Electoral Deadpool 2025

[theoldlady 2,379]

2 hours ago, arghton said:

Marita Camacho Quirós - Wikipedia says she's a member of Costa Rica's National Liberation Party but I can't find a single mention of her having participated in any political activities (not counting being a First Lady, standing next to the Fords, etc)

Strongly considering rejecting this pick as it seems she hasn't been selected or perhaps allowed during previous years. Any thoughts?

If she has never run for or been elected to a political office, then she should not be allowed. (She qualifies for the Centenarians Dead Pool though.)

[Summer in Transylvania 2,354]

2 hours ago, arghton said:

Marita Camacho Quirós - Wikipedia says she's a member of Costa Rica's National Liberation Party but I can't find a single mention of her having participated in any political activities (not counting being a First Lady, standing next to the Fords, etc)

Strongly considering rejecting this pick as it seems she hasn't been selected or perhaps allowed during previous years. Any thoughts?

I would say that, as First Lady/Gentleman is a widely-recognised role in politics, even if it is not a particularly involved one, both al-Assad and Camacho Quiros should be allowed. I think it's debatable whether spouses of lesser politicians (for example Doug Emhoff) should be allowed, I'm inclined to say no, but First Lady/Gentleman is, in my opinion, a well-known enough role to warrant inclusion in this pool, albeit only because of who they married. Banning First Ladies also rejects people like Michelle Obama, who never held political office but were politically involved during the tenures of their spouses.

[Dying Probably 647]

2 hours ago, arghton said:

Marita Camacho Quirós - Wikipedia says she's a member of Costa Rica's National Liberation Party but I can't find a single mention of her having participated in any political activities (not counting being a First Lady, standing next to the Fords, etc)

Strongly considering rejecting this pick as it seems she hasn't been selected or perhaps allowed during previous years. Any thoughts?

 

I remember writing the rules to exclude Rosalynn Carter, who was a First Lady but never sought political office.

[chilean way 1,988]

My team:

 

1. Khamtai Siphandone

2. Guillermo Rodríguez Lara

3. Violeta Chamorro

4. Valdas Adamkus

5. Tomiichi Murayama

6. José Mujica

7. Thanin Kraivichen

8. Raif Dizdarević

9. Mahathir Mohamad

10. Ricardo Lagos Escobar

 

thanks for running!!!

 

[The Old Crem 3,702]

 

1. Guillermo Rodríguez 
2. Khamtai Siphandone
3. Tomiichi Murayama
4. Mahathir Mohamad
5. Mohammad Hasan Sharq
6. Abdoulaye Wade
7. Valdas Adamkus
8. Raif Dizdarević
9. Thanin Kraivichien
10. Kim Yong-nam

 

Subs 

1. Arnold Rüütel
2. Arthur Foulkes

 

[Brad252 857]

Here's my entry:

 

1) Paul Biya (assuming he's not the subject of a Weekend at Biya's cover-up)

2) Pope Francis

3) Mahmoud Abbas

4) Jean-Marie Le Pen

5) Douglas Hurd

6) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

7) Mitch McConnell

8) Chuck Grassley

9) Raul Castro

10) Hu Jintao

[Steve 703]

@arghton I have replaced Arnold Ruutel with my sub Esther Rantzen, made all edited comments on my list to clarify. Hope this is all ok? 

[DoorSlammer 597]

Well, that's both Carter and Ruutel dead. Guess both of my subs will now be in place. Do I have to pick one more sub, just in case Tebbit bites the dust in the next hour?

[arghton 7,032]

8 hours ago, Funeralopolis said:

1. Khamtai Sipandhon

2. Violeta Chamorro

3. Ion Iliescu

4. Pat Dodson

5. Jean-Marie Le Pen

6. Chavalit Yongchaiyudh

7. V.S. Achuthanandan

8. Norman Tebbit

9. Josè Mujica

10. Arnold Ruutel

Please pick a sub during the next 1 hour and 48 minutes. (The alternative is playing with only 9 picks)

[Dying Probably 647]

My team, PMed to arghton earlier this week:

Ian Sinclair
Dragoljub Mićunović
Pat Buchanan
Pat Saiki
Ion Iliescu

Richard Shelby
Valentina Tereshkova
Elizabeth Dole
Darren Zanow

Yuliy Ioffe

 

SUBS - if needed, J. T. Waggoner and Jim Sensenbrenner.

 

What do you mean you've seen this before? NooooooOOooooOOoooOo.....

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,441]

Here is my entry for the 2025 Electoral deadpool

 

Valdas Adamkus

Gombojavyn Ochirbat

Kay Ivey

Butch Otter

Marianne Jelved

Keith Simpson

Nahas Angula

Ernesto Zedillo

David Steel

Abdelmadjid Telbourne

 

 

[theoldlady 2,379]

Here is my team PMed earlier this week:

 

0/10
 

1. Jean Marie Le Pen
2. Violeta Chamorro
3. Isabel Peron
4. Dennis Skinner
5. Pope Francis
6. Lech Walesa
7. Guillermo Rodriquez
8. Zhu Rongji
9. Larry Pressler

10. King Harald of Norway

Subs:
1. King Charles

2. Joe Biden

[Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,326]

On 30/12/2024 at 12:10, arghton said:

I'll also remind all those who participated last year but have not yet sent a team this year - there's still time:

thanks for reminder but  not for me there isn't, sorry been away for 96 hours with no access to wifi, missed this and several other boats as a result...