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Related: About this forumJimmy Fallon: if Bernie wins "...first President from New York since Franklin Roosevelt"
I didn't know that about FDR
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Jimmy Fallon: if Bernie wins "...first President from New York since Franklin Roosevelt" (Original Post)
tomm2thumbs
Mar 2016
OP
what a nice parallel. FDR and Bernie. :D This is a chance to have your own FDR, youngsters.
roguevalley
Mar 2016
#8
FDR and Bernie were both from NY, but there the similarity kinda ends...
FailureToCommunicate
Mar 2016
#11
zebonaut
(3,688 posts)1. The Choice: Roosevelt, or Mussolini.
nichomachus
(12,754 posts)2. JFK was born in New York nt
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)3. LOL - JFK was born May 29, 1917 in Massachusetts
https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/presidents/john_f_kennedy_birthplace.html
but he DID have one helluva Brooklyn accent, that Kennedy fella
nichomachus
(12,754 posts)7. My mistake. He lived in New York for 16 years 1927-1942
Glad I could amuse you -- apparently doesn't take much.
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)9. it was actually
me cracking up at the difference in accents, not your saying the wrong birthplace
my apologies if you thought I was laughing at your expense
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)12. In Riverdale and Bronxville, if I'm not mistaken.
I live three blocks from the church where JFK did his confirmation.
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)10. Brookline, Booklyn
Who can tell the difference? (kidding)
dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)5. I thought he as born in Brookline, MA? nt
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)4. The First president born in BROOKLYN, NY!
If Brooklyn was a city, it would be the 4th largest in the US.
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)6. Holeeeee Sh*t !!!!
didn't know that either --
there better not be forced long-lines in Brooklyn like showed up in Arizona
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)8. what a nice parallel. FDR and Bernie. :D This is a chance to have your own FDR, youngsters.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,022 posts)11. FDR and Bernie were both from NY, but there the similarity kinda ends...
FDR's Hyde Park:
Bernie's boyhood Brooklyn tenement