Recalling A Brief Time With Jimmy Carter

No politics, no editorial comments, just a recollection of my time/talk with the 37th man (still no women and Grover Cleveland ascended to it twice, as Donald J. Trump Senior did 132 years later), James Earl “Jimmy” Carter to ascend to the U.S. presidency, who died yesterday at the ripe old age of 100 plus years.

I arrived early at an event and spotting Mr. Carter, asked if we could do an interview and yes take a picture.

He politely said he would do both but indicated a visit to the lavatory would precede either endeavor.

My “joke/comment” to the former president was do not worry, I will not do what someone did to the great actor, Paul Newman, namely follow you into the “facilities.”

It seems he smiled, as he often did.

When he emerged, I steered the conversation to a man each of us truly admired, Henry Aaron.

We proceeded to have a nice chat about Mr. Aaron’s greatness as a player and more important as a person.

Somewhere I have the picture, however, can not find it, and thus it will not be posted here today.

What is: my post regarding Mr. Carter’s appearance on What’s My Line.

Jimmy Carter On “What’s My Line?” on September 10, 2019