Jimmy Carter says he's hoping to vote for Kamala Harris as 100th birthday approaches

[highplainsdem]

Source: USA Today

WASHINGTON - Former President Jimmy Carter told family that as he approaches his milestone 100th birthday this fall that he's holding on to vote in the presidential election.

“I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” Carter told his son Chip this week, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Carter voted in the Georgia primary in May, according to family.

“He’s not going to miss an election,” grandson Jason Carter said at the time. “It’s important to him. I mean, that’s the person he is.”

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Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/03/jimmy-carter-kamala-harris-vote-100/74657161007/

[Ocelot II]

1. Hang in there, Jimmy...

[peppertree]

28. ...

[liberal N proud]

2. We need your vote Jimmy

We need you!

[newdeal2]

3. Amazing

Like I said a few weeks ago, I hope Biden gets the chance to visit with him once more time.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Kamala Harris should pay a quiet visit to Jimmy.

No media. Just a private visit that is an homage to him.

[NNadir]

10. I'm sure, if he is still with us, she will AFTER being elected President. I'm also sure that President Carter knows...

...full well the rigors and stresses and time constraints of running for the highest office in the land, and thus will understand if she doesn't visit him the next 100 days.

[3auld6phart]

31. I'm

Sure she will. Both JB and Kamala it would be a memorable a and very nice.

[Jk23]

53. Could we get another photo like when the Bidens toward over the Carters?

[Baitball Blogger]

5. That would be so cool!

We're rooting for you, Fr. President Carter!

[dalton99a]

6. Kick

[OrlandoDem2]

7. Georgia goes blue for Kamala and Jimmy! Hang in there, Jimmy! We love you!!

[Ladythatvotesblue]

8. Jimmy Carter

God Bless you sir.
You are a great man.
Thank you for your service.

[EarthFirst]

9. We're pulling for you sir!

[twodogsbarking]

11. I think Jimmy has been hiding the fact that he is Superman.

[highplainsdem]

37. Yes, he is.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

12. Love the attitude Jimmy... we're all pullin for you sir!!

[Ishoutandscream2]

13. I can't describe this man

He is beyond explanation.

[EYESORE 9001]

14. I was thinking about President Carter just this morning

I hope he lives as long as he wants. I would hope he lives to see Cheato in handcuffs, but that’s selfish if someone is ready.

[Botany]

15. Early voting starts Tuesday, October 15 to Friday, November 1, 2024. In person voting

Jimmy has 2.5 months to go to vote.

I wonder when mail in voting in Georgia starts?

Btw. Jimmy if you need me I will drive you to early voting or to drop off your paper
ballot @ a drop box. May the graces of the world keep you until 11/5/24 to see
Vice President win Georgia and the national election.

Jimmy =

[SouthBayDem]

29. Haha, you sure the Secret Service would let you?

Especially after what happened a few weeks ago?

[Botany]

33. I am pretty sure he is bedridden but I would love to see Jimmy being driven to drop off his ballot ..

@ an early voting location as the people of Plains line the streets and cheer him on. I know that
won’t happen and that if he makes to mid October he will vote by mail but the man is a true hero.

Btw I have been around some Presidential or running for President events and things about
the shooting in PA just doesn’t pass my smell test.

Btw part 2 I really hope that Jimmy makes it to vote but stories about him sleeping more and
more might mean his end is close. How long has he been in hospice now?

[SouthBayDem]

38. Carter entered hospice in Feb. 2023

This article by Northeastern University says he "defied the odds".

[Botany]

39. 1 year and 7 months is a long time in hospice

Especially when his Rosalynn passed over 8 months ago. Maybe he is supposed
to live to see a black woman elected as President.

Thanx for the post.

[Lulu KC]

16. Don't go, Jimmy!

I know. Circle of life. But this is a moment that made me realize how upset I will be that day.

[Botany]

22. Kamala just brought on some pros from Obama's 2008 & 2012 campaigns

David Plouffe, who was manager of Obama's presidential campaign in 2008 and a senior aide during his 2012 re-election victory, joined Harris' campaign for president as a senior adviser, the source said.

The Harris campaign is also being joined by Stephanie Cutter, a Democratic communications veteran who previously served as Obama's White House communications director and deputy campaign manager. Cutter will join the Harris campaign as senior adviser on strategy messaging.

Cutter's firm is on contract to produce the Democratic National Convention in August.

Other Obama alums joining the campaign include Mitch Stewart, who worked on both Obama campaigns and will come in as senior adviser on battleground states. David Binder, who led Obama's public opinion research operation, will expand his role on the Harris campaign to lead the opinion research operation.

All of the new hires will report to Harris campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon, another veteran of Obama's two campaigns who also who managed President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign and built his 2024 operation from the White House.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ex-obama-campaign-aide-plouffe-joins-harris-election-team-source-says-2024-08-02/

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. I am hoping that President Carter gets to vote for Kamala Harris

[llmart]

18. I'm hoping he also makes it to see her inauguration.

[Blue Owl]

19. K&R for Jimmy

I believe he will cast a vote for Kamala in November!

[japple]

20. Thank you, Jimmy Carter, for anchoring the light in our country

and in the state of GA as well.

[StarryNite]

21. Jimmy was a great president in spite of what the repukes did.

He is such an honorable person. I hope he knows how much he is respected, appreciated, and loved.

[SpankMe]

23. Some Republican ass will find a way to challenge Carter's ballot

Because... ...Republicans.

[cutroot]

24. A great man

[Jean Genie]

25. Hang on, President Carter!

Bless his heart!

[calimary]

26. Hang in there, President Carter!

We all want you to live to see it (and share it AND celebrate it)!!!

[Evolve Dammit]

27. Thank you James Earl Carter. My hero and a real American patriot.

[ismnotwasm]

30. Oh man

Love him

[angrychair]

32. So excited

I truly, with all my heart, hope he gets his wish. What a moment that works be.
I know it's a Republican state government but Kemp and Raffensperger should work with his staff to arrange to let president Carter vote at the legally earliest possible moment.

[WiVoter]

34. Thank You President Carter

Much love and respect to you sir ❤️🇺🇸

[wordstroken]

35. I ran for the Florida legislature the year Reagan defeated President Jimmy Carter

Broke my heart to see such a wonderful man leave.
Hang on, Jimmy, we love you.

[Novara]

36. I couldn't love him any more.

[andym]

40. Jimmy Carter would be recognized today as one of the greatest Presidents ever had the hostage rescue succeeded

There would have been no Ronald Reagan presidency, and the Fed's action to control stagflation and create a booming economy would be credited to Carter, not Reagan, as Carter would have been President in late 1983-1984. Carter was the one who appointed Fed chairman Volcker in 1979. Hoping that Carter will have a chance to participate in a historical moment once again in November by voting for Harris.

[Danmel]

41. My dad was determined to make to his grandsons bar mitzvah

He was 89 and had congestive heart failure.
He was a Holocaust survivor and seeing his grandson become a bar mitzvah was his vengeance.
He made it, celebrated and died less than 3 weeks later.
Hoping Jimmy Carter gets to see the inauguration of President Harris!

[liberalla]

42. I surely hope he's able to vote for her also!

Sending love and good vibes to Jimmy Carter!

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

43. You hang on, Jimmy. You want to see it happen like we all do

Most moral and best Prez of my life until Biden. Bill is 5th and LBJ is 4th, but almost neck and neck. LBJ and his Great Society legislation beats anything Bill did. He'd definitely be 4th but for Vietnam.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Society

I want six Presidents on my 'best-of' list!

[JoseBalow]

44. I hope he's around to get her re-elected in 2028

We love you, Jimmy!

[soldierant]

45. In July, there were ZERO active cases of guinea worm.

But officially it will be 9 months of the same before science can say it has actually been eliminated.

He always said he just wanted to live longer than the last guinea worm. And I figure he is the one who will decide when that is the case.

[rickford66]

46. I voted for Carter twice. The man republicans claim to be.

[BlueKota]

47. He is such an honorable man.

[truthisfreedom]

48. Hat's off to Jimmy Carter!

Here’s hoping his dream comes true!

[lark]

49. Praying you reach your goal former President Carter, it would be another thing of grace you do for your country.

President Carter is the best man to ever be president, IMO. He has given so much to the world, when others just retired he kept working for humanity!!

[FakeNoose]

50. If only we could bend the rules and let him vote early

Just this once, as a special birthday present for a very special man.

[electric_blue68]

51. Hang in there, Sir!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

52. I hope that President Carter is able to cast a vote for Harris