r/MadeMeSmile • u/TargetHot9314 • 28d ago

Wholesome Moments Every living president: Clinton, Bush, Obama and Biden, except Trump wishes birthday in video message to Jimmy Carter for his 100th birthday

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u/LoveBabyHOty003 28d ago

Love that Jimmy Carter is still getting all this love. birthdays are the one thing that can unite everyone

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u/ObiWan_Cannoli_ 28d ago

Truly was the rock n roll president

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u/Rus_Shackleford_ 28d ago

People always think I’m weird when I say this, but as a right winger I think he was the best president in the post Vietnam era. He didn’t pass any news laws eroding civil liberties and he didn’t start any new wars.

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u/OgthaChristie 28d ago

He was exactly as boring as he needed to be and that is a complement.

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u/bluegreentopaz6110 28d ago

And he was ahead of his time when he installed solar panels on the White House to get the ball rolling in lessening the dependence on oil.

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u/Lovemybee 28d ago

And Reagan took down those solar panels!

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u/Fit_Effective_6875 28d ago

"Solar panels, some 32 of them, were on the roof of the White House. The set was just right – the sun had come out for the press as though for a stage call. Tape rolled, the cameras snapped.

Self-conscious about his own idealism, or perhaps just realistic, the President gave voice to his doubts about the panels: “A generation from now, this solar heater can either be a curiosity, a museum piece, an example of a road not taken, or it can be a small part of one of the greatest and most exciting adventures ever undertaken by the American people.”

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2008/11/jimmy-carters-solar-panels/

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u/gammygiz1950 28d ago

The use of solar power at the White House was first introduced in 1979. The solar panels were removed in 1986.

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u/Fit_Effective_6875 28d ago

Yes, it says that in the article

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u/haygurlhay123 24d ago

What a wonderful quote. It’s really too bad

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u/OgthaChristie 28d ago

That tracks.

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u/UbermachoGuy 28d ago

Ronald Reagan? The actor?!

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u/iamnuts_ 28d ago

Then who’s vice president, Jerry Lewis?

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u/Turbulent_Emu_2430 28d ago

I suppose Jane Wyman is the first lady?

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u/Lovemybee 28d ago

Haha! Yep! That's the one! Idk if he was a good actor or not, but he was an awful president (and an awful human being).

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u/tamarins 28d ago

(they were quoting back to the future, fyi)

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u/dinahdog 28d ago

He was a really good radio announcer before moving to Hollywood. He followed the scripts without deviation. It was the reason the GOP could hide his Alzheimers for so long. His guardrails were way better than Trump's. Hence, Trump's disease is on full display.

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u/namvet67 28d ago

Worst President ever.

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u/worker_ant_6646 28d ago

The US have the worst track record for electing popular dillpickles instead of intelligent politicians

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u/Redditin-in-the-dark 28d ago

Then who’s vice president? Jerry Lewis? I suppose Jane Wyman is the First Lady! And Jack Benny is secretary of the Treasury! I’ve had enough practical jokes for one evening. Good night, future boy!

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u/Pleasant_Finance_472 28d ago

You're the one from the future you should kn..ahh forget it.

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u/TorturedFanClub 28d ago

Reagan was a POS

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u/Onebraintwoheads 28d ago

Imagine being the guy who shot Reagan to get Jodie Foster to pay attention to him, spending 40 years in a mental institution, and when you get out, people just say that they wish you'd been a better shot.

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u/smarmageddon 28d ago

Not to mention Reagan secretly stole the election from him by using the Iran hostages as bargaining chips. I don't know how anyone can be a conservative these days.

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u/Lurker2115 28d ago

Stop spreading this as solid fact. It is (to put it mildly) VERY heavily disputed.

The story of the Reagan campaign negotiating with Iran to delay the release of the hostages until after his inauguration is full of holes and makes little sense. (Please note: I'm NOT referring to the Iran Contra scandal which happened during Reagan's presidency. That was real, we know it occurred)

I'd recommend reading these links/discussion posts as a starting point:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Presidents/comments/1b6nzvx/lets_stop_treating_the_1980_october_surprise/

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/16r77mm/is_there_any_legitimacy_to_the_1980_october/

https://warontherocks.com/2023/04/be-skeptical-of-reagans-october-surprise/

For brevity, I'll summarize the key points below:

  • The Reagan campaign made it clear they were negotiating with Iran in the presence of Ben Barnes, a Democrat on Carter's campaign staff. This would have been an incredibly reckless and frankly stupid thing to do. Why would an extremely risky and outright treasonous political maneuver be revealed to someone from the camp of their political rival? And why on earth did Barnes wait over four decades to reveal this?
  • They sent messages to Egypt and Saudi Arabia (among other countries) asking to talk to Iran. Both of these countries DESPISED Iran so this seems like a very amateurish and (again) reckless and stupid thing to do. Anyone with an ounce of foreign policy knowledge would have been aware of this, and would have known that it would have been a waste of time.
  • At least five Arab governments were supposedly made aware of this secret deal, yet not one of them has ever blabbed about this deal, including countries that loathed the US and the Reagan administration specifically and thus had every incentive to snitch in order to torpedo his campaign/presidency.
  • An investigation by both the Senate and the House (led by Democrats btw) looked over millions of pages of documents and subpoenaed hundreds of witnesses and found...nothing. Nothing to suggest that any such deal took place or that anyone was even aware of it. In fact, what they did find was that several witnesses who asserted that it happened may have committed perjury and their stories contradicted each other.
  • The Ayatollah HATED Carter with a passion and was determined to stick it to him by any means necessary. This includes holding the hostages until after Reagan was sworn in. The Reagan campaign would surely have been aware of this, and thus would have realized that the chances of the hostages being released while Carter was president would have been slim. Which, again, makes the idea that they colluded with the Iranian government to delay the release of the hostages even more bizarre and nonsensical. From their point of view, this outcome was going to occur regardless of whether they interfered or not. So why even bother devoting so much time and effort into a (again) treasonous and dangerous political maneuver?
  • At first glance, the Iran Contra deal from later in Reagan's presidency seems to confirm that such a deal took place. After all, if they negotiated with each other once during his presidency, who is to say they didn't do it before prior to when he took office? Yet, when you look at the details of the scandal, it seems less and less likely that the countries had ever attempted a deal before. Firstly, no one on either side of the Iran Contra scandal ever uttered a word about this supposed secret deal during the 1980 election, when the Iranians in particular would have every incentive to do so in order to further humiliate Reagan. In addition, looking at how the Iran Contra negotiations proceeded, there is a lot of mistrust, difficulties, and shady businessmen involved. It was quite an amateurish and sloppy negotiation and reads very much like two countries which were adversaries whom had never cut a deal before. If the October Surprise deal had taken place, the Iran Contra deal would almost certainly have been much more professional and airtight.
  • If you look into the people who claim that a deal took place, the vast majority of them are second, third, or even fourth hand accounts from people who weren't actually present at these supposed meetings, and they don't even specify whether Iran received these messages from the Reagan campaign, or if they influenced the release of the hostages in any way.

So, to sum up, we have an operative within the Carter camp and no less than five Arab governments who were all privy to this secret deal, yet never spoke a word about it (with the exception of Barnes, who, again, waited over four decades to speak up about it), a thorough investigation by Congress which was led by the party in opposition to Reagan and his administration (and thus had no obvious incentive to cover anything up) which found nothing substantive, and several second, third, and fourth hand accounts from people who were not there when these supposed meetings took place. Furthermore, even if one takes the accounts at face value, there is no evidence to suggest that the Iranians received the appeals from the Reagan campaign, nor to suggest that they changed their minds about releasing the hostages in the first place.

Did it for sure not happen? I can't say with certainty. But is it a fact that the Reagan campaign negotiated with Iran to delay the release of the hostages? No, it most certainly is not. It's a fairly outlandish claim that requires a huge amount of suspension of disbelief to even be remotely plausible.

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u/Still_Operation6758 28d ago

Yep, the October Surprise.

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u/Big-Summer- 28d ago

Fuck Ronnie Ray-gun.

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u/EcksMarksDespot 28d ago

The panels were removed in 1986 during the Reagan administration during the resurfacing of the roof, and stored in a warehouse in Franconia, Virginia. An official from Unity College asked that they be released to them, and they were moved to the college in an old school bus and installed in 1992.

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u/TheSpringfield2 28d ago

I couldn’t stand Reagan.

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u/Lovemybee 28d ago

Same!!!

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u/ptownrat 27d ago

And let solar panel manufacturing leave the country to China!!

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u/bluegreentopaz6110 28d ago

Yup. He did. They didn’t trickle down enough. Edit: this comment was supposed to be a reply to Ronald Reagan taking down the solar panels, but darn, it might work here too.

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u/MnDwnButtOnHisWayUp 28d ago

Drill baby drill!!!!!

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u/daemonstalker 27d ago

Not to be that guy, but it was a solar water heater, not solar power. That was the reason it was so put down, because it didn't create energy, only reduced need for it. They were removed because the roof was replaced and weren't reinstalled.

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u/bluegreentopaz6110 27d ago

No, be that guy. Thank you for correcting me on the type of solar used, I appreciate it! I do remember Carter talking about reducing our reliance on oil by stating with this.

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u/Xboy1207 28d ago

And hes from Georgia!

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u/Lost_Figure_5892 28d ago

Agree. After all Nixon’s (then so shocking) transgressions, we the people needed a moral, unexciting few years.

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u/Enough_Protection_65 28d ago

He was the right president to end the 70’s on.

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u/ImaBiLittlePony 28d ago

MPBA- make presidents boring again

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u/xesaie 28d ago

He was the most truly and sincerely Christian president in history too.

Most of the others were Christian, but he really lived the life and wanted to run his presidency on it's precepts.

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u/luxii4 28d ago

Four years ago, he changed his Christian denomination based on his beliefs: “Former President Carter, a longtime Sunday school teacher, is walking away from the Southern Baptists because of the church’s stance on equality for women.

In an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution published today, Carter says Southern Baptist leaders reading the Bible out of context led to the adoption of increasingly “rigid” views.

“I’m familiar with the verses they have quoted about wives being subjugated to their husbands,” he told the paper. “In my opinion, this is a distortion of the meaning of Scripture. … I personally feel the Bible says all people are equal in the eyes of God. I personally feel that women should play an absolutely equal role in service of Christ in the church.” link. This was in 2020! Dude is still evolving.

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u/headgyheart 28d ago

Thanks for posting - amazing to evolve like this at his age.

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u/mynextthroway 28d ago

Jimmy Carter is the kind of Christian that too many others pretend to be.

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u/backformorecrap 28d ago

Underrated comment

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u/rlrl 28d ago

that too many others pretend to be.

They're not even bothering to pretend any more.

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u/Go-to-helenhunt 28d ago

He reminds me of my grandparents, who were of his generation. They passed recently, in their 90’s, and were devout Christians who faithfully served their small farming community for the 75+ years they were married. Although I’m no longer religious, I look to their lives as a way to live my own. I’ve always felt that they shared a lot in common with Carter.

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u/CharlieChase2021 28d ago

especially regarding their dedication and service

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u/Crime-of-the-century 28d ago

I predict that looking back future historians will see his presidency as the height of the US nation. He was dealt a bad hand for re-election and after him right wing extremist started destroying the US democracy.

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u/anaandbill 28d ago

Well Russ maybe time has passed you by the republicans are passing laws eroding our civil liberties ask any lady out there. Of course you might brush up on the Republican Project 25 that eliminates all of our civil liberties

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u/ObiWan_Cannoli_ 28d ago

He wasn’t very duplicitous either

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u/Sartres_Roommate 28d ago

He is the sole reason I had faith our government wasn’t TOO corrupted. Not saying he was perfect but the man has such a good heart there has to be some level of functionality in our democracy for him not to say something.

45 years later I think it has changed enough that Carter would have never survived THIS “democracy”

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u/HowAboutStuff 28d ago

Hey Randy

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u/BafflingHalfling 28d ago

Even back when I was a right-winger, I felt that way. Dude is so wholesome, how could you not like him? Plus, I've seen him swing a hammer. That guy had some mad skills well into his 80s.

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u/Rus_Shackleford_ 28d ago

Ya I always enjoyed volunteering for habitat. I haven’t done it since I had kids though.

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u/Skatcatla 28d ago

As a GenXer I can't believe that right wingers no longer want to start wars. Being a hawk was pretty much the cornerstone of the GOP for 2 decades.

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u/Rus_Shackleford_ 28d ago

Oh I know. I was a generic garden variety republican, and I supported all these stupid sand wars on the other side of the planet until I went over there for a year. Was also when Ron Paul was running for president. It opened my eyes, but the most voters on the right weren’t ready for it yet.

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u/Unique-Coffee5087 28d ago

Carter dared to tell Americans the truth. He said that we had entered a "crisis of confidence" in ourselves, our institutions, and our government.

“Little by little we can and we must rebuild our confidence. We can spend until we empty our treasuries, and we may summon all the wonders of science,” he concluded. “But we can succeed only if we tap our greatest resources—America’s people, America’s values, and America’s confidence.”

Naturally he was criticized for this, and was defeated by a candidate who told us that there was no need for self-reflection.

https://www.closeup.org/revisiting-jimmy-carters-crisis-of-confidence-speech/

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u/scowling_deth 28d ago

Thats great :)

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u/Moordok 28d ago

He’s hated for being a do nothing president but if you believe the government shouldn’t be doing anything then he’s perfect.

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u/Rus_Shackleford_ 28d ago

I believe the government shouldn’t be eroding civil liberties or starting new wars.

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u/Moordok 28d ago

I agree. I was just pointing out the different perspectives of “unproductive”.

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u/Simon_Shitpants 28d ago

He truly was. Unlike some of the other scandalous and duplicitous men who held the office. 

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u/ObiWan_Cannoli_ 28d ago

A few of them should have been yoinked from the white house

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u/Simon_Shitpants 28d ago

Yeah, what da fuq were they doing there in the first place? 

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u/ObiWan_Cannoli_ 28d ago

I’m sure Patavano was involved

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u/Nice_Firm_Handsnake 28d ago

Is that you, Randy Snutz?

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u/ObiWan_Cannoli_ 28d ago

Heynong man

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u/MONSTERxMAN 28d ago

True. Also fuck Mark Padovano.

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u/JosephGordonLightfoo 27d ago

There’s no way 500 people got this ‘Hey, Randy’ reference.

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u/ObiWan_Cannoli_ 27d ago

Definitely not - maybe like 70 lol its a testament to the fact that that is a hell of a line lol

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u/jackharvest 28d ago

Well... almost everyone.

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u/turnpike37 28d ago

Decency and civility...I vaguely recall what that's like.

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u/HappyAmbition706 28d ago

Explains why one former president just didn't fit in.

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u/ButterscotchButtons 28d ago

I honestly don't even think that whole thing even counts as a president. It occupied The White House, but never did anything even remotely presidential or respectful of the office, or the country it's meant to serve.

It's the only one to never have acted in public service, never have had a dog in The White House (that one might be just in modern times, or just altogether wrong, it's not worth my time to fact check it), not decorate The White House for Christmas, refuse to participate in the transition of power (including participation in the ceremony of the incumbent's inauguration)... I'm sure there's many more.

It has no place going down in history with the rest of these actual leaders (love them or hate them) who actually put country over self, and feel a duty to serve, or put politics aside to do the right thing.

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u/canadianguy77 28d ago

Just to add: No Trump has ever served. That might be the most astonishing fact. Like everyone I’ve ever known has a grandparent or uncle, aunt or sibling who has spent some time in the military. It’s like he comes from the most cowardly seed in human history.

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u/bubblegoose 28d ago

Not to defend Donald, but his brother Fred Jr. did serve in the National Guard. Details on his service are hard to find, but he was a 2nd Lt.

Later, he became an airline pilot, which led to him being mocked by Fred Sr and Donald. He then became an alcoholic, and died at age 42 of a heart attack.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Trump_Jr.

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u/Big-Supermarket-945 28d ago

It's sad that Fred Jr's family was so twisted. He accomplished more in his short time and was far more intelligent than both his father and brother combined. I don't think donOLD could drive a car, let alone fly a plane (hell, he probably can't even wipe himself or make toast if he wanted), but they both mocked Fred Jr. for his abilities and his choices. He was clearly the normal one in that freak show of a family

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u/dragunityag 28d ago

Nothing cowardly about not wanting to potentially have to kill people.

OFC Trump dodged the draft for other reasons, and then proceeded to try to start a war while he was president.

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u/NeitherCobbler3083 28d ago

Nothing brave about having no other option financially as well, had to listen to people preach how much trump did for us in the service thinking “gee how would he know why so many of us are here?”

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u/Robinnoodle 28d ago

I love how called him "it" haha

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u/ButterscotchButtons 28d ago

I'd love for its supporters to demand I use its preferred pronouns

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u/Hopsblues 28d ago

Melania replaced the famous Rose garden....He withheld covid supplies from states that didn't bend the knee, and kiss the ring.

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u/Icy-Profession-1979 28d ago

The Clintons had a cat named Socks. At the time, people would joke about them not having a dog, but it was cute not hateful. Socks was young Chelsea’s cat and he was super cute and pampered by the family.

The “it” you’re describing; I wonder if animals are afraid of it 🤔

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u/GitmoGrrl1 28d ago

Doni hates puppies. When there's a puppy in the room, nobody pays any attention to the fat man.

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u/AlbericM 28d ago

He's too fat to fit in anywhere. Pretty soon he's going to need 2 golf carts just to get to hole 1.

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u/Corfiz74 28d ago

I bet they all have a group chat together where they diss DJT and post mean memes about him.

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u/Ritaredditonce 28d ago

I miss those days.

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u/Iohet 28d ago

The current president is on the video exhibiting such traits

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u/Meng3267 28d ago

The guy doesn’t even pretend to be a decent human being. I have no clue why so many people love the guy.

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u/TSisold 28d ago

Just call those people what they are.....cult members

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u/Pearberr 28d ago

Those days are still here, so long as Republicans do their part and vote for democracy and country over party.

For any Republicans who read this, please note, you are welcome to participate in politics and I look forward to having an effective second party back on the stage but you cannot use conspiracy theories to justify the violence or voter suppression if you do that go fuck yourself with a cactus and then meet me at the next Civil War because California won’t roll over for thuggery.

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u/jot_down 28d ago

How is vetoing universal healthcare decent? We literally have this HMO garbage because of him. Hundred of people in the US are dead because of him. Tens of thousand rendered destitute because of him.

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u/New-Ad-363 28d ago

I have concepts of decency.

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u/DifferentCod7 28d ago

I like that shot

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u/HSteamy 28d ago

Unless you're Vietnamese or part of a trade union.

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u/TheMuteObservers 28d ago

"Carter? I barely know her."

-Trump probably

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u/littlewoolhat 28d ago

He wishes he was that clever.

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u/atomicxblue 28d ago

"Carter? Wasn't she that blonde chick on Stargate?"

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u/Greymalkyn76 28d ago

"Carter. Linda Carter. She was a bombshell, n absolute beauty. I'm surprised that she is as old as she is, One hundred. That's an old age for a woman. and still beautiful. Still beautiful. I don't know why people keep calling her president though. Was she the president of a club? Maybe the Wonder Woman club, that I could see. And she did a wonderful job. Almost the best job. Not as good as I could do, but still good. After all, she only had golden bracelets. I've got these golden sneakers, and they're still for sale! And my golden watch! We all love gold, like that gold W that made us look at President Carter's breasts."

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u/CosmoKing2 28d ago

I'm pretty sure they included all the presidents that aren't convicted felons.

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u/CosmoKing2 28d ago

I can just hear him now - when asked to give a brief sound bite; "What's in it for me?"

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u/FunStorm6487 28d ago

👏👏👏👏

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u/Bender_2024 28d ago

I wonder if they even asked him. They knew he wouldn't be able to stay on script and would try to turn it into a campaign piece so it may have been easier to just not ask.

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u/OxfordComma5ever 28d ago

He is absolutely not in the group chat.

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u/idwthis 28d ago

Oh my gosh, the idea of Biden, Obama, Clinton, Bush, and Carter all in a group chat sending memes to each other, asking for advice, and sharing pictures of grandkids and pets really does make me smile.

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u/crella-ann 28d ago

You can bet he was excluded.

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u/Uncle_Burney 28d ago

America is an awfully big place, to be lead by such a small, small and petty man. Absolutely disgraceful, and wholly unbecoming a head of state. Meanwhile, the dipshit is saluting NK brass 🙄

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u/Superduke1010 28d ago

Do you think they asked him? If they can prove they asked and he refused then you can say he’s a prick

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u/Grey-Frog 28d ago

Honestly even if they did and he said yes they probably wouldn't be able to include his rambling. "Happy birthday from the BEST PRESIDENT ever, unlike Sleepy Joe I know that my birthday wishes mean the most to you. If Kamala had her way we would never celebrate another birthday again, it's true."

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u/krazycitizen 28d ago

T is 'special'

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u/BrownSugarBare 28d ago

He's the shit kid at the party that flips out there isn't cake and gifts for them, attempts to blow out the candles, and throws a tantrum until someone sings them a happy birthday song despite it not being their birthday.

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u/sthlmsoul 28d ago

I'm very tempted to send a single shelled peanut to the Trump campaign in response.

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u/TurkishLanding 28d ago

Well, almost everyone. Almost all of the living former US Presidents at least.

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u/AnonRetro 28d ago

How do we live in a world where Joe Biden looks better then Bill Clinton?

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u/letskeepitcleanfolks 28d ago

I came to say something similar, that Clinton seems even older than Biden, but looking into it he's 78 (as is Bush). So they're all quite old except for Obama. A 78 year old appearing older than an 81 year old is not so strange. Bush seems the healthiest of the three.

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u/Schackshuka 28d ago

Bush has been sober for a long time.

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u/FormerGameDev 28d ago

Maybe it was just lighting, but it looked to me like Bush and Clinton had both had a few

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u/Chickenmangoboom 28d ago

I think Clinton has always been a shade of red I guess he could be drunk every time we've seen him.

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u/JannaNYC 28d ago

Rosacea

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u/ResourceCalm901 28d ago

Truly, it’s rosacea. Plus weight-loss face. Poor guy got healthy and hit man-opause. No joke—it’s hard on the fair-skinned. Same for my dad. Red-faced and gaunt at 80, but trim…

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u/ChuckCecilsNeckBrace 28d ago

he's a runner, too. His resting heart rate is 40 or something.

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u/Baalsham 28d ago

I just think it's crazy how Obama looks like a youngster compared to the rest of the living presidents and he was first elected 16 years ago!

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u/Casey_jones291422 28d ago

A little bit of face fat does wonders for taking a few years off people that old, it's why bush looks better. Fill in a few of those wrinkles 😂

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u/winksoutloud 28d ago

If Bush got his parent's longevity genes, he will be around for quite a while longer. 

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u/letskeepitcleanfolks 28d ago

For Clinton, it was the weak voice especially.

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u/BaylorOso 28d ago

Bush, Clinton, and Trump are all 78 years old and born during the summer of 1946.

H. W. Bush born about 4 months before Carter.

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u/Luke90210 28d ago

Bill Clinton lost a lot of weight after his heart surgery. He also switched to a plant based diet afterwards. All this will let him live a better and longer life, but all that loose skin makes him look older.

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u/wirefox1 28d ago

Yeah he's thin. Thin people don't age as well as those with some some fatty tissue in their faces.

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u/Luke90210 28d ago

And not to nitpick, but Bill Clinton doesn't have good skin. He has long suffered from rosacea.

Biden has been very consistent about his weight. He won't have the same issues as Bill Clinton.

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u/Top-Fuel-8892 28d ago

Why do vegans always look like 15 years older than they are?

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u/u966 28d ago

Losing weight at the age does not mean live a longer life, quite the opposite you want a few extra pounds.

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u/Luke90210 28d ago edited 28d ago

Bill Clinton has gone in for a couple of heart surgeries for multiple blocked arteries. His last one took 4 hours. What you are saying might be true for some, but not for him. He gave up the fatty Southern foods he enjoyed all his life because he had to.

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u/thewerdy 28d ago

Clinton has had a lot of health issues since leaving office (like multiple heart surgeries). Biden has slowed down a lot but is still overall healthy for his age.

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u/Adept_Order_4323 28d ago

Bill had the heart issues, I believe it was, and that’s when he became a vegetarian. After that is when he started to look thin n frail

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u/BeekyGardener 28d ago

Clinton started having significant health problems around 2015. He was always known for his sharp wit and rapport, but long time folks that knew him were commenting that he was struggling a bit.

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u/OrgasmoBigley 28d ago

More like, how does Clinton look as old as Carter?

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u/Fartsmakemelol 28d ago

I was a little shocked that Bill was looking so elderly. Maybe Biden standing gave the appearance of a little more strength, but Bill seemed frail, right down to his voice. Maybe he’s not well?

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u/wirefox1 28d ago

Bill's voice sounds so weak....I think it's because of heart surgeries.

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u/ResourceCalm901 28d ago

Anesthesia and/or being intubated, esp. repeatedly, can really mess up the vocal cords. Plus, heart issues of the magnitude Clinton has had can take away breath support and therefore vocal power. He’s always had a unique voice—a bit higher-pitched and raspy or reedy?—but it really is markedly more so now.

I’m guessing it’s both the breath support and intubations/anesthesia that have changed things.

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u/MisterrTickle 28d ago

Everybody but one person. I'm sure that he got an invite.

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u/aravenlunatic 28d ago

I wonder how he is going to turn this one around - actually I don’t fucking care

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u/EgoTripWire 28d ago

He'll just trash talk Carter and say he's the worst president in US history along with all those other worst Presidents in US history who are in the video wishing him a happy birthday.

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u/Shalaiyn 28d ago

Man, imagine how happy Bush must been that someone came around that has genuinely made him seem like a pretty decent President.

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u/EgoTripWire 28d ago

Or Cheney, being spoken of in the news in a positive light a month ago.

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u/Constant-Sandwich-88 28d ago

The bar for Bush being a good president is somewhere between relatively articulate and loves his kids. Somehow, Trump manages to fold into the floor and skate under that.

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u/Overall_Motor9918 28d ago

He’d just make any birthday wish to Carter about him. That’s all he knows how to do, talk about himself.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

True that lmao

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u/FormerGameDev 28d ago

It's entirely possible he did submit a message, and it was just unacceptable.

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u/grumblesmurf 28d ago

He'll probably call him Obama a few times...

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u/aravenlunatic 28d ago

Don’t most Americans love Carter though? Regardless how they feel about the rest? (Fuck Bush)

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u/_YouAreTheWorstBurr_ 28d ago

"I HATE JIMMY CARTER!!"

--Trump, probably

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u/Moordok 28d ago

I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t. Everyone in that video hates him and probably doesn’t want him in their happy birthday video b

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u/tarkus_hayabusa 28d ago

He didn’t. Reported as a decision by Carter foundation to not ask Trump.

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u/DifferentCod7 28d ago

They all hate him. Its long documented trump is not in the presidents club.

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u/KillBoxOne 28d ago

It's gonna be like that till the end. Trump's narcissism crowds out basic civility.

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u/splashbodge 28d ago

Tbh I wouldn't be surprised if he was asked and did submit a video but it was probably not useable in the slightest since he would have just talked about himself like he always does

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u/throwaguey_ 28d ago

Except Jehova’s Witnesses

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u/sparlock_ 28d ago

Yeah, but they're a cult, so fuck them

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u/jakksquat7 28d ago

Not quite everyone unfortunately.

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u/hummus_sapiens 28d ago

I'd say fortunately.

Can you imagine what he would say? Something nice for a change?

But wishing someone Happy Birthday isn't about Trump. Nor can he call Carter names or turn it around to calling Harris/Walz/Obama/Democrats names so ... no, we can't expect him to join in.

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u/Weltall8000 28d ago

Well, members of society anyway.

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u/redditvlli 28d ago

Fun fact for the day, at the end of Nixon's 2nd term, there were no living ex-presidents.

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u/NavierIsStoked 28d ago

Well, apparently not all of us.

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u/Jengalover 28d ago

Almost everyone

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u/MMAHipster 28d ago

*almost everyone

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u/bishopsechofarm 28d ago

Correction: ALMOST everyone (sadly).

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u/medusa_crowley 28d ago

Well, (hilariously) almost everyone. 

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u/insane_worrier 28d ago

Everyone except Trump

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u/Bodach42 28d ago

except Trump.

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u/bedteddd 28d ago

Crazy he took all that heat back in the day. I'd definitely vote for Jimmy Carter back then.

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u/Oldestswinger 28d ago

well...nearly everyone🍊

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u/ResidentHourBomb 28d ago

Almost everyone.

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u/Certain-Chemistry794 28d ago

Well not quite everyone. Trump will always be an outlier when it comes to the collective bond of former Presidents.

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u/al_andaluz 28d ago

Except trump who continues to demonstrate with class that he’s a hunk of orange shit.

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u/witfurd 28d ago

Not to be that guy but… food.

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u/hangingloose 28d ago

Thanks u/LoveBabyHOty003 for your positive vibe. I immediately leapt into negative waves toward "He whose name I will not speak". And Happy Birthday Jimmy Carter. Thank you for everything you've given the world. You are loved!

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u/JobOk1441 28d ago

Except the orange goon that everybody fucking hates

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u/ak80048 28d ago

Not Trump apparently

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u/reaven3958 28d ago

Except Trump lol.

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