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I did think about the fact that nobody brought up the 20 year curse when Bush was re-elected. All talk of it was dropped when Reagan the assassination attempt on him, but there WAS an attempt. Sometimes I thought that some crazy would try it just to fulfill the prophesy.
"For years people whispered that U.S. presidents elected in years ending with "0" were doomed to die in office. From 1840 through 1960, every president elected in the 20-year cycle died while he was still president. (Some called this "The Curse of Tecumseh" after the Shawnee chieftan whose brother allegedly predicted the presidential doom in 1836.)
Ronald Reagan finally broke the "curse" by serving two full terms as president before stepping down in 1989 -- though he had to survive a 1981 assassination attempt to do so."
Dee
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