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==1976 Presidential Campaign==
==1976 Presidential Campaign==
{{Main|United States presidential election, 1976}}
[[Image:Carter Sighting Report 2.gif|thumb|300px|right|Carter was able to prove he was not nuts and believed in UFOs by filing an official report.]]
Carter was groomed well before his single term as Governor ended to run for the Presidency in 1976. His campaign, which began in early 1975, exploited popular mistrust of Washington after the [[Watergate affair]] in 1974. He campaigned on a call for [[change]]. After running second in the [[Iowa Caucuses]] to "Undecided", which finished first, the mainstream [[fake news]] media proclaimed him the "winner" and as a charismatic figure who would transform the country.
Carter was groomed well before his single term as Governor ended to run for the Presidency in 1976. His campaign, which began in early 1975, exploited popular mistrust of Washington after the [[Watergate affair]] in 1974. He campaigned on a call for [[change]]. After running second in the [[Iowa Caucuses]] to "Undecided", which finished first, the mainstream [[fake news]] media proclaimed him the "winner" and as a charismatic figure who would transform the country.
Carter went on to defeat [[George Wallace]] in the southern primaries and established himself as a Democrat who could win the south with white votes, which [[George McGovern]] had failed to do in 1972. Democrat historians and propagandists claim he won the southern primaries because of his "inspiring and well organized campaign."<ref>The American Vision, pg. 966</ref> Running against President [[Gerald Ford]] in the general election, Carter had little experience in national politics, however he posed as an outsider and promised to restore honesty and morality to [[government]]. On election day, Carter edged out Ford with 50 percent of the vote to 48 percent, with some controversial voter shenanigans in [[Ohio]].
Carter went on to defeat [[George Wallace]] in the southern primaries and established himself as a Democrat who could win the south with white votes, which [[George McGovern]] had failed to do in 1972. Democrat historians and propagandists claim he won the southern primaries because of his "inspiring and well organized campaign."<ref>The American Vision, pg. 966</ref> Running against President [[Gerald Ford]] in the general election, Carter had little experience in national politics, however he posed as an outsider and promised to restore honesty and morality to [[government]]. On election day, Carter edged out Ford with 50 percent of the vote to 48 percent, with some controversial voter shenanigans in [[Ohio]].
Carter's running mate, [[Walter Mondale]], and his wife Rosalind, met with the psychotic [[mass murder]]er and [[progressive]] leader, the [[Rev. Jim Jones]] during the campaign to help carry the state of [[California]].<ref>When Deputy Minister Ptolemy Reid traveled to Washington, D.C. in September 1977 to sign the Panama Canal Treaties, Mondale asked him, "How's Jim?", which indicated to Reid that Mondale had a personal interest in Jones' well being, p. 173.<br>Moore, Rebecca. [http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=16581 ''American as Cherry Pie''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029130010/http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=16581 |date=October 29, 2014 }}, Jonestown Institute, San Diego State University</ref> Jones was one of the few people invited aboard his chartered jet for a private visit. Mondale stated regarding the [[Peoples Temple]] that "knowing the congregations deep involvement in the major social and constitutional issues of our country . . . is a great inspiration to me."<ref>"First Lady Among Cult's References" {{cite news|work=Los Angeles Times |title=First Lady Among Cult's References; Mondale and Califano also listed |date= November 21, 1978}}</ref> Jones later was responsible for the deaths of over 900 [[African American]]s before Carter's term ended, the worst mass killing in American history prior to the [[9/11 attacks]].
Carter's running mate, [[Walter Mondale]], and his wife Rosalind, met with the psychotic [[mass murder]]er and [[progressive]] leader, the [[Rev. Jim Jones]] during the campaign to help carry the state of [[California]].<ref>When Deputy Minister Ptolemy Reid traveled to Washington, D.C. in September 1977 to sign the Panama Canal Treaties, Mondale asked him, "How's Jim?", which indicated to Reid that Mondale had a personal interest in Jones' well being, p. 173.<br>Moore, Rebecca. [http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=16581 ''American as Cherry Pie''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029130010/http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=16581 |date=October 29, 2014 }}, Jonestown Institute, San Diego State University</ref> Jones was one of the few people invited aboard his chartered jet for a private visit. Mondale stated regarding the [[Peoples Temple]] that "knowing the congregations deep involvement in the major social and constitutional issues of our country . . . is a great inspiration to me."<ref>"First Lady Among Cult's References" {{cite news|work=Los Angeles Times |title=First Lady Among Cult's References; Mondale and Califano also listed |date= November 21, 1978}}</ref> Jones later was responsible for the deaths of over 900 [[African American]]s before Carter's term ended, the worst mass killing in American history prior to the [[9/11 attacks]].