1. Jimmy Carter

[Brad252 806]

22 minutes ago, En Passant said:

When you consider that one reason for voting by post in the first place is that you are unable through some pretty bad health to get to a polling station it'd be a fucking miracle if some people didn't die between posting and the outcome.

Not only that, but there is a history of actual candidates in elections being elected when they're dead:

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/10/01/five-people-have-won-election-to-congress-despite-being-dead/

[Commtech Sio Bibble 2,027]

If any of you want a fun fact about Jimmy Carter's longevity, given that George lowered it's voting age to 18 in 1943, Jimmy is one of very few people to have to opportunity to vote for both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Kamala Harris.

[Windsor 2,233]

Am I the only one to think the headline is a little insensitive?

 

 

[Bobytomi 109]

The Carter Center already confirmed it just now

https://x.com/CarterCenter/status/1846976199521636376?t=cM82wgON4WEU8ATJKQ55wg&s=19

honestly I prefer to wait for confirmation from The Carter Center

 

[oldhollywood 85]

5 minutes ago, Bobytomi said:

The Carter Center already confirmed it just now

https://x.com/CarterCenter/status/1846976199521636376?t=cM82wgON4WEU8ATJKQ55wg&s=19

honestly I prefer to wait for confirmation from The Carter Center

 

Jesus Christ I thought “it” had finally happened

[drol 11,911]

4 minutes ago, oldhollywood said:

Jesus Christ I thought “it” had finally happened

From fucking Bobytomi? No way.

[InquilineKea 75]

CNN interview says he voted first for Harry Truman

[and CNN interview also plays a montage of his life, making it seem like his true final action to cap off his life]

[The Daredevil 1,189]

Probably a November death. He may well die one year to the day Rosalynn died (19th November). That would be another fitting final achievement.

[Mango 168]

1 hour ago, InquilineKea said:

CNN interview says he voted first for Harry Truman

[and CNN interview also plays a montage of his life, making it seem like his true final action to cap off his life]

Transcript

[Elvis is alive! 75]

On 18/10/2024 at 20:13, InquilineKea said:

CNN interview says he voted first for Harry Truman

[and CNN interview also plays a montage of his life, making it seem like his true final action to cap off his life]

Sources say, he finally acheived his dream. He voted for Roosevelt in early voting oppurtonity. Information was not available if that was Franklin D. or Theadore.

[Craigerz 60]

https://hard-drive.net/hd/jimmy-carter-hanging-in-there-to-pre-order-metroid-prime-4/

[Deathrace 1,164]

Trump claimed at his latest rally that Jimmy Carter voted for him. 

[The Red Death 87]

On 22/10/2024 at 20:06, Elvis is alive! said:

Sources say, he finally acheived his dream. He voted for Roosevelt in early voting oppurtonity. Information was not available if that was Franklin D. or Theadore.

Theodore died in 1919. Carter was born in 1924.

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

3 hours ago, Deathrace said:

Trump claimed at his latest rally that Jimmy Carter voted for him. 

 

 

That claim's up there with the claim of that "airports" (plural!) were stormed by the continental army in 1775

 

[friedbutty 41]

On 24/10/2024 at 09:58, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

That claim's up there with the claim of that "airports" (plural!) were stormed by the continental army in 1775

 

 

Next thing he's gonna be on about is General Robert E. Lee declaring his Trump vote on TikTok.

[drol 11,911]

Worth bump again.

[Elvis is alive! 75]

Any day now. Probably this weekend.

[Steve 596]

12 minutes ago, Elvis is alive! said:

Any day now. Probably this weekend.

FFS what a points bump to this thread yet again!!!!

[Mango 168]

12 minutes ago, Elvis is alive! said:

Any day now. Probably this weekend.

Do you know something?

[wannamaker 1,407]

20 minutes ago, Elvis is alive! said:

Any day now. Probably this weekend.

 

We've been saying this since February last year.

[RetroGamer47 423]

2 minutes ago, wannamaker said:

 

We've been saying this since February last year.

Facts and honestly with the election 6 days away dying 2-3 days before then after holding on this long would be surprising

[arrowsmith 444]

13 minutes ago, Mango said:

Do you know something?

Definitely not, in every sense. 

[roaming_comrade 471]

4 hours ago, RetroGamer47 said:

Facts and honestly with the election 6 days away dying 2-3 days before then after holding on this long would be surprising

Maybe his last move is to die shortly before election day to boost Democrat voter turnout in Georgia.

[Commtech Sio Bibble 2,027]

Apologies for the bump, but I feel it is worth noting that as of today Jimmy is now the longest lived major Presidential candidate. Beating Alf Landon, the Republican candidate in the election of 1936, who lived until 1987 aged 100 years and 33 days. 

 

The only other somewhat notable Presidential candidate to reach 100 is Strom Thurmond, a third party candidate in the 1948 election, who lived for 100 years and 203 days.

[EDMUND901 34]

2 hours ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

Apologies for the bump, but I feel it is worth noting that as of today Jimmy is now the longest lived major Presidential candidate. Beating Alf Landon, the Republican candidate in the election of 1936, who lived until 1987 aged 100 years and 33 days. 

 

The only other somewhat notable Presidential candidate to reach 100 is Strom Thurmond, a third party candidate in the 1948 election, who lived for 100 years and 203 days.

There was a draft movement for former Senator James Buckley of New York in 1976.  Buckley who lived to 100 years and 162 days I don't know if he actually became a candidate so not sure if this would count.