# Former President Jimmy Carter enters hospice care {2023-02-18}

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-jimmy-carter-enters-hospice-care-2023-02-18/980011>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** breaking-news\
**Created:** [February 18, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-jimmy-carter-enters-hospice-care-2023-02-18/980011 "2023-02-18T21:20:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-jimmy-carter-enters-hospice-care-2023-02-18/980011/41 "2024-05-15T23:54:51Z")

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Yeah, it’s an old one. I just thought it fit in well here.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-jimmy-carter-enters-hospice-care-2023-02-18/980011/42 "2024-05-16T01:52:39Z")

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Interesting that he considered a run in 2020.

“I’m not calling off a run just yet, but I’ve got to consider the hard truth that my time to be the face of the Democratic Party may have passed.”

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**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-jimmy-carter-enters-hospice-care-2023-02-18/980011/43 "2024-05-16T02:26:25Z")

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He didn’t. This is a joke from the Onion. Not sure why Chronos thinks it’s appropriate in this thread.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-jimmy-carter-enters-hospice-care-2023-02-18/980011/44 "2024-05-16T15:06:25Z")

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Boy am I gullible. Of course he didn’t! What was I thinking?

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