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DxK@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 年前

Jimmy Carter Says He’s Hanging On to Vote for Kamala Harris

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Jimmy Carter Says He’s Hanging On to Vote for Kamala Harris

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DxK@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 年前
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As the 39th U.S. President’s 100th birthday nears, Jimmy Carter told his family from hospice care that his ultimate goal is to vote for Kamala Harris before he passes.
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    Go Jimmy, Go. 💙

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    How can one person be this good of a citizen!!?

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      Georgia boys are either sweetheart saints or hateful monsters, not a lot in between. Source: am Georgia boy

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        You fucking monster!!!

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          Naw I’m a sweetheart!

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            That’s what all the monsters say

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              Well… you ain’t wrong

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                You know what? I know the struggle. I’m a country ass Texas boy who just wants equality for everyone.

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                  You’re as rare a breed as myself sir, if we ever find a Mississippi equivalent we’ll really be in business! Egalitarianism is worth fighting for

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      He was actually a pretty good president too. Unfortunately the seeds of the cancer that is the current Republican party has been sown by the Nixon administration before he was elected and had begun to bear fruit when Reagan ran against him.

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        I like to say he was the best man ever to be President and that he had great policies, but that he was not an effective President.

        He was too honest to play the game.

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          What does that say about our society? Can you imagine taking the same attitude as a scientist? Nothing would ever work because it relies on foundational truth and integrity. The reason lying in politics is acceptable is because the citizenry is allowing it through the ballot box. These idiots can’t do science or politics but they have the same voting rights as everyone else.

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            Lying works because our schools don’t teach critical thinking anymore. They are so obsessed with rote, bullshit memorization that there isn’t any room or time left for critical thinking

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        Oh I fully agree, being a good president can only make you a better citizen.

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        Yeah, the Republican party had a strong progressive wing before Nixon. Lincoln, Teddy, and Eisenhower were all progressives by modern standards.

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    Now that is an endorsement

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    orange man really got elderly people staying alive out of SPITE just to vote against him LMAO

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      Never underestimate spite when it comes to living long lives.

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    “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”

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      He also planted seeds in the ME that has allowed the US to always have an unstable relationship in the region

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        Ronald Reagan prolonged the Iran hostage crisis and then resolved it by selling weapons to Iran - which was illegal. Its a great tragedy that Ronald Reagan wasn’t prosecuted for treason.

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          Carter gave birth to the Mujahideen, which became Taliban and Al-Qaeda

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            That’s incorrect. Mojaheds were a group of Muslim-Socialist democratic parties. The only thing in common between them is using weapons.

            Unless you call everybody US armed Mojaheds.

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        The creation of Israel, and the US aided Iranian coup of 1953 both happened a couple decades before Carter.

        Those seeds were planted and had been growing for a while.

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          He planted the seeds that created the Mujahideen

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            They were chill. They may be the reason Pakistan and Taliban are weaker today than they could be, not stronger.

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        Tell me you know nothing about history in one sentance challenge: Success

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          Mujahideen has entered the chat

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        E D G Y

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    You’re my boy, BLUE!

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      All we gotta do is keep Jimmy away from the KY jelly wrestling pit with naked college girls and we’re set

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        deleted by creator

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        I’m sorry, there’s a what? I’m trying to book a flight now…

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          You might wanna watch Old School. I’d say it’s a classic, but that makes me feel old as balls.

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            Dude, ear muff it

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              I’m talking like boy band ass

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          youre on your phone on a kayak? lmao

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            I wish! I changed it to “booking a flight” to make it more relevant to everyone…

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        Good fucking luck…

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        Just until after the election

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    I assume he’s still registered in GA? We really need that vote.

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      Dude built half the state with his bare hands. He absolutely should get to vote there.

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      There’s a reasonable chance he’s been purged from the rolls.

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      Agreed. I’m still pretty bummed out that Betty White died 17 days shy of her 100th birthday. Hang in there Jimmy, we all need this!

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        Pretty sure she did it as a joke on purpose. You know there was a massive party planned and she was like “good luck suckers, I’m out!”

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          I don’t know how much say she had in it but that’s definitely her humor.

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            I don’t know, my grandmother pretty much decided to let go, and she was gone, and she was supposedly in relatively good health. I could believe it.

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    Hey, Donny. Even though I’m yearning to join my wife, I’m in constant pain, and I’m past ready to die, I’m hanging on for 3 more months just to give you the middle finger.

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      Jimmy Carter would never give Trump the middle finger. He’s too classy.

      He’s the sort of man who stands for something he believes in and leaves it at that. He was the Fred Rogers of politicians.

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      I can feel your loss. Losing your soulmate is devastating. My best advice I can give you is to seek help and talk, either a professional or a friend. Suicide should never be a solution and I‘m sure that your wife wouldn‘t want you to leave this earth when we don‘t know whats on the other side.

      Edit: Also, we need you to kick Donnys or MAGAa ass again in four years

      Edit2: Nvm, I misunderstoof the comment

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        I believe they are referencing that Jimmy Carter’s wife died last year.

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          Please pass the message on to Jimmy, then.

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          Oups, I thought he was talking about himself in support of Jimmy.

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    Just a great person all around.

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      He should run again in 2028

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        I think he’s waiting for 2028… which would really be pushing it for Jimmy, since a fascist dictatorship that no longer holds elections might be in charge.

        If that’s the case, I wish him the best of luck in 2032.

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    Hold on and make it to see her inaugurated and that way you’ll have lived longer than Kissinger, Carter.

    I know you can do it!

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    Man… If he dies immediately after voting…

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      That’d be metal af

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    I’ve always said Jimmy would be prefarable to the current roaster of politicians, and I’m going to say it again.

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      It fucking sucks that both Carter and Bernie are so old and so ahead of their time. Give them 40 year old bodies and they’d be the future we need.

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        Give them perpetually 40 year old bodies and let them rule as two God-Emperors in repeating eight years cycles for each.

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    Damn it - he should run for president.

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      Literal ghoul

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        You’re no buttercup yourself, smoothskin

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    THIS is how ex-presidents influence elections!

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