Johnson and Clinton had no political birthrights but set out from young ages to reach the nation's highest office. As a young congressman, Johnson even dubbed himself "LBJ," patterned after Franklin Delano Roosevelt's moniker, "FDR." For Carter, ambition was a driving force ...
Steve Miller, "Take the Money and Run" (1976) Like fellow Texas-based outlaws Bonnie and Clyde, Miller's protagonists (named Billy Joe and Bobby Sue) are on the run from the law – with detective Billie Mack hot on their trail as they race "down to old El Paso." Unlike Bonnie and ...
who had come into office in 1974 whenRichard Nixonresigned in the wake of Watergate. Many believed that the close race tipped in Carter’s favor after Ford stumbled in a televised debate by saying that eastern Europe was not dominated by theSoviet Union. In November 1976 the Carter-Mondale ...