Jane Fonda
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And so we have to become ubiquitous to the extent that we can.
Back in the 70s and 80s, the 60s and 70s, that wasn't the case.
And because we didn't have phones, we didn't have, you know, we didn't have this.
We had to talk to people.
And that was the big difference.
And that was both good and bad.
It takes longer.
It's harder.
But when you get through, it's more meaningful.
You've really made contact and you've changed people.
And so what we did starting in 1972, traveling to 80 cities in three months, two years in a row, we changed people.
We went into the middle of the country.
And we talked to people where they were.
We started at the Ohio State Fair.
And that was a huge learning.
Well, tell me what you learned there.
That it's important to talk to people, to not be partisan, to listen hard and then present all the facts.
And it was very simple.
That's what we did.
We weren't people, you know, McGovern was campaigning.