How often have U.S. presidents met people wearing horse head masks?

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President Obama and the horse mask person: An investigation involving data and charts http://wapo.st/1k5WpIq




President Obama was in Denver on Tuesday and met a person wearing a horse head mask. This is obviously a pivotal moment for the country and the world, but with such an occasion comes a bevy of questions: What does it all mean? From whence did the horse mask person come? How often does such a thing occur?

As with anything, these thorny issues cannot be resolved with words alone. We must give ourselves over to the comfort of data and numbers, knowing that only through these avenues can we find salvation and providence.

So, onto the charts.

First, we tried to break down the historic nature of this meeting. How often have U.S. presidents met people wearing horse head masks? We looked back at the data from the late 18th century through the present day. This is what we found: here

Okay, so that tells us about how often this happened throughout the history of this country having presidents. But what if we want to look at this from the perspective of how many people have held that office? This infographic gives us a better idea of how rare it is for a U.S. president to meet a person in a horse head mask:




more silliness here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/07/09/president-obama-and-the-horse-mask-person-an-investigation-involving-data-and-charts/?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost

[TwilightGardener]

1. Zombie Girl, Horse Head, Tank-Top Dude...

Denver has some weirdos, LOL.

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2. His protection detail does not look amused.

The POTUS looks mildly weirded out - as would most of us be, facing a person wearing a horse head mask.

The things people will do for their perceived 15 minutes of fame . . .

[LiberalEsto]

3. At least it wasn't the other end of the horse

although I'm sure President Obama has met thousands of those.

[steve2470]

4. HorseHead man in DC....same guy ? The plot thickens....

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5. omg, steve!

. . . I think you're on to something.

Fowarding this to animal control.

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6. kick

[surrealAmerican]

7. Well, that's one way to get noticed.

This is slightly awesome.

[winter is coming]

8. Well, it's probably not something you'd see at a Republican gathering.

Although it would make a nice change from looking at all the horses' asses.