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caty
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:27 PM
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Do you believe in coincidence? |
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> Some presidential history. Look what happens when a President gets elected > in a year with a "0" at the end. Also notice it goes in increments of 20 > years. > > > 1840: William Henry Harrison (died in office) > 1860: Abraham Lincoln (assassinated) > 1880: James A. Garfield (assassinated) > 1900: William McKinley (assassinated) > 1920: Warren G. Harding (died in office) > 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (dies in office) > 1960: John F. Kennedy (assassinated) > 1980: Ronald Reagan (survived assassination attempt) > 2000: George W. Bush ?? > > > > And to think that we had two guys fighting it out in the courts to be the > one elected in 2000.
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:28 PM
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1. I'd never wish that fate on anyone (even *) - |
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so I'll take the next best thing, impeachment! :applause:
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:29 PM
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2. Because of this history, I think a lot of us expected (hoped?) |
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something would happen during his first term. No such luck.
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:32 PM
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3. The last thing I want for the chimp |
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Edited on Sun Jun-12-05 03:33 PM by bushwentawol
is for him to die in office. In no way do I want him to be "Kennedy'd." He's a martyr for no cause other than the movement to give the 1%ers even more of this country than they already have.
Belated welcome to DU!
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:34 PM
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2000 - G. W. Bush (kills the country while in office)
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:36 PM
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5. Yeah, but in both 1960 and 1980 |
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a certain familiar name tended to creep up in the discussions about the assassinations...
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:39 PM
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6. The 20 year curse held true in 1980 AND 2000: |
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1980: Reagan officially brain-dead (for decades before it was only unofficial).
2000: Democracy in the USA died.
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Sun Jun-12-05 03:40 PM
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7. It's called Tecumseh's curse |
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Although I think the curse was actually cast by his brother "The Prophet". When Harrison defeated the Indian movement Tecumseh was a leader of he was cursed . Supposedly Harrison was told that he and whoever is president every twenty years will die in office.
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