Jimmy Carter
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And with her speaking ability and her exuberance and so forth, she gathered enough votes to help put me in the White House. And this was a foregone conclusion. I had one hour in New Hampshire and Florida before the other candidates woke up to the fact that I had a remarkable mother.
And with her speaking ability and her exuberance and so forth, she gathered enough votes to help put me in the White House. And this was a foregone conclusion. I had one hour in New Hampshire and Florida before the other candidates woke up to the fact that I had a remarkable mother.
So she gets credit for the presidency as well. Sure, because I won by that much, and if it hadn't been for my mother, I wouldn't have been president. And I imagine she mentioned that to you as well. Oh, she never failed to. All right.
So she gets credit for the presidency as well. Sure, because I won by that much, and if it hadn't been for my mother, I wouldn't have been president. And I imagine she mentioned that to you as well. Oh, she never failed to. All right.
Guinea worm, if you drink water out of a filthy water hole, which fills up during the rainy season and then stays dry, it doesn't have any fresh water. Then you drink the guinea worm eggs, and in a year's time, it grows to a worm about 30 inches long. And then it stings the inside of your skin, epidermis, and then it creates a sore, a big sore, and then it emerges.
Guinea worm, if you drink water out of a filthy water hole, which fills up during the rainy season and then stays dry, it doesn't have any fresh water. Then you drink the guinea worm eggs, and in a year's time, it grows to a worm about 30 inches long. And then it stings the inside of your skin, epidermis, and then it creates a sore, a big sore, and then it emerges.
It takes you 30 days to come out, and it destroys muscle tissue and leaves you a cripple.
It takes you 30 days to come out, and it destroys muscle tissue and leaves you a cripple.
Oh, horrible pain, almost indescribable pain, yeah.
Oh, horrible pain, almost indescribable pain, yeah.
Three countries in Asia and 17 countries in Africa, sub-Saharan Africa. We found guinea worm in 23,600 villages, and we had 3.5 million cases.
Three countries in Asia and 17 countries in Africa, sub-Saharan Africa. We found guinea worm in 23,600 villages, and we had 3.5 million cases.
From 3.5 million. Right. And 521 of those cases were in South Sudan. This year, so far, we've just had seven cases. All of them in South Sudan. Unbelievable.
From 3.5 million. Right. And 521 of those cases were in South Sudan. This year, so far, we've just had seven cases. All of them in South Sudan. Unbelievable.