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09.14.04 Oh Mr. President!

Several random presidential tidbits from the September issue of Details magazine:

*November 1844 - James K. Polk is elected president. His opponent's slogan was "Who is James K. Polk?"

*November 1868 - Ulyssess S. Grant is arrested for speeding speeding on his horse and fined $20.

*November 1900 - McKinley is re-elected with the slogan "A full dinner pail."

*April 28th, 1947 - Truman puts a bowling alley in the White House.

*Sometime in the 1960 - Lydon Johnsons's lover dumps him, reportedly because she was opposed to the Vietnam War.

*August 11th, 1984 - Reagan accidently quips on air, "We begin bombing Russia in five minutes."

*January 8th, 1992 - George Bush pukes on the Japanese prime minister during a state dinner in Tokyo.

*January 13th, 2002 - George W. Bush chokes on a pretzel while watching a football game and bruises his cheek.


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