Presidential Humor -

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Found this on digg - made me smile during an election year... that's not easy.

http://www.cracked.com/article_15895_5-most-badass-presidents-of-all-time.html

If you are offended by colorful language - don't click.

Seems that Andrew Jackson was the Chuck Norris of his day.

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quote:Originally posted by restored2x

Found this on digg - made me smile during an election year... that's not easy.

http://www.cracked.com/article_15895_5-most-badass-presidents-of-all-time.html

If you are offended by colorful language - don't click.

Seems that Andrew Jackson was the Chuck Norris of his day.

Crack. Me. Up.
Seriously

[restored2x]

I know - written very well - and funny!

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I clicked the link with some trepidation, but wow.    That's damn funny.

quote:Andrew Jackson was the first president on whom an assassination attempt was made. A man named Richard Lawrence approached Jackson with two pistols both of which, for some reason, misfired. With the possibility of an assassination taken off the table, Jackson proceeded to beat Lawrence near death with his cane until Jackson's aides pulled him off the assassin.

I imagining a recent president doing anything but hiding after someone tries to assassinate them.

quote:
Most Badass Quote:
"I have only two regrets: I didn't shoot Henry Clay and I didn't hang John C. Calhoun."

That's right. In a life rich with murdering people for little-to-no reason, Jackson's only regret was that he didn't kill quite enough people. People like Calhoun who, it should be noted, was Jackson's vice president.

Fantastic.

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quote:Most Badass Quote:
After another tough battle where Washington was miraculously not wounded, he wrote a letter to his brother detailing his experiences. He described being surrounded by bullets and death and concluded by saying "I heard the bullets whistle and, believe me, there is something charming to the sound of bullets." When he caught news of this, King George III reportedly remarked that Washington's attitude would change if he'd heard a few more. But King George III didn't win the war, so [forget] him.

quote:Out of all of his jobs, hobbies and passions, Roosevelt always had a special spot in his heart for unadulterated violence.

This is a gold mine.

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Andrew Jackson - why HIS face is on the twenty:

"On one occasion, he challenged a man named Charles Dickinson to a duel, (the reason behind it wasn't important, not to us and certainly not to Jackson), and Jackson was even kind enough to give Dickinson the first shot. We're gonna go ahead and repeat that: In a duel with pistols, Jackson politely volunteers to be shot at first. Dickinson happily obliged and shot Jackson, who proceeded to shake it off like it was a bee sting. When Jackson returned the favor, Dickinson was not so lucky, and that's why his face isn't on the twenty. The bullet, by the by, remained in Jackson's body for 19 years because, we assume, Jackson knew that time spent removing the bullets would just fall under the general category of "time not dueling," Jackson's least favorite category."

Makes me proud to be an American

[jamesrage]

George W Bush (Alertnative) State of the Union Address
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uvpoAdkQPw


State of the Union BUSH FUNNY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyap61lkLOw