Huh, I didn't realize Hoover hung around until '64.
― WmC, Monday, 3 December 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
Yeah I remember seeing a photo of him with Kennedy once.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 3 December 2018 23:23 (five years ago) link
(And since Wilson, Coolidge and Harding were all gone by '32, Hoover really was the loneliest guy in terms of a unique experience for two decades.)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 3 December 2018 23:24 (five years ago) link
I realize now why I said four or five; from my own list, I was too young for the first five to have any meaning (no recollection of even Truman's or LBJ's death, when I was 11 or 12; if I were American instead of Canadian, that might not be true). So there've been four, starting with Nixon, in my adult life.
― clemenza, Monday, 3 December 2018 23:34 (five years ago) link
hmm making me think I should start a presidential deaths poll
so far Reagan dying was my favorite
― Οὖτις, Monday, 3 December 2018 23:38 (five years ago) link
Reagan would get all the votes.
― louise ck (milo z), Monday, 3 December 2018 23:50 (five years ago) link
I'd cast one for Nixon. God, was he a shit.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 3 December 2018 23:52 (five years ago) link
only Republican presidents have died in my lifetime #blessed
― Freda VanFleet (symsymsym), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 00:19 (five years ago) link
― WmC, Monday, December 3, 2018 11:20 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i remember reading that jfk gave all the living ex-presidents a call during the cuban missile crisis to let them know what was going on, and hoover was one of them. i find it so weird to think of hoover being alive during that era, his presidency feels like it happened in a different universe compared to the postwar dudes.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 00:28 (five years ago) link
the Clintons are going to be on their arena tour longer than Cher
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 01:17 (five years ago) link
no Dem president has died in almost 46 years. spoooooky
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 01:22 (five years ago) link
I absolutely do remember Truman and Johnson dying w/in a month of each other. I had already read a lot of schoolboy presidential history.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 01:24 (five years ago) link
The Hoover phone call is on YouTube.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 01:49 (five years ago) link
Presumably Carter will be next, being realistic.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, December 3, 2018 6:10 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'll bet carter's healthier than trump despite being a 95 year old cancer survivor
― Trϵϵship, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 01:51 (five years ago) link
Eisenhower was first to go in my lifetime, Johnson the first I actually remember.
― suzy, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 01:55 (five years ago) link
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, December 3, 2018 6:22 PM (thirty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
pact with the devil otm
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 01:58 (five years ago) link
More like there were just more GOP presidents
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 02:04 (five years ago) link
Don't Democratic presidents tend to be younger, too (or at least post-WWII)?
― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 02:20 (five years ago) link
Bill Clinton is vegan iirc so he might be around for a while
― crüt, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 02:43 (five years ago) link
Clinton is one blowjob away from a cardiac arrest
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 02:45 (five years ago) link
Best cinematic version of Poppy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZvrIiqLv7M
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 03:04 (five years ago) link
I dunno. He doesn't get hit in the balls in that one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS5pTyUgfxo
― pplains, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 04:03 (five years ago) link
The Washington Post reports:
The family of former president George H.W. Bush has planned a state funeral that will steer clear of the kind of anti-Trump sentiment evident at the recent funeral of Sen. John McCain, according to people familiar with the funeral planning.
The Bush family contacted the White House this past summer to say that President Trump would be welcome at the funeral, scheduled Wednesday at Washington National Cathedral, and to assure him that the focus would be on Bush’s life rather than their disagreements, according to one former administration official.
The truce with Trump allows the Bush family, and the nation, to honor the legacy of a president who guided the United States through the 1991 Gulf War and the breakup of the Soviet Union without becoming mired in today’s toxic politics.
bury the whole family, plus Grifter
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 12:51 (five years ago) link
without becoming mired in today’s toxic politics.
citation needed
― We're in 2009—it's time to take risks, (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 12:56 (five years ago) link
The truce with Trump allows the Bush family, and the nation, to honor the legacy of a president who guided the United States through the 1991 Gulf War and the breakup of the Soviet Union celebrate their power without becoming mired in today’s toxic politics having to feign morals or ethics.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 13:04 (five years ago) link
looking fwd to Jeb-DJT handshake
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 13:06 (five years ago) link
"Please mourn."
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 13:08 (five years ago) link
at least people kinda remember jeb., i'd completely forgotten neil bush existed until this week and even now i'm not sure i could pick him out of a lineup
― We're in 2009—it's time to take risks, (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 13:14 (five years ago) link
"lineup" an apt metaphor
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 13:21 (five years ago) link
i'd completely forgotten neil bush existed until this week
The family's plan succeeded.
I was kind of shocked by a) how much taller Jeb is than GWB (6'3" vs 6'0") and b) how much GWB looks like his father now.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
would you want to be remembered for the reasons Jeb is?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:58 (five years ago) link
i'd rather be remembered as a charmless oaf than a war criminal tbf
― We're in 2009—it's time to take risks, (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
i'll make a note.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:03 (five years ago) link
at this point Jeb. will be remembered for the memes, which is really the kindest possible fate
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:03 (five years ago) link
*Jeb.
huh, ILX is rejecting my exclamation points for some reason
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
it did the same thing for me too - can't believe the secret chiefs of ilx have made an autoreplace to dampen jebthusiasm
― We're in 2009—it's time to take risks, (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:08 (five years ago) link
https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iur/?f=1&image_host=http%3A%2F%2Fi0.kym-cdn.com%2Fphotos%2Fimages%2Foriginal%2F001%2F171%2F350%2F817.jpg&u=https://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/171/350/817.jpg
¡qǝſ
― pplains, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:10 (five years ago) link
Aah, I had an exclamation mark gone missing yesterday as well. What’s going on??..??..
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/animal-jam-clans-1/images/a/ac/Basta.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20161124030955
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
I imagine Bob Dole is not well enough to attend, or he could reprise his sobs from the Nixon funeral.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
An aperitif before lunch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUQfKrt8p40
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
revisionism.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/12/george-h-w-bush-grocery-scanner-gaffe-false.html
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 16:57 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akLjzTisZoI
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
eh I didn't care at the time.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
slate is here with the ultimate #slatepitch take
https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/12/sully-hw-bush-service-dog-george-hw-bush-funeral.html
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
I saw "sully" and thought, "Oh, dear god, Andrew Sullivan is here with the tears and fellatio"
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
The photograph, in other words, is not proof that Sully is a particularly “good boy” or that “we don’t deserve dogs,” as countless swooning tweets put it on Monday. On its own, it says almost nothing other than the fact that Sully was, at one point in the same room as the casket of his former boss. This is simply a photograph of a dog doing something dogs love to do: Lie down.
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
Work email just received from our building management:
Dear Tenants,The ______ Tenant Appreciation Holiday Reception has been rescheduled to honor the National Day of Mourning for former President George H.W. Bush.
The ______ Tenant Appreciation Holiday Reception has been rescheduled to honor the National Day of Mourning for former President George H.W. Bush.
Guess I better remember to wear black tomorrow or I am going to be such a pariah.
I honestly do not remember anyone making one quarter of this amount of fuss about Reagan, Nixon, Ford. WTF is going on, seriously.
― Mom's out working, for fulfillment (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:09 (five years ago) link