I mean its just such a great opportunity. So i would i would advise any first lady to do what she wanted to do. If she doesnt want and another thing i learned is youre going to criticized no matter what you do. I could have stayed there at the white house, poured tea, had receptions, and i would have been criticized as much as i was criticized outside of for what i did, but and i got a lot of criticism. But you learn to live with it, as i said earlier. I mean, just live with it. You expect it, and you live with it and never let it influence me. Ms. Swain Rosalynn Carter, in a recent interview conducted for this series in atlanta. She was her husbands political partner from their first campaign. As first lady, she attended president jimmy carters cabinet meetings and championed womens rights and Mental Health issues, even testifying before congress. Their partnership on issues has continued in their long postwhite house years. Good evening, and welcome to cspan series first ladies influ
Chuck taugodd on meet the pre. Why shut the door on Hillary Clinton already and not shut the door on donald trump . Is it about donald trump because i am a republican. Because i am a republican. Its Party Loyalty . To some degree. At a time you said country first. It is country first, and i am unlikely to cast that vote, the chances of miniscule. Trump was in the Little Haiti Community of miami yesterday where he accused hillary of this. Secretary of state clinton was responsible for doing things that a lot of the haitian people were not happy with. We know taxpayer dollars intended for haiti and the earthquake victims went to a lot of the clinton cronies, people are talking about it in haiti right now, and the haitian people deserve better and thats what i intend to give them, i will give them better. First lady, Michelle Obama, hit the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton in virginia yesterday, but she fired first at donald trump who laid to rest his birther claims. There were those wh
Restrained themselves, they didnt call it goobergate. They called it peanutgate. Very seriously. Oh, my god, did they want it to be a big deal. The republicans in congress have been calling loudly for a special prosecutor to investigate the carter familys peanut business. Peanutgate, investigate the carter familys peanut business. Scandal. This was 1979. Peanutgate had a perfect name. In the end, though, substantively it did not exactly distinguish itself as a scandal. This was six months later. Good evening. Jimmy carter was cleared today of any wrongdoing in the handling of funds at his peanut warehouse during his campaign for the presidency. I believe its appropriate to state right here that there is no evidence to establish that president jimmy carter committed any crimes. No indictment can or should be brought against anyone. None will be filed. The answer is that no evidence whatsoever was discovered that any moneys were diverted from the warehouse into the campaign pf eve. Every
But what it actually went by at the time in all seriousness because it was supposed to be a very, very serious thing, they restrained themselves, they didnt call it goobergate. They called it peanutgate. Very seriously. Oh, my god, did they want it to be a big deal. The republicans in congress have been calling loudly for a special prosecutor to investigate the carter familys peanut business. Peanutgate, investigate the carter familys peanut business. Scandal. This was 1979. Peanutgate had a perfect name. In the end, though, substantively it did not exactly distinguish itself as a scandal. This was six months later. Good evening. Jimmy carter was cleared today of any wrongdoing in the handling of funds at his peanut warehouse during his campaign for the presidency. I believe its appropriate to state right here that there is no evidence to establish that president jimmy carter committed any crimes. No indictment can or should be brought against anyone. None will be filed. The answer is
Peanutgate, investigate the carter familys peanut business. Scandal. This was 1979. Peanutgate had a perfect name. In the end, though, substantively it did not exactly distinguish itself as a scandal. This was six months later. Good evening. Jimmy carter was cleared today of any wrongdoing in the handling of funds at his peanut warehouse during his campaign for the presidency. I believe its appropriate to state right here that there is no evidence to establish that president jimmy carter committed any crimes. No indictment can or should be brought against anyone. None will be filed. The answer is that no evidence whatsoever was discovered that any moneys were diverted from the warehouse into the campaign. Every nickel and every peanut have been traced into and out of the warehouse and no funds were every nickel and every peanut. They traced every single goober. Republicans in 1979 spent six months and they hired a special prosecutor. They went out of their way to make sure it was a Rep