What was most ironic about W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel's 1938 campaign for governor?
A. He dressed in cowboy hats, boots, and jeans while campaigning to hide the fact that he was born in New York.
B. He used rustic campaign rhetoric and speeches to identify with the "common folk" although he was a wealthy businessman.
C. He used the nickname "Pappy" to disguise the fact that he had never married or fathered children.
D. He passed himself off as a wealthy businessman who owned a flour mill although he was a poor, uneducated farmer.
Answer: B
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