REPORTER. What did you think about the concert?
THE PRESIDENT. I enjoyed it.
Q. What was your favorite song?
THE PRESIDENT. Well, I think "Georgia."
Q. Why?
Q. What did you think of the comment by Mr. Reagan tonight—that we should accept three of the four proposals from the Ayatollah?
THE PRESIDENT. Well, I think it's better not to get involved, in the political campaign, with the Iranian situation.
Q. Thank you very much.
Note: The exchange began at 11:08 p.m. at the South Portico at the White House, following the President's return from Columbia, Md., where he attended a concert by Willie Nelson and a Carter/Mondale reception.
As printed above, this item follows the text of the White House press release.
Jimmy Carter, American Hostages in Iran Informal Exchange With Reporters. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/251037
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