In the 1976 election, the first following the Nixon-Watergate scandal, American voters, by a slim 2-point margin, opted to remove the Republicans from the White House. The Democratic candidate was a little known former governor from Georgia, a peanut farmer and born-again christian, who ran on a platform of honesty and integrity. His name was Jimmy Carter.
Behold our awesome Constitution at work...the peaceful transfer of power, from a political party caught up in dirty dealings, to the opposition...
President Carter's inaugural speech can be viewed here.
