Editing Hodding Carter (section)

===Politics and the Kennedys===
Carter was an unabashed supporter of the Kennedys and their quest for the American Presidency.

He had dinner with [[Robert F. Kennedy|Bobby Kennedy]] and his family the night before Kennedy was assassinated in 1968. Carter had also been working for him "campaigning, making talks, and writing ghost speeches".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web1.millercenter.org/poh/transcripts/carter_hodding_1968_1108.pdf |title=General Services Statement |website=web1.millercenter.org |access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref> 
On a flight home, Carter learned of Kennedy's death and was devastated. A passenger on the plane said, "Well, we got that son-of-a-bitch, didn't we?" Carter responded, "Who are you talking about?" The passenger said, "You know damn well who I'm talking about", to which Carter responded by saying "You're just a son-of-a-bitch", and then punching the passenger in the mouth.<ref>[[Lyndon Baines Johnson]] [[Oral History]], interview, ''ibid.''</ref>