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...addition, his Southern Baptist evangelicalism turns off many working-class urban voters. This is acknowledged by Georgia Congressman Andrew Young, a key adviser. Said Young: "Nobody in the Carter camp now knows Milwaukee, Flint and Hoboken." Most of these voters are Catholics, but as Jordan observes, Carter's problem with them is more cultural than religious. Many urban ethnics are obviously suspicious of rural Southerners, particularly one who is overwhelmingly supported by blacks. Explained John DeLuca, former deputy mayor of San Francisco: "Part of it is his accent, and part of it is the fact that he wears his religion...
...overexaggerated fear; in the end, most ethnics will probably stay in the Democratic fold. Predicted Sal Venezia, a city official in Catholic East Boston: "We've had enough of Republicans, regardless of who the Democratic nominee is." Added Joseph Mayer, a Philadelphia plumber: "This Southern Baptist thing is overblown. Some of my best customers are Baptists." But Carter is taking no chances. He plans to take steps to smooth over relations with the church hierarchy and hopes to improve his showing among urban Catholics and ethnics by stressing issues that concern them, such as unemployment and health care...
...strange but somehow dramatically fitting that the Democrats had assembled in such an unregenerate place to nominate Jimmy Carter, from Plains, Ga., a Southern Baptist who in the '60s did missionary work in the Northern slums. At any rate, the contrast between the nimbus around the podium during Carter's acceptance speech and the derelict streets outside promised to be a memorable touch...
BARBARA JORDAN, 40, the Texas Congresswoman who will be the second keynoter. Daughter of a Baptist preacher in Houston, Lawyer Jordan won national attention with her solemnly impressive eloquence during the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearings two years ago. As a black and a woman, she represents a new tide in politics, but she also plays old-fashioned politics with considerable skill...
...Talk Quality. Baptists have long claimed that sense of mission, one that transcends secular organization. Their ministers are as varied as former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox and former White House Press Secretary Bill Moyers, but no one conveys the Southern Baptist spirit more powerfully than Billy Graham, the Baptists' premier evangelist. His message is often one of sin and hellfire, but there is also a pep-talk quality that has encouraged millions. In his best-selling book, Angels, Graham conveys that quality when he writes: "Because our [spiritual] resources are unlimited, Christians will be winners. Millions of angels...