Paul Harvey's 1978 'So God Made a Farmer Speech'

The Atlantic writes, A Ram Trucks Super Bowl advertisement featuring excerpts from a Carter-era speech to the Future Farmers of America Convention struck a chord with its religious imagery. A decades-old speech from a conservative radio broadcaster who passed away in 2009 became a major topic of chatter when it was condensed and delivered as the audio backdrop for a Ram Truck ad during the second half of the Super Bowl Sunday. The speech was originally delivered in 1978, smack dab in the middle of the Carter era, and with its folksy timbre and talk of God, Harvey's words stood out amid the stream of ads that…

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