The Man From the Plains, a Man of Faith

In the summer of 1974, a man went around America surveying a country badly wounded by the “high crimes and misdemeanors” of a scandal known as Watergate. He stood about 5-foot-9, was sandy-haired, and had an ambling type of walk. At the time, some people, if they took notice, remarked that he had some kind of vague resemblance to John F. Kennedy. The most notable thing about him was his gleaming white teeth and megawatt smile (which, later on, caused some wags and opponents to uncharitably remark that he was the illegitimate son of Eleanor Roosevelt). However, the hair, the teeth and the walk were inconsequential to what he was saying.