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| Jimmy Carter's hometown rallies after cancer diagnosis with hundreds of signs | Jimmy Carter's hometown rallies after cancer diagnosis with hundreds of signs |
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| When former president Jimmy Carter appeared at a press conference on Thursday to discuss his cancer diagnosis, messages poured in from world leaders, including Barack Obama and George HW Bush. | |
| Related: Jimmy Carter announces cancer has spread to his brain | Related: Jimmy Carter announces cancer has spread to his brain |
| President Carter is as good a man as they come. Michelle and I are praying for him and Rosalynn. We're all pulling for you, Jimmy. | President Carter is as good a man as they come. Michelle and I are praying for him and Rosalynn. We're all pulling for you, Jimmy. |
| I spoke with President Carter to wish him well, and he sounded strong. Bar and I are wishing him the very best as he fights the good fight. | I spoke with President Carter to wish him well, and he sounded strong. Bar and I are wishing him the very best as he fights the good fight. |
| But meanwhile back in the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, residents of Carter’s hometown had decided on a tribute of their own: hundreds of campaign signs lining the streets to which Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, were to return on Thursday evening. | But meanwhile back in the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, residents of Carter’s hometown had decided on a tribute of their own: hundreds of campaign signs lining the streets to which Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, were to return on Thursday evening. |
| “Jimmy Carter for Cancer Surviver,” signs said, urging the former president success in this latest battle. | “Jimmy Carter for Cancer Surviver,” signs said, urging the former president success in this latest battle. |
| “If we can put a smile on his face, it’s worth it,” Jill Stuckey, a close friend of the former first couple and a board member of the Friends of Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. | “If we can put a smile on his face, it’s worth it,” Jill Stuckey, a close friend of the former first couple and a board member of the Friends of Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. |
| She told the paper they had the idea last week, when similar signs were featured in a Journal Constitution editorial cartoon by Mark Luckovich. | She told the paper they had the idea last week, when similar signs were featured in a Journal Constitution editorial cartoon by Mark Luckovich. |
| Today in Plains, GA pic.twitter.com/RwUf45d03Z | Today in Plains, GA pic.twitter.com/RwUf45d03Z |
| It was to Plains – population just under 800, according to the 2010 census – where Carter returned in 1981, after losing a brutal re-election campaign against Ronald Reagan. | It was to Plains – population just under 800, according to the 2010 census – where Carter returned in 1981, after losing a brutal re-election campaign against Ronald Reagan. |
| When in town, he still teaches Sunday school at the Maranatha Baptist Church. He said on Thursday he intends to teach this weekend, as scheduled. | When in town, he still teaches Sunday school at the Maranatha Baptist Church. He said on Thursday he intends to teach this weekend, as scheduled. |
| • This article was corrected on 21 August 2015. It previously referred to Barack Obama as a former president. |