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Barack? Mitt? Newt? Do you need a weird first name to become President?

Whyh can't Presidents have nice common everyday names llike Millard, Ulysses, Franklin (2!), Rutherford, Grover, Chester, Woodrow, Warren, Dwight, or Lyndon?

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  • 9 years ago
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    How about Bill. Now there was a great president!

    Bill was the first president since Dwight to balance the budget, and he also gave us a booming economy with the lowest unemployment in decades.

    Then George got in there and messed it all up.

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    4 years ago

    i imagine of that they had call them some thing they prefer. as instantly as I watch a NFL pastime, distinctive the first names I hear are pretty loopy too. i imagine of a few people get off naming their little ones with non-classic names. I had a around the nook neighbor who named their 2 sons Martavius and Quintavius. There are literally no longer too many people named Mitt or Barack both.

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