Posted on 05/18/2006 9:05:59 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
Look What Happens When A President Gets Elected In A Year
With A "0" At The End ! !
Look what happens when a President gets elected in a year with a "0" at the end.
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.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. Both wives lost a child 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.
Andr ew 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.
AND.....................
Lincoln was shot in a theater and the assassin ran to a warehouse... Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran to a theater...
Is this a warning to the President elected in 2000...
What say you, Valerie... did Reagan break the curse or is W doomed?
And on Wednesdays multiply everything by three.
Source for this? I didn't realize the Kennedy was a necrophiliac, seeing as Marilyn Monroe DIED over 1 1/4 years before his assasination!
People will believe anything.
Doh! Will you believe a story about Mary Magdalene emigrating to France?
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.
So, they were both in Monroe a week before the assassination.
Apparently, that would be impossible according to NC... unless JFK dug up a grave.
Lincoln and Kennedy both had beards.
Kennedy and Lincoln's dad's were bootleggers.
1800 John Adams.
1820 James Monroe.
Yes, I have seen this multiple times in my life .. I never did check to verify any of it though.
This silliness about Lincoln and Kennedy has been around since shortly after the assassination. The OP admitted it was all just coincidence, so I am not picking on him -- but many years ago I tried to run down all these claims, and found a lot of them to be flat-out wrong -- and the others ones to be completely insignificant.
I have a very special interest in the JFK case -- as I was in a Junior High School directly across the street from Oswald's mother's home -- and I had friends who were at the scene of the crime. I was listening to it on the radio when it happened.
After the assassination, we were treated to several months of police cars and TV news trucks swarming Mrs. Oswald's place -- blocking the traffic around the school. A couple of times I wandered over to listen to what was going on.
<< Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. >>
Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus. He stated that if he could preserve the union without freeing the slaves, he would do so. He also stated that he did not believe in the equality of blacks. He was anti-slavery, but more because of what it did to the union than because of his "concern" for "civil rights."
<< Now it gets really weird. >>
It was already weird, because it consists of contrived coincidences with no real meaning.
<< Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy. Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln. >>
There is no evidence that Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy. His two White House secretaries were named John Nicolay and John Hay. And there is no evidence that Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, warned him against going to Dallas.
<< Both were assassinated by Southerners. >>
Wrong. Booth was a Southern SYMPATHIZER, but he wasn't a Southerner, except in the most marginal sense. He was born in Maryland -- a border state that stayed with the Union throughout the war. And he spent a lot of his life in the North.
Oswald was a Southerner by birth, but there is no evidence that he had any regional affinity for "the south." He pretty much hated America, and especially conservative Dallas, because of his communist beliefs. He lived in Louisiana, Texas, and New York before joining the Marines. His motivation was not "southernness" -- but Castroite communism.
<< Both were succeeded by Southerners. >>
So what? So were John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, J. Q. Adams, Van Buren, W. H. Harrison, Cleveland, Taft, FDR [if we are going to call a border state "southern"], Nixon [if a Marylander is to be considered a "southerner"], Ford, Reagan, G. H. W. Bush, and Clinton. Seems like pretty high odds.
<< John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839. Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939. >>
Wrong. Booth was born in 1838. But LOOK! They were both born in "the thirties"! OOOOOH!
<< Both assassins were known by their three names. >>
Wrong. Booth was often bill as "John Wilkes" and "J. Wilkes Booth." There is no evidence that he "was known" by three names before become infamous as the assassin.
And Oswald was generally known as simply "Lee." Like Booth, he BECAME known for all three names, because that is how he was referred to by the authorities and the press.
<< Both names are composed of fifteen letters. >>
So what? Lincoln's and Kennedy's names did not have the same number of letters. Neither did the two Johnsons' names. What is the significance? Squat.
<< Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials. >>
Not a very kosher use of the word "assassinated." Oswald was murdered, but Booth is more problematic. Booth refused to give up his weapons and give up, and the tobacco shed he was in was set afire.
Boston Corbett, who shot Booth, gave different stories, but one of them was that he thought he saw Booth about to use his weapon. In any case, an accused presidential assassin -- refusing to give up, and in possession of a weapon -- I wouldn't call his killing an "assassination" -- or even a "murder."
<< Lincoln was shot in a theater and the assassin ran to a warehouse... Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran to a theater... >>
Different kinds of theater: Booth's was live, Oswald's was a movie house. And notice that it says that Kennedy was shot FROM a warehouse, to maintain the parallel. Kennedy was in a car, which messes up the parallel with Lincoln being in a theater.
<< Is this a warning to the President elected in 2000... >>
Yes. And so is the following:
Every single president, vice-president, Senator, and Congressman in our nation's history has drunk water and eaten food -- habitually. And only a few hundred out of all those thousands are still alive today!
No coincidence at all. God has an incredible sense of humor, for those who take the time to find it. Hey, He likes to laugh, too...
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