dawgman
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Sat Feb-28-04 06:55 PM
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I need help. How many Presidents have been assinated? |
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Kind of in a bar discussion and want to know. Can anyone help me out?
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Sat Feb-28-04 06:56 PM
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Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
James A. Garfield in 1881.
William McKinley in 1901
John F. Kennedy in 1963
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Sat Feb-28-04 06:57 PM
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I believe that Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy...I think thats all but I could be wrong. More have died in office but thats not your question, right?
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coloradodem2005
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Sat Feb-28-04 06:58 PM
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3. It is just those four that have been assassinated. |
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Sat Feb-28-04 07:17 PM
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4. 7 presidents have been "ASSINATED" |
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Nixon, Reagan, Taft, Hoover, Grant, and both Bushes. They all made humongous asses of themselves.
He didn't say "assasinated." He said "assinated."
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Sat Feb-28-04 07:24 PM
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5. If you include attempts -- |
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Sat Feb-28-04 07:28 PM
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6. Hell, nearly every one has |
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made attempts. They all make an ass out of themselves one time or another.
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Sat Feb-28-04 07:31 PM
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7. Technically, an assasination is an attempt, whether it is successful or |
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not. Lincoln was assasinated and died. Reagan was assasinated and lived.
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Sat Feb-28-04 07:35 PM
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8. According to the dictionary at dictionary.com |
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Assasination is murder for a political reason. I think murders are 100% fatal, and if you don't kill the person, it is an attack.
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Sat Feb-28-04 07:44 PM
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11. Dictionary.com is wrong. The word has been so mis-used over the years |
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that the general belief is that an assisnation attempt and assasination are different things. They aren't. Shame on dictionary.com
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Sat Feb-28-04 08:29 PM
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14. Well, every dictionary I check has the same definition |
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so where are you deriving your use or origin of the word? Definition and Use of Assassin
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TroubleMan
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Sat Feb-28-04 07:35 PM
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9. He said "ASSINATIION" - not assasination |
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Maybe I'm making attempt right now. Did it work?
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Sat Feb-28-04 07:39 PM
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10. hmm, . . begs the question - how many Canadian leaders have been |
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Sat Feb-28-04 08:12 PM
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D'Arcy McGee (one of the fathers of confederation) was assassinated by an Irish Nationalist in 1870 I believe.
Pierre LaPorte Quebec's Minister of Labour during the FLQ crisis in 1970.
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Sat Feb-28-04 07:46 PM
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So according to Dictionary.com I'm only making an ASSinating attempt, but according to Webster's I'm actually ASSinating right now?
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