1. The first event I was obsessed with was the 1976 presidential elections. I was an enthusiastic Carter supporter in an evangelical-Republican home. Oh, the dinner table conversations. 😄
2. Library.
3. I don't remember a time when I wasn't in love with reading but oh my goodness I loved Drummer Hoff and Where the Wild Things Are. Still do.
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Ruthiella I remember that election vividly as well! We had school yard arguments about it. I supported Ford because my parents did and my friends were Carter supporters (likely due to their parents as well). 3y
swynn @Ruthiella My best friend was an active Carter supporter -- his parents were very active in the local party club, and he went to meetings with them. Hearing about that fun was probably a huge influence on my bucking the family preference. But after that my politics mostly drifted leftward, so it couldn't have been just that friendship. 3y
peaKnit I voted for Carter in my kindergarten vote.:) 3y
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mandarchy I have never been a big fan of politics, but he was the last president that I loved until Obama came along. Have you read Hunter S. Thompson's take on Carter? It was really interesting. I think Carter is far more fascinating than people give him credit for. 3y
Eggs Thanks for your thoughtful responses 👏🏻📚🤗 3y
Texreader I became a news junky starting with the Carter/Ford election even though I was in like third grade or something. 😂 3y
swynn @peaknit Yay Carter! I only wish I could vote for him again. 3y
swynn @Eggs Thanks for the questions! 3y
swynn @Eggs Thanks for the questions! 3y
swynn @mandarchy Agreed. I think he has been shamefully underrated. He had weaknesses, obviously, but even those are interesting. 3y
swynn @Texreader I'll bet that made you popular 😄. It certainly did (not) for me, though it hit a little later, when I was in the sixth grade, with the Iran Hostage Crisis. 3y
SamAnne I was a big Jimmy Carter fan as a kid. 3y
Eggs Glad you liked them @swynn ! 3y
The_Penniless_Author @mandarchy Just came across this post and was about to mention Hunter S Thompson's article until I saw you beat me to it 😄 3y
mandarchy @The_Penniless_Author I love reading HST even though I'm prudently sober, I live vicariously through his writing. I had no idea until after his death that he covered Carter so early in Carter's career. 3y
The_Penniless_Author @mandarchy HST was a great writer with a razor-sharp mind (at least until drugs and alcohol wrecked his brain in later life). It's a measure of what a great person Carter was that HST spoke so highly of him, probably the only politician for whom he had unalloyed praise. Carter's always been under-appreciated in my opinion. 3y
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