- Less than a year after forcing former U.S. president Bill Clinton onto Twitter, Stephen Colbert has struck again, prompting another former president to cross a technological frontier: this week, Jimmy Carter sent his first text message.
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- Carter was the guest on The Colbert Report Tuesday night, and he texted his grandson, Jason, to ask if he'd caught the interview.
Jason Carter, who is running to be the Democratic governor candidate in Georgia, posted a screenshot of their iMessage exchange Wednesday evening. 
One trip to the @ColbertReport turns an ex-president into a text-president. Thanks @StephenAtHome pic.twitter.com/3m461I5psj- "Who says you can't teach an old President new tricks?" the younger Carter wrote in a subsequent tweet.
The Colbert Report - March 25, 2014Former president Jimmy Carter visits The Report to discuss his lifelong passion for human rights and his book "A Call to Action."- Carter's appearance on Colbert's satirical talk show was well received on Twitter.
- For his part, Colbert cracked a couple of gentle jokes at Carter's expense on Twitter.
- Jimmy Carter is promoting his new book, A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power, and will appear Friday on CBC Radio's The Current.
Friday: Jimmy Carter on what he calls the greatest human rights crisis of our timeFriday on The Current, the former president of the United States Jimmy Carter will join us to talk about his new book, . He writes that "the most serious worldwide challenge is the abuse of women and girls largely caused by a false interpretation of religious texts and a growing tolerance of violence and warfare."
