pilight Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-gerald-ford-ronald-reagan-hospice-care-f4e26c10a7b366f14e62f690da403b0a Quote The charity created by the 98-year-old former president said on Twitter that after a series of short hospital stays, Carter “decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention.” 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 8 minutes ago, pilight said: https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-gerald-ford-ronald-reagan-hospice-care-f4e26c10a7b366f14e62f690da403b0a I hope he somehow miraculously survives this. It's very rare but sometimes people do make it out of hospice alive. I'm about 99.9% sure he won't, however. He needs to make it out and run for president again! Just so he can have a non-consecutive term 40 years later! 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euri Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) I was hoping we'd have a centenarian for a former president but it looks like that will have to wait You know, that sounded much more pessimistic than I wanted it to but oh well Edited February 18, 2023 by Euri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 5 hours ago, vcczar said: I hope he somehow miraculously survives this. It's very rare but sometimes people do make it out of hospice alive. I'm about 99.9% sure he won't, however. He needs to make it out and run for president again! Just so he can have a non-consecutive term 40 years later! My great grandmother lived to be 106...but she went from near perfect health to a life of mostly misery starting at age 90. From that point on, she longed for a death that took another 16 years to arrive. There's no point to living past 98, and a lot of down side. He had a good run, it's time to go now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Here's an interesting fact on Twitter. I don't know if it's true or not because a simple google search didn't confirm it or not, but I didn't go beyond for the first 10 results: The first sitting US Senator to endorse Jimmy Carter's campaign for president in 1976 was Joe Biden. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrman104 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 42 minutes ago, vcczar said: Here's an interesting fact on Twitter. I don't know if it's true or not because a simple google search didn't confirm it or not, but I didn't go beyond for the first 10 results: The first sitting US Senator to endorse Jimmy Carter's campaign for president in 1976 was Joe Biden. I would presume the reason is Pat Cadell, he was a Carter Aide and pollster who was instrumental in his primary victory in 76 but he also helped the young Joe Biden win his senate seat in 72 using much of the same tactics he would advise Carter using 4 years later "Caddell coached him (Biden) not to criticize his incumbent opponent—that just made him another politician—but “Washington.” That made him an “anti-politician”—the kind Caddell preferred: candidates who spoke to what he termed the electorate’s “malaise,” and what he began calling in 1974 America’s “crisis of confidence.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaHale Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 3 hours ago, vcczar said: Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden: Very similar presidents IMO. Took office shortly after an administration shook the trust of the public's perception of the American political system, and although they may have good personal integrity, they were absolutely shitty presidents that made terrible decisions. (Slightly biased). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 26 minutes ago, DakotaHale said: Very similar presidents IMO. Took office shortly after an administration shook the trust of the public's perception of the American political system, and although they may have good personal integrity, they were absolutely shitty presidents that made terrible decisions. (Slightly biased). I think it's too soon to know if his decisions are terrible yet or not. Legislatively, he's been much more successful than Carter was, despite Carter having more members of his party in Congress than Biden ever has. For Democrats, he's been a huge success legislatively and rhetorically. Carter wasn't viewed as such that way. Most inter-party criticism of Biden is due to his age, unclarity of some aspects of foreign policy goals, and--believe it or not--his attempts at bipartisanship with the less radical Republicans. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringles Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 32 minutes ago, DakotaHale said: Very similar presidents IMO. Took office shortly after an administration shook the trust of the public's perception of the American political system, and although they may have good personal integrity, they were absolutely shitty presidents that made terrible decisions. (Slightly biased). I agree to an extent. Though Biden is better than Carter was at this point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edouard Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Biden presidential term is much better for me nowadays than it was 1.5 years ago. It's starting to become a good term but Ukraine will be a deciding factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 7 minutes ago, Edouard said: Biden presidential term is much better for me nowadays than it was 1.5 years ago. It's starting to become a good term but Ukraine will be a deciding factor. I think for Americans, Biden's Ukraine policy won't matter one way or the other as it doesn't affect us noticeably. It would if American soldiers were fighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaHale Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 2 hours ago, vcczar said: I think for Americans, Biden's Ukraine policy won't matter one way or the other as it doesn't affect us noticeably. It would if American soldiers were fighting. Or if nuclear war breaks out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaHale Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 Worth mentioning Rosalyn Carter got put on hospice yesterday. I imagine it won't be long now. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwa777 Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 She will go followed by jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pius XIII Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 On 2/19/2023 at 4:29 PM, DakotaHale said: Very similar presidents IMO. Took office shortly after an administration shook the trust of the public's perception of the American political system, and although they may have good personal integrity, they were absolutely shitty presidents that made terrible decisions. (Slightly biased). Honestly, I am not a big fan of this comparison on the personal integrity aspect, but I get what you are saying. That being said, Jimmy Carter is a good man and the world will be worse off without him. I thought he has been in hospice for a good six months. I could have sworn that it was his wife that entered hospice over the past week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaHale Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Pius XIII said: I thought he has been in hospice for a good six months. I could have sworn that it was his wife that entered hospice over the past week. That is correct. This is an old post I bumped to the top again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwa777 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Roselyn Carter died today. Jimmy will go shortly I bet as he is 99 and old couples tend to die near each other. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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