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Jimmy Carter and Playboy: How ‘the weirdo factor’ rocked ’76

Dec. 30, 2024 13:11 PM EST

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter already had drawn months of media scrutiny as a devout Southern Baptist running for president. Then the 1976 Democratic nominee brought up sex and sin as he explained his religious faith to Playboy magazine. Carter was not misquoted. But he was...