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Thu Jul-08-04 08:13 AM
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Poll question: Who Was President When You Were Born? |
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I'm starting with Clinton because I don't think there are many people three or under at DU.
Personally, I'm "Other". I was born in November of 1952 - Eisenhower had just been elected, but Truman was still in office.
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:17 AM
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Thu Jul-08-04 11:43 AM
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:17 AM
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2. Proud Ford-era kid here! |
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(well, maybe not proud....) Still, where I was born Harold Wilson was PM, and Pierre Trudeau was PM of Canada, so I won't be sad, 'cause two out of three ain't bad.
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:33 AM
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That there ain't no Coupe DeVille hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box?
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:36 AM
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13. Damn! Why else did they make this eighteen-foot box! |
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:20 AM
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:22 AM
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4. None of the above. But I won't say who |
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because it will give away my age.
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:50 AM
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21. Did he chop down a cherry tree? |
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Thu Jul-08-04 09:59 AM
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I think you're on record somewhere around here as having admitted to being (mumble-mumble) years old.
-- Allen
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Thu Jul-08-04 10:56 AM
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bwoohaha!!!!
TX++ for outing him!
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:22 AM
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Wait, that came out wrong. I mean Richard M. Nixon. :7
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Fri Jul-09-04 07:49 AM
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Nixon was prez when i was born
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:24 AM
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I was born in the Evil Empire...of course Brezhnev wasn't a President, but the wonderful General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR, or Dear Leader as I'd like to call him :evilgrin:
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:43 AM
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17. Jimmy Carter for me too. |
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Nov 29 1979. Glad I eeked in before the reagan revolution!
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Thu Jul-08-04 09:05 AM
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I take pride in being born during a Democratic Administration, and not such a bad one either.
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Thu Jul-08-04 06:43 PM
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76. Carter, as well. May of 1979 |
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:29 AM
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:34 AM
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America needs you, Harry Truman.
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:36 AM
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:38 AM
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15. Yeah.. 1951.. Truman's last year |
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:41 AM
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16. Actually, His Next-To-Last Full Year |
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Harry left office on January 20, 1953.
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Thu Jul-08-04 12:41 PM
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...and at 52 almost 53, I have the same math skills as I did the year I was born. My father, the accountant, never understood that.
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:23 PM
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70. My Father Was Very Mechanically Gifted |
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He could fix a car without using a shop manual. I fix a car by driving it to the repair shop.....
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:48 AM
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18. Johnson - but Nixon had just been elected |
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I was born at Christmas 1968
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Thu Jul-08-04 09:57 AM
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32. I'm an LBJ baby, too. |
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Born about six months earlier than you! :7
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:49 AM
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19. ford - nixon resigned by 9/75 right? |
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:58 AM
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23. Nixon Resigned August 9, 1974 |
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:51 AM
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Hey CO Liberal!!!! Join the old fart club.
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:59 PM
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I was born right in the stretch run of the Eisenhower-Stevenson race.
Truman was the President, and was serving his final months in office.
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Thu Jul-08-04 09:11 AM
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and my mom was pregnant with me when she voted for Nixon in 1960. I think I kicked her.
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Thu Jul-08-04 09:13 AM
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Yes, I'm an old phart! :silly:
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Thu Jul-08-04 11:00 AM
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Thu Jul-08-04 03:15 PM
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The Last Roses of the Fifties, anyone?
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Fri Jul-09-04 11:23 AM
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Last gasp of the Baby Boomers
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Thu Jul-08-04 09:14 AM
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27. May of '88, so the very tail end of Reagan. Bleh. nt |
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Thu Jul-08-04 09:16 AM
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Thu Jul-08-04 09:21 AM
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Democrat LBJ. Just went by his ranch a few weeks ago.
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Thu Jul-08-04 10:00 AM
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35. 8 months old when JFK was assassinated |
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My sisters and I howled at my birthday party -- it was some year when giving lists of "Things That Happened the Year You Were Born" had just become popular, and someone gave me one for my birthday. The main headline was "John F. Kennedy assassinated." Well, my sisters and I nearly peed ourselves laughing, because we'd all grown up with the knowledge, and my mother practically blamed me for the crime.
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Thu Jul-08-04 12:07 PM
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49. Just short of my first birthday |
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Thu Jul-08-04 10:01 AM
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Thu Jul-08-04 10:48 AM
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37. George H. W. Bush - 1990 n/t |
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Thu Jul-08-04 10:49 AM
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38. My twin and I were conceived the day Kennedy was shot |
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My mom says Kennedy got shot once and she got shot twice.
She also says that in her case there was a lone gunman, and a grassy knoll was not involved.
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Thu Jul-08-04 06:56 PM
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78. LOL! Your mom's hilarious. |
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There seem to be a lot of us Summer '64 babies out there. Apparently the assassination turned many a mind to l'amour that previous winter.
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Thu Jul-08-04 10:54 AM
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the last of the "honest" conservative repub prez's. he actually did some good things, but there was that whole mccarthy horror show, also.
the more things change...
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Thu Jul-08-04 11:13 AM
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Thu Jul-08-04 11:25 AM
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44. I was born here in England so... |
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Harold Macmillan. Probably Kennedy was president.
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Thu Jul-08-04 03:59 PM
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1981: Thatcher & Regan!
Boy aren't I lucky!
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Thu Jul-08-04 11:35 AM
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Thu Jul-08-04 11:39 AM
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I didn't realize that DU had so many old farts on board.
...Born in '61, so I include myself.
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Thu Jul-08-04 11:42 AM
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Thu Jul-08-04 12:32 PM
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54. Go, Children of an accidental President, Go! |
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Thu Jul-08-04 12:20 PM
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I like Ike. Especially compared to today's brand of repug.
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Thu Jul-08-04 12:21 PM
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*shudder*
Lots of Eisenhower folks, though! I'm frankly quite surprised. (In a good way.)
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Thu Jul-08-04 01:40 PM
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Don't think of myself as an "old fart," though, or even a geezer. Much prefer "a woman of a certain age."
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Thu Jul-08-04 01:41 PM
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57. JFK... was 1 1/2 years old when he was killed. |
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Thu Jul-08-04 01:42 PM
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58. I was born during the reign of Rappin' Ronnie Reagan, |
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the Great Deficit Buster. ;)
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Thu Jul-08-04 01:47 PM
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59. 1976, Child of the bicentenial |
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Fri Jul-09-04 08:05 AM
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87. Are You Sure About That? |
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Thu Jul-08-04 03:13 PM
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61. Truman! (& I was born in St. Louis! |
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But got outta there fast.)
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Thu Jul-08-04 03:15 PM
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62. LBJ - Ever hear him order pants? |
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Fri Jul-09-04 11:20 AM
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95. OMG yes, that was funny! Truman 1949 |
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Edited on Fri Jul-09-04 11:25 AM by AnybodyButBush
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Thu Jul-08-04 03:19 PM
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64. Children of the Reagan Revolution - UNITE! |
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I was also born in 1984, so that makes me not just a pinko, but a paranoid pinko. ;)
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There's some oooooooooold muffas here
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Thu Jul-08-04 03:51 PM
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...at the time, the only president ever to have become president without having been elected to any position in the line of succession...
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:53 PM
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71. Gosh, the boomers abound |
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Count me among those born when Eisenhower (the last decent Republican) occupied the White House.
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Thu Jul-08-04 06:38 PM
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75. Another Truman old faht. |
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80. another Reagan baby... |
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Thu Jul-08-04 06:59 PM
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I was born in November of 1952 - Eisenhower had just been elected, but Truman was still in office, and you're still two days older than me.
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Fri Jul-09-04 07:57 AM
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85. Born during the Raygun Revolution |
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Fri Jul-09-04 08:10 AM
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89. While Reagan had been elected President when I was born... |
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It was actually in early January 1981 so the Carter Administration was still in office with just days to go before the transition
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Fri Jul-09-04 09:05 AM
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90. Eisenhower. 1960. n/t |
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Fri Jul-09-04 09:07 AM
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91. 1976: I don't know, but Harold Wilson was PM in UK (nt) |
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:58 AM
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94. You were born during the Ford Administration then n/t |
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Fri Jul-09-04 09:19 AM
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92. Yet another Trumanian.... 1949 nt |
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Fri Jul-09-04 09:22 AM
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93. Charleton Heston is MY president |
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Fri Jul-09-04 11:38 AM
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Born in pre-election 1952. Truman was still in office.
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