The 20-Year Presidential Curse - It's That Time Again
It's that time again. Since 1840 and until 1980, every President elected into office in a year ending in "0" has died or been assassinated before his term ended. Reagan (1980) broke the curse, although he survived an assassination attempt and could be said to be incapacitated by Alzheimer's. William Henry Harrison (elected in 1840), Abraham Lincoln (1860), James A. Garfield (1880), William McKinley (1900), Warren G. Harding (1920), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1940) and John F. Kennedy (1960) all succumbed to the "curse."
The defeat of indigenous people in the Battle of the Thames, and the loss of more land to the American government, is purportedly what drove Tecumseh's brother, Tenskwatawa—known by the Shawnee as “The Prophet”—to place a curse of death on all future U.S. presidents elected in years ending in a zero.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 12, 2021 4:00 PM
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Um, r1? Check Wikipedia or something, you doughhead.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 11, 2021 10:33 AM
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Clinton was elected in year ending in 2 innumerate.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 11, 2021 10:41 AM
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D’oh on myself. I misremembered the curse’s Ts and Cs.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 11, 2021 10:44 AM
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Not sure about the Presidents, but this thread sure appears to be cursed.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | January 11, 2021 12:07 PM
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It continued in other forms. Reagan almost died in the assassination attempt shortly after he was elected in 1980, and the actual elected president in 2000, Al Gore, never was able to be inaugurated because of the SCOTUS coup of 2001.
Now we see what happens after 2020.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | January 11, 2021 1:19 PM
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So you're saying W basically saved Gore's life.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | January 11, 2021 1:40 PM
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Keep dreaming, Boris.
The more you ignore the malfeasance of the Republican Party instead of doing the hard work to punish and reform it, the longer the Republicans will stay out-of-power.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 11, 2021 3:14 PM
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Indian casinos settled the score 30+ years ago. The curse has been revoked. Now excuse me, I have a few bags of tax-free money to count.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | January 11, 2021 3:20 PM
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What exactly is the point of this thread? Are we supposed to now debate whether or not Joe Biden will die in office? I don’t get it.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | January 11, 2021 3:24 PM
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Trumpers planning to use the upcoming execution of their treasonous leader as some sort of proof that he won maybe.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | January 11, 2021 6:04 PM
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Maybe Pence will be the next Pres. for a few days and the curse jumps to him and not Joe.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | January 11, 2021 6:15 PM
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I was talking about popular vote winners, not electoral college winners. And Reagan was basically brain-dead by the end. So it still works!
by Anonymous | reply 15 | January 11, 2021 6:28 PM
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This reads like one of those memes passed on through Facebook, along with Nostradamus end of the world predictions.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | January 11, 2021 6:39 PM
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George W Bush is brain dead. So, there you go!
by Anonymous | reply 18 | January 11, 2021 7:10 PM
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It used to be if the Washington Football Team won the home game scheduled just before the election, the incumbent party retained the WH. But then it got all messed up in recent years, and now a home victory seems to predict the opposite.
Or maybe it predicts nothing at all, just like OP.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 19 | January 12, 2021 11:57 AM
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This thread is making me feel all tingly in my lady places.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | January 12, 2021 1:25 PM
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Its impossible to read much into presidential patterns because they're only elected every 4 years, many serve 8, and there's always exceptions or external events to take into account.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 12, 2021 4:00 PM
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