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One of these is not like the others: (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Feb 2017 OP
Oh you must mean Sybil drumpf. democratisphere Feb 2017 #1
lol Cha Feb 2017 #2
Five presidents who will be among the top 44. oasis Feb 2017 #3
Ya see, you keep trying to trick me...one has a long tie... angstlessk Feb 2017 #4
Kinda trippy we have 6 living POTUS's right now ... mr_lebowski Feb 2017 #5
 

mr_lebowski

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5. Kinda trippy we have 6 living POTUS's right now ...
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 05:56 AM
Feb 2017

Well, I use the term loosely with regards to the current shit-gibbon-in-chief, but I recall a time in my very young life when we had precisely 1, and that was the guy in office, Tricky Dick.

The fact that 6 of 7 going back to the one who took office in 1976 (40 years hence) are still alive is actually pretty amazing, esp. since they're all males (being that males don't tend to live as long).

I wonder how many times (if ever) in US history there's been when there were 5 ex-POTUS' still alive esp. all of the last 5 elected in a row (counting dt)?

Just checked on Wiki, looks to me that prior to our current 'run' the most-ever alive at one time was 4, counting current POTUS. That's when JFK was President, and Hoover, Ike, and Truman were all still alive.

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