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Interesting to see how the media shaped this guy's persona. Carter was something like a scientific populist. He was an expert with numbers and used statistical analysis to create these talking points. He'd have a good ole boy segregationist racist script (accused Democrats of liking MLK Jr) to a self righteous anti-racisst script where he condemned the segregationists that he used for votes. Played both sides like a professional but once he got into the white house (miraculously) he got humbled. Was in way over his head and was forced into multiple crises and got taken advantage of. Had to spend the rest of his life using his nice-guy script when in reality Carter was a hardass submariner. Not a bad guy but he's a case study in populist politics.
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