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Presidential candidates ages and you

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  • jon-nycJ Offline
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    Extra credit if you tell the story from when the first person was younger that you until when they all were.

    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
    -Cormac McCarthy

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      One thing I feel I can say in confidence is that 2028 will be the first year that none of the 4 are older than all the posters here. This year Trump was still older than all of us (though if Vince had lived a bit longer.....)

      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
      -Cormac McCarthy

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      • George KG Offline
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        Obama is younger than I.

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          As is Sarah Palin, no? That was the same election.

          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
          -Cormac McCarthy

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            As is Sarah Palin, no? That was the same election.

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            @jon-nyc said in Presidential candidates ages and you:

            As is Sarah Palin, no?

            Yes, I thought you were referring to a ticket.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              I was imagining us on our individual journeys from being younger than all to being older than all. It generally would take a few elections to see that happen.

              "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
              -Cormac McCarthy

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                Pence is younger,

                Harris is younger than I as well. Somehow I suppressed that.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  Like in my father's case (b 1930):

                  1984: Geraldine Ferraro was younger.

                  1988: Dukakis and Quayle were younger

                  1992: Clinton, Gore, and Quayle were younger

                  1996: Clinton, Gore, Kemp were younger

                  2000: all were younger, same with all subsequent elections

                  "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                  -Cormac McCarthy

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                    I was shocked when I found out Vance was younger than me. I'm 42, he's 40. Felt weird. Same feeling I had when I was watching the Steelers one year and found out that their QB (Big Ben) was younger than me. I think I was 25 and he was 23. It was weird since naturally I grew up always thinking pro athletes were just older than me.

                    Pete Buttigeig when he ran for President (primary) also shocked me since he's only a few months older than me.

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                      Funny how you and I experience the first younger candidate at the same time, given I’m 14 years older than you.

                      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                      -Cormac McCarthy

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                        We seemed to have skipped GenX and went right to millennials.

                        Though I’ll bet next cycle we’ll have a gen xer or two.

                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                        -Cormac McCarthy

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