It’s a two-parter:
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Let’s hope no one knows another Biden.
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I think you really hit on something there, the whole “relatable” thing. Obama talked about his childhood, and Michelle’s childhood, a lot during the first campaign. I wonder if that was to sort of compensate for having an unusual name.
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Roosevelt was definitely not common in the region outside NY state as a surname, I’ll wager. Hoover…to most people, it’s more familiar as a brand of vacuum cleaner than as an ex-POTUS. Van Buren…could it have been more prevalent during his lifetime than it is now? Taft is another one that isn’t as common except in the Midwest; same with Truman and Eisenhower, I think. I really am just guessing from what knowledge is in my head, LOL, right now. Reagan, too? Certainly, it’s not a “foreign”-sounding name.
But…Washington, Adams (twice), Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Polk, Pierce, Lincoln, Johnson (twice but rather distant relations), Grant, McKinley, Cleveland, Harding, Coolidge, Wilson, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Bush (twice), Clinton - I know I keep using this phrase, but they’re fairly common, and I’m guessing they were long before the POTUSes who have them reached the White House.
(and all the names above are from memory, PLEASE feel free to fill in my gaps, I gotta get ready for a gig; my musical partner’s picking me up in a half-hour).
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All the ones you rhymed off are English, German, Dutch, and Irish. So prominent during the Revolution.
Same as in Canada they’re all English, Scottish, and French names. The only exception I can think of is Diefenbaker.
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And I forgot about Rutherford B. Hayes. And Millard Fillmore. And James Buchanan. And the Harrisons, William Henry and Benjamin. Did I forgot any others? This is all from memory, lol.
My dad told me we were related to this man; he and my great-grandmother on his side (his maternal grandmother) were born with the same surname. Who really knows, LOL?
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“A statesman is a dead politician.” - some wise guy.
Seriously, perhaps he’d better stick to the Senate and leave the POTUS for someone else. Because if we get another shitty POTUS, we are going to need ALL the help in the Senate and the House that we can get! I mean, Bernie “cancels out” Moscow Mitch in the Senate (and why doesn’t Mitch want to run, hmmm? Afraid we might find out the real reason he was discharged from the army?), doesn’t he?
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Running scared, eh?
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Lock her up!
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Don’t give 'em ideas!
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So why does the current POTUS perceive Joe Biden as a threat? Why isn’t he trying to get dirt on Liz and Bernie?
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Because Biden is tied to Obama (Trump’s perceived arch-enemy) in a way the other two aren’t?
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She’s beating Joe when it comes to fundraising and as a hypothetical candidate. And she’s female. Not that I’m complaining that he’s focused on Joe, but um…ummm…it’s so unlike the current POTUS not to pick on a girl wearing glasses (being a girl who’s worn glasses since I was eight years old, I know these things).
Oh gosh, then he’s REALLY off the rails! He’s like a demented bloodhound on the scent of the wrong prey, the current POTUS is!
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…This is news?
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Has anyone else described him thusly, lol? All I want for POTUS is someone who’s not an over-70 white male.
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The bloodhound bit is new, but “off the rails” and “demented” are fairly standard. And, even the bloodhound bit, while it might not have been said in so many words, the sentiment is pretty common.
AOC 2024!
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