Jimmy Carter's 'Plains Of Dura'

“The Candidate” is a prime example to the inside of a campaign and the inside of an election. Elections do not only include the candidate themselves but the campaign manager, the supporters, the nominee’s family and the media crew. During “The Candidate” democratic nominee John McKay uses many strategies in order to “not” win his election for senator of California. Going into this campaign McKay was in hopes that he would not win the election, as time passed his view of the election changed as did his strategies.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president, was a very simple and relatable man from Plains, Georgia. His ideals appealed to the Southern democrats. Washington was in chaos after the resignation of Nixon and the citizens of America were tiered of the government’s drama. This is what made Carter so popular in the 1976 election. Carter appealed to America because he was an outsider to Washington. He also wanted to comply with what the people wanted for America; “Carter sought to portray himself as a man of the people” (“Jimmy Carter”, 2009). He used the Watergate scandal to his advantage. He promised America he would always be honest with them: “I’ll never tell a lie”. (“Jimmy Carter”, 2009). This seemed to win over America for the moment because he won

President Ronald Reagan’s speech “A Time for Choosing” was my selection for this assignment. Prior to his presidential election, Ronald Reagan was catapulted forward in his career by his motivational speech later titled by some simply as “The Speech”. At the time, Regan had recently changed from a long-standing Democrat to a Republican. Although his speech was unable to prevent President Lyndon Johnson’s ultimate win, it was very memorable due to the emotionally powerful and deeply moving presentation. Creating an unknown, yet powerful pull for his inevitable position as President. By conveying his points with such an emotional drive, “A Time for Choosing” became one of the most important speeches of his career. The soon to be President delivered this speech with strong words many Americans were not prepared to hear but came to accept. A speech that created many questions and provided many answers managed to express a level of emotion that seemed urgently calm. As one of President Reagans greatest speeches “A Time for Change” provided the world with a preview of a President in the making.

Jimmy Carter is widely known as one of the worst presidents to serve. I think that people are judging him too harshly; he is an overall great person and deserves to be recognized as such. He has accomplished many things during his four-year-term, and has accomplished many more things after his presidency. However, most people ignore the good that he's done and continue to criticize him for his past mistakes..

Turning Point by Jimmy Carter provides a look into his first experience with politics as he runs for the Georgia state senate in 1962. He believed it was possible to change the direction his home state was headed, specifically focusing on education. Instead of having a run-of-the-mill experience in democracy, he faced election corruption by those in power and legal challenges up until the moment he was finally sworn in as state senator.

Over the centuries, America has welcomed presidents from different backgrounds and political viewpoints. Most men who became presidents didn’t win their way in by mentioning what they wanted to accomplish but by displaying empathy and kindness to the citizens. Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson are two great examples of how they earned the citizens heart and support. However, their support and popularity didn’t assure their presidency would be a success which wasn’t as successful as their presidential vote victories.

The image of a “common man” becoming president was undoubtedly different than the types of men the country had grown accustomed to having as president, but nevertheless a step in the right direction. Though the Jacksonian Democrats did not necessarily achieve their goals in benefiting the people, they paved the way for more humble and authentically American presidents to run for office. Campaigning in order to appeal to the “common man” became, for lack of a better phrase, more common, and voting became an activity that both the rich and the poor participated in. William Henry Harrison is an immediate president that took this idea into account. Even though the Jacksonian Democrats failed at standing up for the common man during their own era, they definitely influenced the way politics worked for the years that

As president, Jimmy Carter did not achieve much in the terms of passing bills within Congress, but he did not have total failure. Carter signed a bill that allowed the creation of the department of education. Congress also passed an energy bill that he proposed, although it was eighteen months after proposed, along with it was passed the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act. Later on the Department of Energy Organization Act was passed creating the Department of Energy. POWER GAME?

James Earl Carter, son of Lillian Gordy and James Carter, was born on October 1st, 1924 in Plains, Georgia. During his childhood, he grew up with two sisters, Gloria and Ruth, and one brother, William. All four children grew up on their family farm. Carter attended public school and was considered the smartest kid in his class; he enjoyed reading. He was on the basketball team during his high school years. He graduated in 1941, as valedictorian. In 1943, he attended Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia Southwestern College where he received a BS degree for US Navy. As a young boy, he loved to read about the navy, which later inspired him. So, he scheduled an appointment for the US Navy academy, but failed the math portion of the test. Later, he married Rosalynn Smith, his sister’s best friend in 1946. They had four kids; John, James, Donnell, and Amy. Jimmy spent his first years in the navy serving as an instructor. Later, when his father passed away from cancer he felt it was his job to care and run his family farm. Rosalynn, however, didn’t want to. When he returned to the plains, the farm ran successfully.

Ronald Reagan overcame his poor and deprived childhood by having a successful theatrical career and changing the world forever through politics. Reagan had a poor yet eventful childhood. In Tampico, Illinois, Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 (Banks 199). He acquired the nickname “Dutch” because he looked like a Dutchman when he was born (Orr13). Ronald Reagan had one older brother named John Neil Reagan (Boyarsky 164), who was born in late 1908 (Orr 14). Reagan and his brother were polar opposites when it came to their personalities, and they went in opposite directions while growing up (Orr 14). Reagan’s parents were named John Edward Reagan and Nelle Wilson Reagan (Boyarsky 164). His parents came from quite different

For example, Matthews tells the story of Lyndon B. Johnson who would go to extreme lengths to try and meet with other politicians. Johnson would shower and brush his teeth multiple times a day just so that he could have the chance to be in the same room with a bunch of them. There, he would seize his chance to speak to them briefly and try to make connections as well.

Carter loved his dad and would do anything to make him proud of him, even things that he didn’t understand fully. On page 2-3 of The Red Pyramid by, Rick Riordan, while Carter is narrating, it says, “... my dad trained me early to keep all my possessions in a single suitcase that fits in an airplane overhead compartment… Rule number one: I was not allowed to look in his workbag. That's a rule I never broke until the day of the explosion.” First, what teenager would without question, follow his dad around the world with only one suitcase? Carter was so eager to follow his dad that he would do anything he said without question. He followed his dad for fourteen years and didn’t once question what they were ‘running’ from. Fourteen years and he hadn’t looked in his dads workbag to see what was making all the bad people go away when they got in trouble. Although his dad taught Carter everything he knew, carter was still uncultivated. “ I didn’t go to school. My dad homeschooled me, if you can call it “home” schooling when you don’t have a home. He sort of taught me whatever he thought was important, so I learned a lot about Egypt and basketball stats…(Riordan 2).” Carter was not educated, and while his dad tried to

In his letter, “To the Politicians,” he describes politics as a serpent while explaining that “the coil of the serpent is tightening” (Taylor, 1899). Alluding to this again in his farewell address, he writes, “I am about to shuffle off this mortal coil of politics… where I may think and dream in peace, safe from the sickening sting of unjust criticism, safe from the talons of some old political vulture” (Taylor, 1899). Through these, Taylor is able to put up an image of a man for the people—not for politics. This in turn allows him to advance his career further through the people’s support. Six years after he escapes politics, he becomes a U.S.

Rubin Carter in no way has experienced an easy life. He was born on May 6, 1937, in Clifton, New Jersey. At the time, Clifton was a very controversial place to live. Blacks were being treated unfairly from birth because of the color of their skin. When he was about seven he moved with his family to Paterson.

One of the most important components to a political campaign is the voter, for no political candidate can be elected without someone voting for them. The dedication of both candidates, Stanton and Picker, to their voters is another aspect that accentuates their nobleness. Stanton is remarkable in his devotion to the public; the ability to reach out and interact with the public and the power to help them is the reason why he loves politics. While campaigning it is the people that need him, like Danny Scanlon the crippled boy, the adult illiterates, or the unemployed in Portsmouth, that keep Stanton going, for they “deserved a better country—and that was what this election had to be about” (144). There is a truth to Stanton’s promises, similar to the way he doesn’t forget people’s names and the aspects of their personal lives, he also doesn’t forget the promises he gives them in return for their support. For example, he remembers the promise that he made to “Fat Willie” about having him open a branch of his restaurant up in the capitol (214). But on the overall it is Stanton’s genius that allows the people to relate to him, he