With election (mud slinging) season if full swing, how many remember the President whom no one voted for. He even got to pick his VP AFTER he was in office.
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With election (mud slinging) season if full swing, how many remember the President whom no one voted for. He even got to pick his VP AFTER he was in office.
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I turned 3 two days before he took office.. and I know it
He wasn't even on the ticket as VP either.
~mike
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He was a good not great man He was voted in office but not as president.
Small part of the public voted him in for a different job.
Will get off the soap box before I get in any more trouble
Ron
Last edited by Lee Schierer; 10-21-2020 at 10:09 PM.
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Talking about Truman ?
Gerald Ford. He was picked by President Nixon to replace VP Agnew, who had resigned. He became President when Nixon resigned.
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Thanks, Lee. I was guessing Truman.
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Originally Posted by Lee Schierer
Amazingly, I knew that.
In Canada we don't elect our Prime Minister, they're a member of parliament who is chosen by the party as Prime Minister. I have never lived in a riding that was the same as the PM so I haven't even voted for them as MP.
Of course being Canadian, we typically follow American politics due to that old saying about the elephant and the mouse.........Rod.
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Actually in Canada you can become Prime Minister without running for office much less being elected (by the people). As Rod said, the PM is selected (by a vote among the members of their party) by the party in power and on at least one occasion, they have selected someone who is not a sitting member of Parliament. In typical Canadian fashion, when this happens, a junior Member of Parliament would step down in a safe riding and a by election would be held to elect the new PM. By typical Canadian fashion, I mean traditionally, the opposition parties would not run a candidate in the by election so the new PM would be guaranteed a seat. Until then he sits in the visitors gallery with the general public.
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Easy and already answered.
What many do not realise is we have had one President who was born a King.
Some likely know the answer.
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Please keep this to history and trivia with zero political commentary per our rules, folks...if so, it could be a very interesting and educational thread.
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Same answer. Gerald Ford was born with last name of King.
Brian
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i grew up where ford did, in GR michigan. he was well respected and admired. My wife sold lemonade to his detail when they were in colorado as a kid.
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I got to shake Gerry Ford's hand at the Traverse City Cherry Festival one year. He was there for the parade and was walking the rope line. They made him out to be a clumsy doofus on Saturday Night Live. He was actually quite an athlete and accomplished snow skier.
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I believe it was Will Rodgers who said that "I not a member of an organized political party, I'm a democrat." He was also a promoter of early aviation and when asked why his hometown did not have an airport he replied they were waiting until the high tension lines were installed so they could place it nearby.
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Hope the first one is not to political. It dates from the 1930's and still applies to any current political party.
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