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[–] 254 points 2 years ago* (33 children)

Wow, I didn't realize that they were about the same age. I just assumed that Clinton, who was last elected president twenty-eight years ago, was way older.

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  • [–] 138 points 2 years ago* (24 children)

    Prepare yourself:

    Clinton, Trump and Bush Jr were all born in the “summer” of 1946.

    Since 1992, 32 years ago, there has been a presidential candidate from the summer of 1946 for 7 elections (trump 3 times now) or 28 years worth.

    Additionally, H Clinton was the “fall” of 1947, Romney the “spring” of 1947, Gore the “spring” of 1948.

    Obama, McCain, Kerry and Biden are the only exceptions to the core Boomer generation of a 2 year window dominating presidential elections for ~35yrs.

    With Biden and Kerry kinda being older boomers, born in ~1942/3 and Obama a young boomer at ~1960. Harris and Walz (and Vance too) mark a generational step change to X-gen and millennials

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  • [–] 45 points 2 years ago (20 children)

    Can I ask why the seasons are in quotes? No shade, it’s good information (though Obama is still a core boomer, and Harris and Walz are on the cusp- 1946-64 is the range in the US), just wondering

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (18 children)

    Not everyone lives in the northern hemisphere, or call autumn "fall", or, AFAICT, use the seasons over specific months as much as the US.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    The southern hemisphere is just a bunch of penguins and seals. Who cares.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    and Harris and Walz are on the cusp- 1946-64 is the range in the US)

    Well, I think that's missing the forest for the trees. If people at the older edge of cusp have been dominant, then shifting to the younger edge, ~15-20 years younger, is still a step change.

    Obama kinda marked the beginning of it, but is best viewed as an aberration. His opponents were silent gen (McCain) and old-boomer (Romney, 1947). And the next two elections after him were, in birth years, '46 v '47, '42 v '46. IE, over 6 candidates in 4 elections, Obama was the only one not born before 1948. Both Harris and Walz being born in '64 feels like a step change (where apart from Palin, I don't think VPs were ever typically much younger)

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    [–] 54 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    He has many flaws, but the dude sure has a silver tongue.

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    [–] 51 points 2 years ago

    If he really works on it, I bet he can stay younger than Trump for the rest of his life.

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  • [–] 50 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    Man, remember when getting a sneaky beej was the most shocking thing a president could do?

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Remember the OUTRAGE the right exhibited?? I always knew they were full of shit and hitching their waggon to Trump proved it without the shadow of a doubt.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Trump is way worse, and the "perjury trap" used with separate definitions of "sex" in the 2 investigations (Lewinsky and Jones) so Clinton couldn't answer the question without committing perjury was bullshit.

    But in the post "me-too" era can my fellow Dems admit that the President of the United States getting a 22yo White House intern to give him a blowjob is beyond unacceptable. There's such a massive imbalance of power in that relationship that consent is really tricky.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    As a Dem, I'm going to say that I don't support what Bill Clinton did given their power level difference. But, I do acknowledge what Trump did was way worse, and I will always compare him negatively to whatever you come up with.

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    [–] 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    He looks so much younger/healthier than last time. I wonder if he had covid last dnc, because I remember him looking like SpongeBob with the suds.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Personally, I liked the joke about him talking about Hannibal Lector more.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    big dog still has it 💚

    bill clinton was my first "vote" in the channel one national mock election when i was in sixth grade and he was president when i visited the white house a year later. i still have my socks the cat comic book i got from the gift shop :)

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