He used an animated version of the exploding peanut in a Carter campaign video. “Jimmy’s smile, country farmer, the longshot — all made for good cartoons,” Rafshoon said in an interview.

The Jimmy Carter Peanut State is a monument in Jimmy ... The quirky statue, a big smiling peanut, is tied to his 1976 presidential campaign and was meant to celebrate his status as a Southerner.

Dot Padgett first met Jimmy Carter in 1970 when he asked for ... Padgett played a significant role in Carter's presidential campaign by organizing the "Peanut Brigade," a group of Georgia ...

ABOARD THE PEANUT ONE - While pursuing a big job, Jimmy Carter often retreats into a small world ... news releases which obviously never saw print and, of all things in a Carter campaign plane, ...

Jimmy Carter ... Carter launched his campaign for the presidency in 1974, the nation was still reeling from the Watergate scandal. He put himself forward as a simple peanut farmer, untainted ...

Former president and GA hero Jimmy Carter was posthumously honored this weekend when he won his fourth Grammy for “Last ...

and near where the couple operated the family peanut warehouses. The route also includes the old train depot that served as Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign headquarters and the gas station ...

He won a longshot campaign to be the 39th president ... the USA TODAY Network will publish “Jimmy Carter: Peanut Farmer, 39th President, Humanitarian” to chronicle a lifetime for the ages ...

The peanut farmer from Georgia was a virtual ... Trust in government was sinking. Along came Jimmy Carter. He announced his campaign for the White House in December 1974 in Washington, and few ...