Ive been on book tour this week and i get the same two questions every time. The first one is how did you get involved in Mental Health . And why did you write the book . I will tell you. Was campaigning for jimmy carter. Can you hear me . [laughter] so im telling you how i got involved with Mental Health issues. I was campaigning for jimmy when he ran for governor the first time and lost the first time. We got in late the leading candidate dropped out who was a big segregationist and this was 66. A long time ago. I am pretty aged. [laughter] nobody would run against him. He was pretty popular. We didnt have long to campaign but i got in the car and drove from one town to the next and passed out brochures and went to the next town very disorganized. And in 1863 this was 66 they were moving people out of the State Hospital into the community but there wasnt a community yet. I had so many people ask me what will your husband do with a loved one at central stay if he is elected governor .
Next, in an interview with cspan, former first lady rose lynn carter talked about the lessons she learned as first ladies, as well as her time in the white house and working alongside her husband, former president jimmy carter. Do you remember when you and president carter started having conversations about him running for president . I do. What was that like . What was that conversation . It was very interesting. We had a friend that wrote and told jimmy that he thought he ought to run for president. Well, we couldnt even say the word. That my husband is running for i didnt tell anybody because we kept it very quiet. And but then once he decided that he would do it, that was when i couldnt he could hardly say im going to be president. It was just something that was we never ever dreamed would happen. And but it was exciting. I was excited about it. I had campaigned whole last year before the governs race. And it was hard. And amy was a baby. And i didnt like to leave her all the time.
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But then once he decided he would do it, that was when he could hardly say, i am going to be president. It was not something we never, ever dreamed would happen. But i was excited about it. I had campaigned the whole last year before the governors race for him. It was hard. Amy was a baby. I didnt like to leave her all the time. But i enjoyed it. I learned so much about our state. We have 159 counties. I knew the capital of every county. I knew and issues. That is how i got involved in Mental Health issues, running the campaign for jimmy. Our big Mental Health facility hospital. There had been a big expose and the Mental Health systems act had been passed, and this was in 1963. This was 1966 when jimmy first ran for governor. He got beat that time. We got in late because our leading democratic candidate had a heart attack. But they were moving people out of the hospital because there were like 12,000 people and had room for 3000. It was awful. It was happening all over the country. The