Narrator: He had promised a new beginning. If it weren't for the country looking for something in '76, Carter could never have gotten elected.ĭouglas Brinkley, Historian: He offered a biography of what we wanted to hear A Farmer, Main Street values, Plains and he carried that message through, it was the right message at the right time.Ĭarter: Our commitment to Human Rights must be absoluteŠ Pat Caddell, Pollster: Going from total anonymity, to being President of the United States in less than twelve months, is unprecedented in American history. Narrator: Four years before he had stunned the nation. Rosalynn Carter: He really was better than I was when we came home, because I um, was so depressed about it that he was always trying to prop me up. Narrator: On January 20, 1981, after one of the most humiliating defeats in American political history, President Jimmy Carter returned home to Plains, Georgia to what he called, "an altogether new, unwanted, and potentially empty life." I said to him, "It must have been hard to turn over the keys to Ronald Reagan." And He said, "You don't know how hard it was." I look forward to working closely with him.ĭan Carter, Historian: All his life he believed if you worked hard enough at it, understood the issues, mastered information then you would come out first. About an hour ago I called Governor Reagan in California and I congratulated him for a fine victory. So I can't stand here tonight and say it doesn't hurt. Jimmy Carter: I promised you four years ago that I would never lie to you.
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