Word: goode
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...press conference, the President scoffed at such challenges. Noting that Jackson had predicted his own election to the presidency in 1976, Carter cracked, "His judgment was not very good then. "And now I am ready for the next question...
...happy, he's confident," Rosalynn declared in one encounter after another. "He's a great President, and I'm proud of him. And he's optimistic about the future." Her rosy view also extended to the rest of the country. "America is good," she told her audiences. "Its people are strong. If we just join together we can solve our problems. We can even sacrifice if we have to. It's a wonderful time, an exciting opportunity to restore our spirit...
...Said Liz Carpenter, a Lady Bird Johnson aide who was at the Dallas dinner: "She's out selling with true grit a President in trouble. She says, 'I believe in Jimmy and I know you'll believe in Jimmy,' and by God she's good at it! The force of her conviction comes through." Said Dallas Political Consultant Judy Bonner Amps: "You can't help but like the woman. She's attractive, charming, intelligent and totally committed to Jimmy. People eat up that sort of thing." In the grueling midday sun she toured...
...thought Jimmy Carter was just not a big enough man for the job of President. Oh, farmers never had such good prices. The oil companies were making plenty, said Ted. Look at everybody around the table-doing well. Why the complaining? That's what Carter was talking about, somebody noted with sympathy...
Carter may be too good a man, suggested Bill. Carter just cannot handle those people in power. That could be, others agreed. Did you see the Congress on television a while back? asked Ted. Senators were acting like juveniles It was disgusting. Yes, said Doc, Carter may just not be fit for the Washington fight. There was sympathy but no suggestion of renewed faith...