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Otto Lidenbrock

(581 posts)
8. Jimmy Carter
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 03:35 PM
Jun 2019

He worked harder than anyone else ever did getting to know the people, their concerns, their hopes, their personal lives. And with his folksy demeanour he captivated the state which others with far more name recognition paid little attention to. When the results came in "uncommitted" was still the highest return. In second place (presumed winner) was Carter. From then on the media were queing up to talk to him and Rosalynn and his grassroots supporters who went knocking door to door to spread the word "The Peanut Brigade", giving him greater visibility and he went from being completely unknown nationally to being the frontrunner because of Iowa. The rest is history.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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