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Fuckie Todd, Brokaw and Nicole Wallace he is not the last of his generation who served [View all] malaise Dec 2018 OP

Umm.... jberryhill Dec 2018 #1

umm no both are 94 years old , the same generation . stonecutter357 Dec 2018 #2

Holy cow jberryhill Dec 2018 #5

I hear you malaise Dec 2018 #9

Yes the statement can be taken two ways but sdfernando Dec 2018 #18

Grammatically, the word "last" is linked to "his generation" so the OP is correct. yardwork Dec 2018 #22

I see how you are misunderstanding the statement. It's not worded well, but it's correct. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #47

Last of his generation to die is not accurate n/t malaise Dec 2018 #4

But that's not the statement jberryhill Dec 2018 #6

How did Jimmy Carter win that WWII victory medal then? Baltimike Dec 2018 #23

never mind that, how did Jimmy Carter get a time machine.... jberryhill Dec 2018 #25

No time machine needed. Jimmy Carter and HW Bush are in the same generation. Baltimike Dec 2018 #27

And which one was president last? jberryhill Dec 2018 #35

I'm curious- who do you think was the first of that generation to serve as president onenote Dec 2018 #36

Kennedy dsc Dec 2018 #44

Correct. And if he is the first because no one of that generation was president before him onenote Dec 2018 #46

My father got one too nitpicker Dec 2018 #60

Correct. That's why no one said that. Read the statement again. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #48

The wording matters zaj Dec 2018 #3

It was poorly worded. Should have said "last WWII vet to get ELECTED President. All those after him Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #49

MSM hates Carter because he's so foreign to them. lark Dec 2018 #7

Maybe so. But the statement that GWHB is the last of his generation to have served as president onenote Dec 2018 #14

He was the last one to get elected...better wording. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #50

They've been calling it the WWII generation leftynyc Dec 2018 #8

The last vs. last surviving Zambero Dec 2018 #10

Different generation... brooklynite Dec 2018 #11

Carter is the same age as Bush was. yardwork Dec 2018 #24

He had a pretty darn good service record ... marble falls Dec 2018 #12

Who of that generation served as president after GWHB? onenote Dec 2018 #13

The navy has always been the red headed stepchild of the armed forces elmac Dec 2018 #15

But Bush was in the Navy Reserves. itsrobert Dec 2018 #33

I think I just heard a bunch of Coasties say "Excuse me?" n/t whopis01 Dec 2018 #39

Coming from a family of Marines, father, brother, cousins, uncles elmac Dec 2018 #43

I get it - have family in both the Marines and Navy whopis01 Dec 2018 #56

Who Will Bet Carter Wont Get 5 Days Of Gushing PaulX2 Dec 2018 #16

He'd BETTER! maddiemom Dec 2018 #17

But I expect most of the world will remember President Carter positively erronis Dec 2018 #19

I haven't watched one minute of the coverage... llmart Dec 2018 #37

I will give him more than that malaise Dec 2018 #53

Conservative reality -- History as seen through the glass eye of the beholder. ffr Dec 2018 #20

Fun fact: Bush was president after Carter. Kaleva Dec 2018 #21

You just misunderstood what they meant. phleshdef Dec 2018 #26

I'm so sick of turning on MSNBC and listening to everyone gush over Pappy Bush! oldlibdem Dec 2018 #28

I don't understand why you do it then. Kaleva Dec 2018 #32

Who said I sit in front of the "idiot" box all day? oldlibdem Dec 2018 #38

I didn't say you sit in front of the idiot box all day did I? This is what you said: Kaleva Dec 2018 #41

Post removed Post removed Dec 2018 #58

I'm just saying don't let the idiot box control you. Be your own master. Kaleva Dec 2018 #59

jumped to wrong conclusion, removed previous comment still_one Dec 2018 #29

Ok. Tell me who of that generation served as President after GHWB onenote Dec 2018 #34

You are right, I was thinking served in armed forces, not WWII. Thanks for the correction still_one Dec 2018 #52

You should trash this thread. It's an off handed attack based upon your misunderstanding tymorial Dec 2018 #30

+1 BannonsLiver Dec 2018 #40

It's getting pretty gross. tymorial Dec 2018 #51

+2 Kaleva Dec 2018 #42

Abide. Sneederbunk Dec 2018 #31

+ IADEMO2004 Dec 2018 #54

What a semantics war.. LakeArenal Dec 2018 #45

..and I don't believe Carter ever bailed out and killed his crew.... joanbarnes Dec 2018 #55

Carter was in the Naval Academy during WW2 flotsam Dec 2018 #57