posted on November 8, 2000 09:19:12 AM new
A friend of mine believes there is a curse on elections that end in zero. (Now for those of you who feel the need to lecture me I don't believe in curses) She said many are shot,
shot at or just plain die in office when elected in a year ending in zero.
I have not gone back and researched every presidency but I'm sure nasty things have happened because I know she did do the reasearch. I'm sure nasty things happened in other years too.
But it looks like whoever wins at this point there are going to be a whole lot of people unhappy about it.Maybe that is going to be nasty and unpleasant enough to satisfy any curse.No matter what the outcome in Florida there are always going to be people that suspect foul play. (I'm one to believe it was merely operator head space)
I went to bed thinking that GW was the next president and although I don't like him I do respect the office and will continue to do so.
So congratulations Whoever.
posted on November 8, 2000 10:40:34 AM new
It is called "The Zero Factor". I have the book by William Oscar Johnson on it. It states that any president elected in the years ending with a zero will not leave the office alive. Regan was the only one that escaped this fate. However there was an attempt made on his life that could just as easily taken him out.
posted on November 8, 2000 10:54:14 AM new
Shove one or the other in there asap, because he will only be there 4 years anyway. Next time, Hillary will be sitting there and ol Bill will be First Gentleman.
posted on November 8, 2000 11:09:43 AM new
Reagan was alive but many think he wasn't entirely "with it" when he left.
I know the current trend is if you hate the president you naturally despise the wife also but even though I didn't vote for Reagan and didn't like what he stood for I do admire Nancy.
She has stood by and protected her husband through it all.(a very unappreciated move these days)Yes she was tough and yes she was opinionated but then so am I.
I tried to find recently something in the news that said how Reagan is doing but I couldn't.
Anyone heard anything?
posted on November 8, 2000 11:14:25 AM new
Not very well at all. He doesn't know his own family and he has lost most of his motor skills. He probably won't be around much longer. Very sad. Whether we liked him or not as President he will go down in history as a great one.
posted on November 8, 2000 11:17:44 AM new
His condition has degenerated considerably. He is unable to recognize family members, but the good thing is that he is being taken care of at home. No matter how you feel about him, or one's opinion of his presidency, this is an awful awful disease, as I know firsthand. My heart goes out to his family.
posted on November 8, 2000 11:18:28 AM new
I am very glad Nancy is keeping him out of the public eye. I'm sure this is not how he would want to be remembered.
[ edited by tegan on Nov 8, 2000 11:24 AM ]
posted on November 8, 2000 01:29:42 PM newIt states that any president elected in the years ending with a zero will not leave the office alive.
Aside from a bad reading of statistics, this is just plain wrong. Three "0" year presidents DIDN'T die in office: Jefferson, T.Roosevelt, and Reagan.
Moreover, three other "non-0" presidents died in office: Taylor, McKinley and FDR.
All the statistics show is that more presidents elected in "0" years (19% of total presidents) died in office than non-"0"-year presidents (7% of total presidents). That's juuuuust a bit different from showing a causal relationship between the year and the death.
Interestingly, 1 in 4 presidents - no matter when they were elected - have died in office. Half were assassinated; the others died of illness ranging from pneumonia to cerebral hemmorhage.
posted on November 8, 2000 01:55:41 PM new
As for the "zero" factor, technically, the election of the president is not offical until the electoral votes (which are cast in December) are opened and counted in a special meeting of the senate, which takes place in January. (Since the Electoral Voters are not required to vote based on the popular vote, although the generally do, the results are not final or official until then) Based on this, no president was ever been "officially elected" in a zero year and only one has ever begun his term in a zero year and that was Millard Fillmore who replaced Zachary Taylor, who died in office, but was not elected in a zero year either.
If the zero factor is reffering to the presidents that were officially elected in the year following a year that ended in zero in which the popular vote was conducted, than that of course is bs also as noted in the post above by HCQ.
