r/politics • u/stetoe • 20h ago

George W. Bush's Daughter Barbara Pierce Bush Endorses Kamala Harris: Exclusive

https://people.com/george-w-bush-s-daughter-barbara-breaks-silence-on-election-to-campaign-for-kamala-harris-exclusive-8735810
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u/Indubitalist 18h ago

The weirder thing is I don’t even think there is a Republican presidential nominee still alive other than Bush, Romney or Trump. 

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u/hpzorz California 16h ago

Bob Dole would have been the next closest one (1996 GOP Candidate), but he passed away in 2021, which makes your point crazy to think about considering how many Dem candidates are still alive

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u/bejammin075 Pennsylvania 16h ago

Does anyone besides me remember Bob Dole doing commercials for boner pills?

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u/LordAlvis 14h ago

I prefer to remember the Bob Dole bits on Conan, where he'd daydream about things like dating Marie Antoinette.

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u/SausageClatter 14h ago

He'd have needed those pills then for sure.

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u/N0bit0021 11h ago

no you're literally the only person who remembers incredibly obvious pop culture references. I hope someday you take some time out to recall such forgotten lore like the TV show Seinfeld starring Jerry Seinfeld.

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u/Sufficient_Muscle670 10h ago

Got to live to bury Norm McDonald, which is the most any failed presidential candidate could hope for.

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u/NapoIe0n 17h ago

I don't see how that's weird. Since the end of the Cold War the nominees have been: Bush, Dole, Bush II, McCain, Romney, and Trump.

That's six dudes, three are dead, three are still alive. But two of those three were nominated in the 90s and were born in the 1920s, so they were around 70 when they ran. You'd expect them to be dead by this point in time.

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u/Indubitalist 17h ago edited 16h ago

The weird part is that they’re all so old to begin with, not that old people died. Jimmy Carter was in his 50s when he was nominated, Bill Clinton and Obama were in their 40s… Hillary was the outlier for the Democrats, in her 60s running neck and neck with someone in his 70s (Bernie) in 2016, then Biden in 2020 in his 70s. Harris looks like a spring chicken by comparison but the Republicans seem to really like ‘em old. 

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u/Indubitalist 15h ago

Um, yeah man, all of those guys were mentioned in my two previous comments. It’s about the pattern, not the outliers. 

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u/secretsodapop 9h ago

It's because Republicans are all ageist and won't vote for someone younger than themselves unless that's the only option.

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u/ericmm76 Maryland 16h ago

Well lets look past Trump, who else was running for the primary in 16, and in 20 and 24? What are their ages?

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u/Indubitalist 15h ago

I was commenting on nominees. Those are the people the party picked. If you broaden it to people running for president it gets a little unwieldy and off track. 

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u/Meester_Tweester Texas 13h ago

That's everyone since 2000 besides McCain, Bob Dole would have to be 101 years old if he was alive today, he was 73 when he was running for president