULD SAY, LIKE A MEMBER OF MINE...
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| 00:22:38 |
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FOR ANOTHER TERM, MR. PRESIDENT? >> I THINK
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| 00:22:40 |
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THEY HAVE AN AGE LIMIT. >> THANK YOU ON BEHALF
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| 00:22:42 |
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OF THE STUDENTS AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY AND THE WASHINGTON CENTER AND PURDUE UNIVERSITY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME FROM PLAINS, GEORGIA. >> VERY GOOD...
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| 00:22:49 |
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AND THE REST OF Y'ALL. >> THANK
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| 00:22:51 |
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YOU. >> THANKS FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU, MR.
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| 00:22:54 |
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PRESIDENT. >>> LET'S TAKE A
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| 00:22:55 |
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STEP BACK AND HAVE YOU FRAME THE DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF THESE FIVE-MINUTE BIO SPOTS. I WANT TO SHOW THE STUDENTS ONE OF THEM. A FIVE-MINUTE AD IS AN...
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| 00:23:07 |
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TAKE A LOT OF CREDIT. THE ONE THING I WILL TAKE CREDIT FOR WAS, THE BEST DECISION I MADE WAS WHEN WE FINALLY GOT OUR STUFF INTO THE EDITING ROOM AND...
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| 00:27:06 |
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AN ENGINEER, A FATHER, A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND A FORMER GOVERNOR. THIS MAN IS JIMMY CARTER, AN UNCOMMON MAN WHO IS NOW RUNNING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC...
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| 00:27:43 |
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THE IMAGINATION, JIMMY CARTER HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE HIS CHILDHOOD DAYS IN A SMALL TOWN CALLED PLAINS, GEORGIA. >> MY FOLKS HAVE
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| 00:28:10 |
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BEEN FARMERS IN GEORGIA FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN LIVING AROUND HERE FOR 150 YEARS. >> HE HAD TO WORK AND HE
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| 00:28:18 |
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DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO RUN AROUND. WE DIDN'T HAVE A CAR FOR HIM. HE HAD TO COME HOME EVERY AFTERNOON AND WORK, WORKED REAL HARD OUT IN THE FIELD....
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| 00:28:26 |
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FAMILY LOVED EACH OTHER. WE HAD TO WORK TOGETHER. WE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HARDSHIPS. WE THOUGHT WE WERE HAVING A GREAT LIFE AND I THINK WE PROBABLY WERE....
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| 00:28:48 |
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HIM. NO. JIMMY, I NEVER DID -- I MIGHT HAVE GIVEN YOU A REAL LICKING IN PASSING. A REAL LICKING, I NEVER GAVE HIM ONE. I LEFT THAT WITH HIS FATHER....
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| 00:29:00 |
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SIXTH GENERATION FROM THE SAME LAND. I HAD A GOOD CHANCE TO GET AN ED OKAYING AS AN ENGINEER AND A SCIENTIST. NOBODY IN MY FAMILY BEFORE MY GENERATION...
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| 00:29:14 |
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HARD WORK HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE IN JIMMY CARTER'S LIFE, FROM BUILDING A SMALL FARM INTO A SUCCESSFUL FAMILY BUSINESS, TO THE HARD CAMPAIGNING THAT...
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| 00:29:35 |
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IN THE MOST SEVERE POSSIBLE WAY. I CAN'T THINK OF ANY MORE SEVERE WAY THAN CAMPAIGNING 250 DAYS THIS YEAR OUTSIDE OF GEORGIA OR ENTERING 31 DIFFERENT...
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| 00:30:00 |
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THIS PRID PRETTY, HOW CAN YOU HELP BUT HAVING A GOOD TIME? >> PEOPLE IN OUR
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| 00:30:04 |
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COUNTRY ARE NOT FOR ANYBODY ANYWHERE. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A CANDIDATE THEY CAN TRUST. THEY SEE JIMMY AND THEY RESPOND TO HIM. IT'S GREAT. >> THERE
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| 00:30:12 |
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ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT I WOULD NOT DO TO BE ELECTED. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO LISTEN CLOSELY, BECAUSE I MEAN IT. I WILL NEVER TELL A LIE. I'LL NEVER...
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| 00:31:28 |
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THE CORNERSTONE CORNERSTONE. IT WAS CALLED OUR BIO SPOT. WE CALLED THAT THE BIOGRAPHY AND THERE WERE ISSUES WHERE HE SPOKE DIRECTLY INTO THE CAMERA....
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| 00:33:15 |
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QUESTIONS. CAROLYN CURE ROE IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY OR ONE OF YOUR STUDENTS? >> I HAVE
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| 00:33:22 |
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A QUESTION. THANKS, STEVE. SO RON SUS SKIN WHO RECENTLY WROTE THE BOOK ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE ECONOMY SAID IN A CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT...
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| 00:33:48 |
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THE MYTHS. I DISAGREE WITH PRESIDENT CARTER IN THAT HE CERTAINLY SHOWED COMPETENCE. HE SHOWED COMPETENCE IN HIS ACHIEVEMENTS, PANAMA CANAL TREATIES,...
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| 00:34:43 |
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NEXT WITH YOUR QUESTION. GO AHEAD, ANDREW. >> THANK YOU, MR. HALF SHOON
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| 00:34:54 |
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FORRAFSHOON FOR SPEAKING WITH US TODAY. IT IS A PLEASURE TO SPEAK WITH YOU. PRIOR TO BECOMING PRESIDENT, JIMMY CARTER WAS THE GOVERNOR OF A SOUTHERN STATE,...
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| 00:35:31 |
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QUESTION. >> VERY
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| 00:35:32 |
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GOOD QUESTION. WELL, IT GOES BACK TO 1966 WHEN LYNDON JOHNSON STAKED EVERYTHING ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS. WHEN HE PASSED THE FIRST CIVIL RIGHTS BILL,...
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| 00:38:28 |
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LET'S GO BACK TO PURDUE UNIVERSITY. ANOTHER STUDENT QUESTION. >> FIRST, A CLARIFICATION
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| 00:38:35 |
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IF I MAY. MR. RAFSHOON IN THE LAST QUESTION, THE WORD WAS CONFIDENCE, NOT COMPETENCE. JIMMY CARTER SAYING HE DID NOT EXUDE ENOUGH CONFIDENCE BUT I...
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| 00:38:51 |
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CONFIDENCE ISSUE AND THEN WE WILL STAY WITH PERDUE. DID HE POSSESS CONFIDENCE IN THE PRESIDENCY? >>
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| 00:38:57 |
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OH, YES. HE WAS VERY SURE OF HIMSELF IN THE PRESIDENCY. YOU HAVE TO GOT TO REMEMBER THAT HE WAS BESIEGED IN THE PRIMARIES. HE HAD HOSTAGES. HE HAD A...
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| 00:39:21 |
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JOHN ANDERSON. >> JOHN ANDERSON, WHO
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| 00:39:23 |
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A LOT OF THE KENNEDY LIBERALS PUT UNJUSTY PHIED CONFIDENCE IN GIVEN HIS RECORD. THEY WERE AGAINST CARTER. IF YOU THINK HE SHOWED A LACK OF CONFIDENCE,...
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| 00:40:31 |
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UNIVERSITY, ANOTHER QUESTION. >>
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DINA EDDIE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON,
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| 00:40:42 |
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MR. RAFSHOON. TELEVISION WAS VERY IMPORTANT IN JIMMY CARTER'S ELECTION. DO YOU THINK IT STILL HAS POSITIVE IMPACT ON CAMPAIGNS? >> DO VOTERS FOCUS
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| 00:40:50 |
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MORE ON THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION, THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF CANDIDATES OR INSTEAD DO THEY NOTICE HIS OR HER POLICY MESSAGE AND POLITICAL STANCE? >> WELL,...
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| 00:41:03 |
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FOR WHAT -- THEY VOTE SELF-INTEREST. A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE THAT, A PRESIDENT THAT SHOWS THAT HE IS INTERESTED IN WHAT'S GOOD FOR THEM HAS A GREAT...
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| 00:41:34 |
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SHOW ONE OF THE ADS THAT YOU USED IN THE GENERAL ELECTION AS THE CAMPAIGN BEGAN PO PICK UP STEAM AND RUNNING NECK IN NECK AGAINST PRESIDENT GERALD FORD....
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| 00:41:49 |
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GOVERNOR CARTER I AM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND I WANT YOU TO HELP ME NEXT YEAR. >> IN THE
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| 00:41:52 |
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BEGINNING, JIMMY CARTER'S CAMPAIGN WAS A LONELY ONE. THROUGH THE MONTHS, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE RECOGNIZED HIM AS A NEW LEADER, A MAN THAT WILL CHANGE...
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| 00:42:18 |
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MESSAGE? >> THAT THE TWO WORDS IN
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| 00:42:21 |
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THERE WERE LEADER AND CHANGE. AFTER WATERGATE WHERE WE WERE DISAPPOINTED BY A LEADER AND GERALD FORD WAS A GOOD MAN, DID NOT EXUDE LEADERSHIP, WE NOT...
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| 00:42:53 |
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STUDIOS AT C-SPAN. WE HAVE MY STUDENTS AT THE WASHINGTON CENTER. I 78AM GOING TO TURN TO ONE OF THEM WHO HAS A QUESTION NEXT. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >>...
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| 00:43:06 |
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IT IS VERY NICE TO BE WITH YOU. HOW DID THE CARTER CAMPAIGN FIRST LEARN HOW TO WORK WITH THE NEW PRIMARY SYSTEM AND WHEN DID IT REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT...
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| 00:43:16 |
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PRIMARY SYSTEM WHEN WE WERE TALKING LAST WEEK ABOUT THE McGOVERN/FRAZIER COMMISSION, WHICH CHANGED THE WAY PRIMARIES WERE HELD FOR THE DEMOCRATS. ...
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| 00:43:37 |
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OUR SUCCESS. WE HAD I THINK ONE OF THE GREAT STRATEGISTS OF ALL TIME, PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS WAS A FELLOW BY THE NAME OF HAMILTON JORDAN, MY FRIEND AND...
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| 00:45:34 |
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VACUUM? >>
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| 00:45:35 |
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YEAH. WHAT WE DID THERE, ANOTHER THING THAT WAS UNPRECEDENTED, WE RAN TELEVISION SPOTS IN CAUCUS STATES, INCLUDING IOWA. IOWA IS A CAUCUS STATE. NOBODY...
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| 00:47:10 |
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TO PERDUE UNIVERSITY. ANOTHER QUESTION.
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| 00:47:14 |
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CAROLYN? >> YES. NOW WE'LL GO TO LAUREN HOUSERMAN. >> IN 197 OF ELECTIONS
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| 00:47:23 |
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PRIMARIES ALLOWED JIMMY CARTER TO PULL AHEAD, GET ATTENTION, EVENTUALLY WIN THE OVERALL ELECTION. IN MORE RECENT ELECTIONS THE WINNERS OF THE PRIMARIES...
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| 00:47:42 |
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POWER. WE KNEW WE HAD TO GET TO THE CONVENTION WINNING -- HAVING WON ENOUGH DELEGATES. IF IT HAD BEEN A BROKERED CONVENTION, WASHINGTON ESTABLISHMENT...
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| 00:48:17 |
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MY STUDENTS AT THE WASHINGTON CENTER IF THEY EVER WANT TO WIN A TRIVIA CONTEST AND QUESTION IS WHO WON THE IOWA CAUCUSES IT WASN'T JIMMY CARTER. >>
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| 00:48:26 |
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NO. IT WAS UNCOMMITTED. WE CAME IN SECOND. WE WON THE MOST DELEGATES THERE, BUT "UNCOMMITTED" WON THE CAUCUS. AND OF COURSE, A LOT OF THOSE UNCOMMITTED...
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| 00:48:44 |
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JOSHUA NEXT AT THE WASHINGTON CENTER. HE'S A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT PENNSYLVANIA. GO AHEAD, JOSHUA. >>
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| 00:48:53 |
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THANK YOU. YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT THE FIVE-MINUTE SPOTS AND HOW THEY AFFECTED THE '76 CAMPAIGN. DO YOU THINK THOSE SAME SPOTS WOULD AFFECT THE 2012 RACE...
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| 00:49:08 |
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THE USE OF FIVE-MINUTE SPOTS NOW. THERE'S SO MUCH TELEVISION, POLITICAL ADVERTISING ON TELEVISION, I THINK THE NETWORKS AND THE STATIONS DON'T HAVE...
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| 00:50:07 |
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GOING TO SHOW A GERALD FORD CAMPAIGN FROM 1976. I JUST WANT TO COME BACK AND GIVE ME YOUR IMPRESSION. WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? WHAT DID YOU TAKE AWAY...
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| 00:50:42 |
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THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT OF ALL. WE ARE AT PEACE! >> WE'RE AT PEACE WITH THE
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| 00:50:48 |
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WORLD AND AT PEACE WITH OURSELVES. AMERICA IS SMILING AGAIN. AND A GREAT MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT LEADERSHIP OF THIS STEADY, DEPENDABLE MAN CAN KEEP...
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| 00:51:22 |
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WASHINGTON CENTER AND THEN CAITLIN, YOUR IMPRESSION. WHAT DID YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THAT ONE-MINUTE SPOT FROM THE FORD CAMPAIGN? CAMPAIGN? >> I BELIEVE...
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| 00:51:37 |
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CERTAINLY ENCAPSULATES THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. FAMILY, BEING ABLE TO CULTIVATE, HAVE A FARM, SENSE OF FREEDOM. HE MENTIONS THE PEACE IN COMBINATION WITH...
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| 00:52:06 |
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YOU? >> CAITLIN, IF YOU'RE
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| 00:52:09 |
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THERE? >> OKAY. LET'S GO BACK TO YOU, GERALD RAFSHOON. WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE FROM THE FORD CAMPAIGN AND WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU SAW THAT? >> I
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| 00:52:19 |
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THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT SPOT. MY FRIEND DOUG BAILEY WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE. HE AND JOHN DEERDORF RAN A GREAT CAMPAIGN. WHAT THEY WERE DOING THERE, THOUGH,...
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| 00:53:24 |
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CAITLIN AT PERDUE UNIVERSITY. >>
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| 00:53:26 |
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THANKS. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO JOSHUA LONG FOR THE NEXT QUESTION. >> BEING A PERSON OF
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| 00:53:34 |
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TELEVISION, WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON ATTACK ADS IN TODAY'S POLITICAL WORLD? DO YOU SEE THEM AS A NECESSITY? >> I'M
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| 00:53:41 |
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AFRAID THEY ARE A NECESSITY. I THINK OBAMA WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO DO A LOT OF IT WHEN HE RUNS AGAINST EITHER PERRY OR ROMNEY. AND THEY ARE WARRANTED...
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| 00:54:32 |
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THE FORD CAMPAIGN WHEN GOVERNOR CARTER MADE SOME COMMENTS THAT WERE ON "PLAYBOY" MAGAZINE. SO SET UP WHAT HE SAID AND WHY THAT WAS CONTROVERSIAL....
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| 00:54:42 |
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WERE OUT OF CHARACTER WITH JIMMY CARTER. TO THIS DAY, I DON'T KNOW WHO LET "PLAYBOY" IN TO SEE HIM. JODI DIDN'T. I DIDN'T. BUT HE HAD MADE THESE STATEMENTS...
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| 00:57:06 |
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CAMPAIGN APPROACHED THAT ISSUE. >> LISTEN TO PASTOR
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| 00:57:13 |
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W.A. CHRISWELL. >> A WEEK AGO, ALONG
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| 00:57:20 |
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WITH OTHER MEN OF THE FAITH, I WAS INVITED TO VISIT WITH THE PRESIDENT IN THE WHITE HOUSE. AND IN OUR CONVERSATION WITH HIM, WE ASKED HIM, MR. PRESIDENT,...
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| 00:58:03 |
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PRESIDENT FORD. HE'S THE KIND OF MAN WE SHOULD KEEP IN THE WHITE HOUSE. >> LET ME TURN
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| 00:58:08 |
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TO ONE OF MY STUDENT. >> I THINK ONE
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| 00:58:10 |
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OF CARTER'S PROBLEMS THERE, HE HAD NEVER READ "PLAYBOY". >> MAYBE PRESIDENT
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| 00:58:16 |
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FORD HAD. BUT DOUG BAILEY HAD. >> LET ME TURN TO
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| 00:58:19 |
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TREVOR WITH A QUESTION OR COMMENT ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR SPOT OR THE '76 CARTER CAMPAIGN. >> I
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| 00:58:28 |
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GUESS IN TERMS OF THE '76 CARTER CAMPAIGN, AND MAYBE IF I COULD KIND OF FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, HOW MUCH IS RACE GOING TO PLAY IN TERMS OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S...
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| 00:59:01 |
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I WOULD ADD TO THAT, TREVOR, IS THAT RACE WAS AN ISSUE IN 1976. >> RACE --
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| 00:59:07 |
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IN WHAT WAY DO YOU SAY RACE WAS AN ISSUE IN '76? >> FOR YOU AS GOING AFTER
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| 00:59:13 |
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GEORGE WALLACE. >>
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| 00:59:14 |
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OH, YES. AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO AFTER GEORGE WALLACE. WE DIDN'T CALL HIM A RACIST. AND WE DIDN'T -- YOU DON'T WANT TO GO AHEAD AND INTIMATE THAT PEOPLE...
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| 01:01:24 |
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BACK TO ONE MOMENT IN THE 1976 CAMPAIGN. THERE WERE DEBATES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1960, WHICH IN AND OF ITSELF CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE, THE DYNAMICS...
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| 01:01:35 |
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AGREE BY SIGNING THAT AGREEMENT THAT THE 35 NATIONS HAVE TURNED OVER TO THE WARSAW PACT NATIONS THE DOMINATION OF EASTERN EUROPE. IT JUST ISN'T TRUE....
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I'M SORRY. COULD I JUST FOLLOW. DID I UNDERSTAND YOU TO SAY, SIR, THAT THE RUSSIANS ARE NOT USING EASTERN EUROPE AS THEIR OWN SPHERE OF INFLUENCE IN ...
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MR. MR. FRANKEL,THAT YUGOSLAVIANS CONSIDER THEMSELVES DOMINATED BY THE SOVIET UNION. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE ROMANIANS CONSIDER THEMSELVES DOMINATED...
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CARTER? MAY I HAVE YOUR RESPONSE? >> WELL, IN THE FIRST
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PLACE I'M NOT CRITICIZING HIS HOLINESS THE POPE. I WAS TALKING ABOUT MR. FORD. THE FACT IS THAT SECRECY HAS SURROUNDED THE DECISIONS MADE BY THE FORD...
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AS STEVE SAID, REINFORCED SOME OF THE DOUBTS ABOUT PRESIDENT FORD'S COMPETENCE. I'M NOT SURE THAT'S JUSTIFIED, BUT IT'S A TOUGH GAIN. BUT WHAT IT DID...
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TURN TO CAROLYN CURIO WITH A QUESTION OR COMMENT. >> WE'RE
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GOING TO GO TO JANE HARRIS FOR A QUESTION. >> MY QUESTION IS,
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| 01:07:24 |
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HOW TOUGH IS IT TO GET SOMEBODY AS INFLUENTIAL AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO TAKE ADVICE ON IMPROVING THEIR PUBLIC IMAGE? AND HOW DID YOU...
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HE WAS NOT A MICROMANAGER. BUT HE DID HAVE TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON ON VARIOUS ISSUES, ESPECIALLY IN THINGS LIKE CAMP ACORDS. HE KNEW EVERY BIT OF...
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| 01:09:54 |
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TURN TO ONE OF MY STUDENTS AT THE WASHINGTON CENTER. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR GERALD RAFSHOON. GO AHEAD. >> SIR, WHAT YOU WERE
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| 01:10:07 |
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JUST SAYING THERE ABOUT HIM NOT SEEMING TO CARE SO MUCH ABOUT HIS RE-ELECTION AND CARING ABOUT HIS HONESTY, DO YOU THINK THAT CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE...
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| 01:10:20 |
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WHAT NEEDED TO BE SAID. MAYBE POLITICALLY -- NO, IT WASN'T A MISTAKE POLITICALLY. PROBABLY THE WAY WE HANDLED THE FIRING OF THE CABINET MEMBERS AFTERWARDS...
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| 01:10:46 |
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OF IT. THIS IS FROM JULY 15, 1979. LET'S WATCH FROM THE OVAL OFFICE PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER. WE'LL COME BACK AND GET YOUR FOLLOWUP. >> I WANT TO
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| 01:10:54 |
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TALK TO YOU RIGHT NOW ABOUT A FUNDAMENTAL THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. I DO NOT MEAN OUR POLITICAL AND CIVIL LIBERTIES. THEY WILL ENDURE. AND I DO...
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| 01:12:04 |
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KNOW, STEVE, AND SOME OF YOU WHO WERE AROUND AT THAT TIME, THAT SPEECH SUBSTITUTED FOR ABOUT THE FIFTH OR SIXTH ENERGY PROGRAM SPEECH THAT WE WERE...
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| 01:14:01 |
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LET ME CONCLUDE WITH ONE OTHER AD THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER. AND I WANT TO SHOW THIS AD BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT ABOUT JOBS AND THE ECONOMY IN 2011-2012....
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ABLE TO WORK OUGHT TO WORK AND OUGHT TO HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK. AND I DON'T THINK WE'LL EVER HAVE A SOLUTION TO OUR PRESENT ECONOMIC WOES AS LONG AS...
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| 01:14:49 |
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TO PUT AMERICA BACK TO WORK, VOTE FOR JIMMY CARTER, A LEADER FOR A CHANGE. >>
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THE MESSAGE? AND THE SERIES OF ADS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE NUMBER ON SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER. >> DEMOCRATS CANNOT HAVE
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| 01:15:08 |
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HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT. THEY CANNOT HAVE IT. YOU CAN GET THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION WITH HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AS LONG AS YOU DON'T HAVE -- AS LONG AS YOU DON'T...
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| 01:16:23 |
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ONE LAST POINT. AND THIS IS POLITICS 101. NOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT CANDIDATE WITH THE RIGHT MESSAGE AT THE RIGHT TIME. >> RIGHT
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TIME. EXACTLY. >> SO HOW DID THAT
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FIT INTO 1976? >> HE WAS THE
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| 01:16:37 |
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RIGHT CANDIDATE FOR THE DEMOCRATS AT THAT TIME. HE WAS NONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE. HE WASN'T A WASHINGTON, YOU KNOW, A WASHINGTON LOBBYIST...
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INSIDE ACCOUNT OF THE 1976 CAMPAIGN AND OUR THANKS TO FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER AND ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS JOINING US FROM PERDUE UNIVERSITY...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.