Carter returns to Pinkie Masters

SAVANNAH - Jimmy Carter returned to Pinkie Masters in Savannah this weekend. <br> <br> Carter stood on the bar Saturday night in the legendary tavern hangout of the city&#39;s political types to give a reprise of a famous speech he made as president. <br> <br> And when he stepped down, Carter politely refused a bartender&#39;s offer of juice or soda, saying they just wouldn&#39;t fit the occasion. He asked instead for a can of Bud Light. <br> <br> Carter shook hands, signed autographs and swapped political war stories in a visit to the bar Saturday night. <br> <br> Carter said Pinkie Masters -- who died in 1977 -- took him in during his early political career and helped him carry Chatham County in each election. <br> <br> Carter had made the speech on St. Patrick&#39;s Day in 1978 -- two years after he rose from Georgia governor to become the nation&#39;s 39th president.

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