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And so anyway, she tells him to stop, but of course, John doesn't stop.

So Jody has to stop answering the phone.

She even hands all of his love letters over to the dean at Yale and reports him.

But see, John isn't going to give up.

He's determined to impress her and win her over.

So he comes up with a new plan.

He's going to do exactly what the main character in Taxi Driver does in the movie.

He's going to assassinate a political figure.

And the political figure he targets is the president of the United States during this time, Jimmy Carter, who's actually running for re-election.

And so John gets to work, and he makes an attempt to get close to him.

Because Carter is currently in Ohio doing a campaign rally.

And there, there are a lot of people at this event, and John actually gets within 20 feet of Carter.

So close enough to shoot him.

But he doesn't have his gun with him, he doesn't even really have a coherent plan at this point.

He just wanted to see if he could get close enough to a president to attack him.

Now that he knows that he can get close enough, John decides that he's gonna try again, but for real this time.

So he goes to Nashville, where Carter is having another campaign rally.

This time, he's ready.

He made sure to pack multiple handguns in his luggage.

But while John is in the airport in Nashville, he has to go through security.