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[Dirk Munk]

Dirk Munk wrote:
> Bob Gezelter wrote:
>> On Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 6:45:24 PM UTC-4, mcle... at gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 10:46:53 PM UTC+10, Jay Braun wrote:
>>>> Journalist Jeff Greenfield wrote a fascinating "alternative history"
>>>> book a few years ago, "Then Everything Changed",  in which small
>>>> events lead to different presidential election results. The earlier
>>>> ones involve the Kennedy's not being assassinated.  But later, he
>>>> describes a scenario in which Gerald Ford recovers from his gaffe
>>>> about the people of Eastern Europe not being under Soviet domination
>>>> (he immediately says that of course he's referring to their
>>>> indomitable spirit, not the obvious fact that the Soviet Union
>>>> controls them politically and militarily).
>>>>
>>>> Well, things don't get much better in Ford's second term, and the
>>>> winner in 1980 is Gary Hart, whose "new ideas" are put to the test.
>>>> (I think in the book he succeeds.)  Greenfield doesn't say whether
>>>> Hart actually sails on Monkey Business during that campaign.
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Interesting side note:  In the book, Hart becomes the "40th"
>>>> president of the United States instead of Reagan, but I wrote to
>>>> Greenfield pointing out that if Ford had won re-election, then the
>>>> president elected in 1980 would have been the 39th.  He graciously
>>>> thanked me for my correction.
>>>
>>> I take it that you are referring to the person who was president
>>> twice, but not with consecutive terms in office. 1930's or
>>> thereabouts, wasn't it?
>>
>> Grover Cleveland served two terms as President, but they were
>> non-consecutive (beginning in 1895 and 1893, respectively).
>>
>> All those serving since 1900 have either served one or two terms, but
>> they were consecutive.
>
> As a non-American, may I remind you that you had a president who almost
> served four terms (1933 - 1944)?

Sorry, typo, 1933-1945 of course.

>
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>> - Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com
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