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2003-11-14 Britain

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-11-14 23:59|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Remember the zero factor, someone has attempted to assassinate every American President elected in a year beginning with a zero, or something like that. Everyone made a big deal about that when Reagan was shot (1980) but not when George W. Bush was elected (2000). Not that I give credence to that sort of thing but this talk of assassinations brought me back to the 80s.

Posted by Yank 2003-11-14 8:38:16 AM|| 2003-11-14 8:38:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "attempted to assassinate every American President elected in a year beginning with a zero"

except with FDR the assasination attempt came BEFORE the 1940 election. And was there an attempt on Harding (1920)?

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-11-14 9:24:21 AM|| 2003-11-14 9:24:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 They're either assassinated or they die in office, not necessarily in the year they're elected. Reagan surviving being shot, elected in 1980 broke the chain.

Kennedy, elected 1960, assassinated.
Roosevelt, (re-elected) 1940, died in office.
Harding, elected 1920, died in office.
McKinley, elected 1900, assassinated.
Garfield, elected 1880, assassinated.
Lincoln, elected 1860, assassinated.
Harrison, elected 1840, died in office of pneumonia.

The pattern appears to have kicked in sometime between James Monroe and Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too.

Posted by Fred 2003-11-14 9:41:58 AM|| 2003-11-14 9:41:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 This was a curse put on the US by a seminole indian chief who was hanged - Tecumish...something like that (excuse me because I cannot remember the full name) that every US prez elected in a year ending in 0 would be killed/Die in office. And every prez that was elected in year ending in 0 did die in office till Reagan. I do not believe the curse stated "assassinated" but would die in office.

Posted by Dan 2003-11-14 9:46:27 AM|| 2003-11-14 9:46:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 It was Tecumseh's brother, the racist false prophet Tenskwatawa.

Posted by Korora 2003-11-14 10:00:33 AM|| [http://basementburrow.blogspot.com] 2003-11-14 10:00:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Our worry now is the more dangerous elements who may be here,â said a senior Scotland Yard source quoted in the newspaper.

Like say, followers of Abu Hamza? (this includes the likes of Zacarias Moussaoui and Richard Reid)

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-11-14 10:38:30 AM|| 2003-11-14 10:38:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 ...and they were Shawnee, not Seminole.

(god i love rantburg)

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2003-11-14 11:43:48 AM|| 2003-11-14 11:43:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Does al qaida REALLY want to give Tricky Dick Cheney the keys to the War Machine, after having rubbed out Dubya?

Can they possibly be that stupid? Hmmm, Magic 8 Ball says 'yes'.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-11-14 11:46:57 AM|| 2003-11-14 11:46:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 The issue here is that a democracy has a well thought out chain of command and transfer of power. If they kill Bush the US will be extermely pissed (even those that hate Bush will probably be upset) and Cheney will take over and probably be a little more forcefull in his prosecution of the war.

Posted by Yank 2003-11-14 11:56:48 AM|| 2003-11-14 11:56:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 my bad - thank you Carl in N.H for correcting me.

Posted by Dan 2003-11-14 12:04:27 PM|| 2003-11-14 12:04:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 damned antiseminoles

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-11-14 1:00:28 PM|| 2003-11-14 1:00:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Wasn't meant as a gotcha, Dan, I just love the interesting trivia-laden tangents that occur so much here...

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2003-11-14 1:27:09 PM|| 2003-11-14 1:27:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 I've long thought of Dick Cheney as a life insurance policy. Nobody wants to see President Cheney right now (including Cheney himself).

Posted by Dishman 2003-11-14 1:41:03 PM|| 2003-11-14 1:41:03 PM|| Front Page Top

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