Poll for over-50s: did you ever meet Jimmy Carter?

[Mike 03]

18. Yes, for seconds... At a book signing in Pasadena, CA

My then-fiancé and I wanted to get signed copies of the book that Jimmy Carter wrote with his wife Rosalynn to give to our parents. This would have been 1987, and the book must have been "Everything to Gain." The bookstore was called Vroman's. We arrived around ten or eleven in the morning and the line was already extending well outside the store. By the time we got our books signed, it was getting dark outside, and they both looked very tired. I just said something about it being an honor to meet them. By that point, Jimmy Carter hardly had time to look up from the desk where he was signing, just a quick glance and a smile. I felt bad for both of them. There were still many people behind us. I don't know if they all were able to get their books signed.

My father has passed away but my mother still has the book.