The day I was photographed with President Carter

[John Corbett]

Well sort of.
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/CDH2X0/jan-26-2011-columbus-ohio-us-file-a-file-picture-dated-29-may-1980-CDH2X0.jpg
That's me in the lower left. You can see part of my face to the right of the cop's head. This was the first time I saw a sitting president up close. He had just gone past my position and had been looking to his right. I was close enough to see the beads of sweat on his forehead. I was so focused on Carter that I didn't even notice it was John Glenn next to him looking out the sunroof.

My real reason for posting this was because somebody on another forum made the statement that no President has ever ridden in an open top car after 11/22/1963. Obviously, that was wrong. Richard and Pat Nixon both poked their heads out of the sunroof of the limo during his second inauguration in 1973.

Getting back to the photo. The date was May 29, 1980 and Reagan and Carter were holding competing rallies about six blocks apart. Reagan's rally was at the statehouse. Both rallies were during the lunch hour and I worked across the street from the statehouse, so I went there first. Reagan's crowd was so large I couldn't get anywhere close to him. After listening to Reagan for a short time, I decided to head north to the Carter rally. As the photo shows, Carter's crowd was much smaller. I got so close to him I could have hit him with a rock. I knew after that day Reagan was going to win the election.

[Charles Collins]

Well sort of.
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/CDH2X0/jan-26-2011-columbus-ohio-us-file-a-file-picture-dated-29-may-1980-CDH2X0.jpg
That's me in the lower left. You can see part of my face to the right of the cop's head. This was the first time I saw a sitting president up close. He had just gone past my position and had been looking to his right. I was close enough to see the beads of sweat on his forehead. I was so focused on Carter that I didn't even notice it was John Glenn next to him looking out the sunroof.

My real reason for posting this was because somebody on another forum made the statement that no President has ever ridden in an open top car after 11/22/1963. Obviously, that was wrong. Richard and Pat Nixon both poked their heads out of the sunroof of the limo during his second inauguration in 1973.

Getting back to the photo. The date was May 29, 1980 and Reagan and Carter were holding competing rallies about six blocks apart. Reagan's rally was at the statehouse. Both rallies were during the lunch hour and I worked across the street from the statehouse, so I went there first. Reagan's crowd was so large I couldn't get anywhere close to him. After listening to Reagan for a short time, I decided to head north to the Carter rally. As the photo shows, Carter's crowd was much smaller. I got so close to him I could have hit him with a rock. I knew after that day Reagan was going to win the election.

A friend and I attended Jimmy Carter’s election night celebration in Atlanta in 1976. They had free beer there.