I don’t believe the accusations, but he as much as admitted he dated teenagers in his early thirties, which is unfortunate. Even though it was not uncommon, especially in most of our history, I wouldn’t want my daughters that age dating a man that old. A lot of girls that age are still airheads, and unless they share religious or political views, teenagers don’t have much in common with thirty year olds. But if I lived in Alabama, I would certainly vote for him, regardless.
We're talking about 1977, when schools still taught traditional education. I graduated high school in the south in 1977.
Remember, back in 1977, the Vietnam War ended only five years earlier. Etowah County had the fourth largest casualty rate in Alabama. The OPEC oil embargo happened only four years earlier. Richard Nixon resigned only three years earlier. SNL debuted two years earlier. Jimmy Carter was elected the year before.
Girls (and boys) back then were a lot more tuned in to things than high schoolers today.
-PJ