In 1979, President Carter's bizarre battle with an aggressive swimming rabbit became a political nightmare

Killer rabbit photograph courtesy of the Jimmy Carter Library, Public Domain

In 1979, a wild rabbit swam aggressively toward President Jimmy Carter's fishing boat in 1979. It quickly became known as the "killer rabbit attack," and was used against him by Ronald Reagan's campaign in the 1980 election.

The incident occurred on April 20 while Carter was fish…