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...signs of concupiscence. Chicago Tribune Columnist Michael Kilian examines Carter's statements on tax reform and concludes: "I'd much rather have Jimmy look with lust upon my wife than upon my wallet." Cartoonist Pat Oliphant recently drew Carter hiding among peanut sacks in the attic while Rosalynn went after him with a shotgun. "Jimmy Carter's campaign slogan is 'The White House or Bust,' " says Bob Hope. "Trouble is, he's not sure which he wants...
Indeed she does. Rosalynn Carter, 49, has earned her place as part of a husband-wife political team by virtue of unparalleled effort. For 18 months she has campaigned almost full time. Last week her minisquadron of two Learjets whistled along for 4,965 miles, touching down in such cities as Jackson, Miss., Chicago, Erie, Pa., Cincinnati and Atlanta. Mayors and Governors welcome her, a phalanx of motorcycle police escorts her on freeways cleared of traffic, audiences in crowded halls give her standing ovations. Bob Armstrong, Carter's campaign manager in Texas, says frankly, "Some people think Rosalynn...
...Rosalynn (pronounced Rose-lun) likes campaigning on her own. She considers it "a waste of my time" to travel with her husband, observing that "it's a big country out there, with so many people to meet." Her days are surrealistic: she is up and away at dawn, and before she crawls into bed, many hours and several states later, she will have made six or eight speeches, given as many as 18 interviews and held three or four open press conferences...
Feet firmly planted in conservative black pumps, she stands before audiences with no notes, her only prop a glass of water. With a spontaneity that makes her long-mastered speech sound newly minted, she hard-sells Jimmy Carter. These two sides of Rosalynn Carter, velvet and steel, have caused a minor quandary: she cannot decide whether to dub her swift little campaign plane Magnolia One or First Person, a women's-lib twitting of the First Lady title...
Increasingly, Rosalynn Carter is indicating that she intends to play a substantive role in a Carter Administration. Asked who would handle the problems of the elderly, she replies emphatically, "I'm going to work with the elderly." She quickly ticks off programs she would work for: hot lunches, transportation for senior citizens, home maintenance...