Reply #3: You might ask Carl Sanders... [View All]

[JDStutts]

Jimmy Carters 1970 gubinatorial primary opponent about "race-baiting."
the only thing new under the sun is the history you don't know.

from http://www.madison.com/captimes/features/stories/36064.php

Carter's words were clear and brave and out of left field to some, because Carter ran against a more progressive candidate in the Democratic primary. Indeed, Carter, who won less than 10 percent of the black vote, courted the segregationist voting block that backed his predecessor, Lester Maddox, the poster boy for old South separatism. One tactic was to call his opponent, Carl Sanders, a "Humphrey Democrat," and Carter refused to condemn the rhetoric of George Wallace. All the while he assured black colleagues from the state assembly to trust his heart, not his mouth.