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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR
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To: PartyTime who started this subject2/21/2003 3:13:48 AM
From: ajax99  Read Replies (1) of 25898
 
> > Presidential curse.
> > 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 (died 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.
> > You might also be interested in this. Have a
> history teacher explain this
> > if they can.
> > Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
> > John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
> > Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
> > John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
> > Bother were particularyly concerned with civil
> rights.
> > Both wives lost their children while living in the
> White House.
> > Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
> > Both Presidents were shot in the head.
> > Now it gets really weird.
> > Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
> > Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.
> > Both were assassinated by Southerners.
> > Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
> > Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in
> 1808.
> > Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in
> 1908.
> > John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was
> born in 1839.
> > Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was
> born in 1939.
> > Both assassins were known by their three names.
> > Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
> > Now hang on to your seat.
> > Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford'.
> > Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln' made by
> 'Ford'.
> > Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their
> trials.
> > And here's the kicker.....
> > A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe,
> Maryland.
> > A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with
> Marilyn Monroe.
> > Creepy huh? This is one history lesson people
> don't mind reading!
>
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