For some Americans, Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, the worst thing that ever happened to the country. For the 653 inhabitants of the village in the southern Plains, Georgia, however, is a Democrat and former peanut farmer a goldmine.
A peanut is a fine example of what God means by ‘patience in life. ”
A handful counts the village streets, which meets all the clichés of an American Western movie. A water tank on stilts, an abandoned train station, four shops with squeaky doors and wooden floors. A sharp sun on an early Sunday morning, nobody on the street.
Escort by silent village
It is quiet in the village that Jimmy Carter (87) picks. On Sunday he would prefer the two streets to the Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown by bicycle to sit in the church.
But because every week the death threats on the doormat of the former president, he is accompanied by an escort, five armored armored cars whiz by the whisper-quiet village.
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