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I see that I'm not the only one that is starting to worry about the health of our President. The vitriol against the president has exceeded rational discourse. The seething rage of the president's critics would be funny if it weren't so serious. Charles Krauthammer has even coined a term for it: Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS) - which he defines as...the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency -- nay -- the very existence of George W. Bush.
Let us not forget that since Harrison, nearly every president elected in a year that is divisible by 20 as died in office.
Harrison 1841
Lincoln 1865
Garfield 1881
McKinley 1901
Harding 1923
Roosevelt 1945
Kennedy 1963
Reagan 1981
Regan did not die, but there was an attempt on his life in 1981. Just a few minutes later to the hospital and his name would have been on this list for real.
Bush was elected in 2000. By this numerology, that makes him eligible.
I would think the President's critics would show a little responsibility. Aren't they the ones always calling for tolerance and a banning of hate speech? Well you can't find a more intolerant crowd with more venom filled speech than the president's critics. With all the hate going around, there are going to be some wacko's that will take this message to heart and act on it. Do you think the president's critics will be chasten when that happens? Yes - for 30 days. Then it will business as usual. That's assuming the assassination attempt in unsuccessful. At this point I feel it is not a matter of if, but when. I hope the Secret Service is well prepared.