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Wilkie's story told of Carter's Miachiavellian campaign against liberal ex-Governor Carl Sanders, his strategy of playing to the "redneck" vote and, hence, his tactic of not attacking old-time racists Lester Maddox and Roy Harris. The story also let the air out of Carter's inflated boasts that he streamlined state government without orphaning social programs, by pointing out the confusion in the newly-created juggernaut Department of Human Resources. But the Globe story fairly assessed the divergent opinions of experts on the outcome of Carter's efficiency measures, and pointed out both his post-election emasculation...
...many of the charges that Carter has already rebutted (TIME, Feb. 2). They include the implication that he courted segregationists during his 1970 gubernatorial campaign (he did woo the "redneck" vote, but early in the campaign he also guaranteed "equal treatment to all of our people"); that he supported Lester Maddox for Lieutenant Governor in 1970 and George Wallace for Vice President in 1972 (Maddox complained that Carter actually "worked almost as hard against [me] as he did against his Republican opponent," while Wallace once called Carter a "southern-fried McGovern"); and that he hedged on the abortion issue (unquestionably...
Carter appealed to the segregationist vote when he ran for Governor in 1970 by making friendly gestures toward arch-segregationist Lester Maddox, then a candidate for Lieutenant Governor on the same Democratic ticket...
...Lester and I have always been bitter political enemies," says Carter. "We were nominated in 1970 by the same Democratic voters, so we gave each other mutual support. I said, 'I'm supporting the ticket, with Lester on it.' I said, 'I'm proud to be on the ticket with Lester because his campaign style-not depending on powerful politicians for endorsements-was compatible with mine.' I said his inclination to campaign directly with the people, in the streets, in the factories, in the barber shops and beauty parlors, represents the essence...
After his convention victory, Democratic presidential nominee Birch Bayh announces that he wants Lester J. Centennial of Pocatello, Idaho, as his running mate. "I realize he's not exactly a household name," Bayh tells reporters, "but I just couldn't resist...