Perplexing Presidential Pondering

Jun 09, 2006 08:03

While you all were sleeping, I was putting my brain to good use. For example, I made this pneumonic device: ( I am insane. )

fun, work

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blackberry_ June 9 2006, 12:55:32 UTC
well dang, i am impressed. thanks for putting the real winners of the last two elections. :)

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frizzlet June 9 2006, 15:58:59 UTC
Hehe:)

Oh, and Jackson actually won the popular vote 3 times...the whole "Corrupt Bargain" deal and such...instead of Adams in the 1824 election. He also won a plurality of the electoral college, but needed a simple majority, which he didn't have. I think there's at least one other dude who did that...whoever ran against Truman or Coolidge or something...they even printed out the newspapers with the other dude declared the winner. I just don't remember who that was.

What was I doing at 3:30 this morning? Dreaming about being Cinderella and running away from the Prince at the altar to spend my life with my female wedding planner, who was waiting for me. That was a strange dream.

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nathew June 9 2006, 22:04:10 UTC
dewey defeats truman. how could you forget that?

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frizzlet June 10 2006, 15:06:45 UTC
Ah...'tis true; my bad.

At least I knew it was possibly Truman...it was a long day.

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nathew June 9 2006, 22:05:23 UTC

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nathew June 9 2006, 22:08:43 UTC
dude. james k. polk. do you not know the they might be giants song?

"in 1844, the democrats were split/the three nominees for the presidential candidate/were martin van buren, a former president/and an abolitionist/james buchanan was a moderate/lewis cass, a general and expansionist/from nashville came a dark horse riding up/it was james k. polk, our 11th president"

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purplesapphire June 9 2006, 23:16:57 UTC
Meg, that is awesome.

However- Who's the third A last name? And the one that goes with "amazing"? Am I missing somthing in Garfield's name?

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super_me June 10 2006, 00:11:28 UTC
Yeah, wait a minute. But they all add up to 42...let me do the math again...ah, right. Two Adams and Chester A. Arthur. See, Garfield was assassinated and Arthur took over, so he never won an election.

Animaniacs: "James Garfield someone really hated, 'cuz he was assassinated."

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