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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Obama wins it'll be the first time 3 straight presidents have been elected to two terms since...
Josh Chambers ?@fleetadmiralj
If Obama wins, it will be the first time 3 straight presidents have been elected to two terms since Jefferson, Madison, & Monroe, 1801-1825
https://twitter.com/fleetadmiralj/status/248990159788449792
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If Obama wins it'll be the first time 3 straight presidents have been elected to two terms since... (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Sep 2012
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NRaleighLiberal
(60,018 posts)1. Well, two were truly elected...and we know about the other one...n/t
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)2. I was gonna post that
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)3. Bush was not elected
Gore was. Then Kerry.
But Obama will be. Twice.
Walk away
(9,494 posts)4. Make that "when" not "if" please!
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)5. IF it had been my tweet I would NOT have used the words 'IF' or 'ELECTED', but it's not mine :)
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)6. Is the adjective "straight" where the writer really wants it to be?
Veruca Salt
(921 posts)7. I had a giggle over that too.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)8. "Consecutive" may have been a better choice
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)9. How about this for a rewrite ...
HoneychildMooseMoss
(251 posts)10. That's better
I always cringe when I hear someone say that Bush was "elected"
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)11. But to clarify, I was NOT the one that wrote the copy of the tweet that is up in the OP :) n/t