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...motives for the attacks on Carter is left unstated?at least publicly. He is a proud Southerner, and that region is still suspect among the Northern liberals in the Democratic Party. Carter even boasts of being a redneck???a son of the red-baked Georgia soil without, of course, the racist connotations. Beyond that, he is an earnest Baptist who says that religion is the most important thing in his life. His Southern-style evangelism, showing up in so many of his speeches, irritates the less devout. They are uneasy about a man who uses the word God so easily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Jimmy Carter: Not Just Peanuts | 3/8/1976 | See Source »

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