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Up next on American History tv. Georgia governor jimmy carter accepting the democratic president ial nomination at the 1976 democratic convention. As you can see, he is working his way through the crowd, a pathway of sorts has been cleared for him, shaking hands as he goes. This is as well stage managed an entrance for a nominee as i have seen in a number of conventions, moving through the delegates. Now walking up steps on the back of the room and soon will be there. There he is. Thats amy. [ cheers and applause ] he made it to the hall about four minutes ago. Thats his mother, miss lillian, 77 years old. His daughter amy and rosalind carter, mrs. Carter. How sweet it is, david. How sweet it is. I wonder how his mother wfel in the picture a moment ago, standing watching her son go to the podium. You know, even when a candidate wins the election and becomes president , he doesnt do it in such circumstances as this. Hes not in a ....
[cheering applause] as you can see, he is working his way through the crowd. A pathway of sorts has been cleared for him. [cheering applause] this is a well staged manage entrance, for nominee as i have seen in a number of conventions. [cheering applause] [applause] [applause] thats his mother, miss lilly 77 years old. [cheering applause] how sweet it is, how sweet it is. I wonder how his mother feels, standing and watching her son. [cheering applause] my name is jimmy quote my name is jimmy carter, and im running for president. [applause] its been a long time since i said those words of the first time, and now ive come here after seeing our great country to accept your nomination. [applause] i accept it, in the words of john f. Kennedy, with a full and grateful heart, and with only one obligation to devote every effort of body, mind, and spirit, to lead our party back to victory, and our nation back to greatness. [applause] its a pleasure to be here with all you democrats. And to see ....
A crisis of the Democratic Party as well i think you know theres a lot of blame to be shared around here go ahead chris yeah i it indeed i believe that there is i mean from our perspective you know from the very beginning this whole idea of the low out just didnt make will lock sense and i think democrats ran on lot of time i think in my dreams out of florida was never going to go out to democrats and they spent a whole lot of time texas seriously i mean it was just and i think they could have spent better time in playing bases that actually matter and that thats where we find ourselves at this late hour and crimini of it wasnt supposed to be this way here i mean one of the interesting things i find particularly in the liberal media is that not only do they think they demonized. I know hes a politician thats fair game but it seems to me they demonized his supporters and i think that has a boomerang effect graeme wow i mean you k ....