Those 300,000 "y'all come" invitations to the Inaugural that were sent out by Jimmy Carter's people were really supposed to be souvenirs. They were, in effect, thank-you notes for small contributions to the campaign, not full-fledged invitations. Yet 250,000 of those who received the eggshell-colored cards took them at their word—and they helped give Carter's big event the aura of a "people's Inaugural."
Among those on hand for the five-day, $3 million bash were, for example, Ernest and Audrey Wiesen of Wauwatosa, Wis. They went to work for Carter after he gave a talk...
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