The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux) - Page 282

Ghoulish Delight · 02-26-2008, 10:30 AM

Both Obama and McCain are lefties. So as it stands now, there's a very good chance that the new President will be a lefty. Depending on if you count Regan or not (he wrote with his right hand, but it's widely believed he was among the many of his generation forced to switch when young...might explain his somewhat odd way of speaking), that would make either 4 or 5 of the last 7. Significantly out of proportion with the percentage of lefties in the population over that period. However looking at the full history of the US, prior to Ford, there had been only 3, so the current run is just making up for decades of under-representation.

Alex · 02-26-2008, 10:37 AM

I wonder for the older ones how many of them had it trained out of them as children for reasons of superstition.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-26-2008, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

I wonder for the older ones how many of them had it trained out of them as children for reasons of superstition.

Statistically, there's a good chance that there were at least a couple.

JWBear · 02-26-2008, 01:56 PM

James Garfield was ambidextrous.

Strangler Lewis · 02-26-2008, 02:56 PM

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James Garfield was ambidextrous.

I thought that was James Buchanan.

Morrigoon · 02-26-2008, 03:03 PM

Kind of a neat article I found today that reinforces what I was saying about the importance of a candidate's ability to build and lead their campaign team:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23261850/

Alex · 02-26-2008, 03:06 PM

No Garfield was the one who could write in Latin and Greek simultaneously using both hands.

Strangler Lewis · 02-26-2008, 03:12 PM

So could Buchanan.

Or maybe it was just Greek.

Alex · 02-26-2008, 03:16 PM

I'm not finding anything that references Buchanan being ambidextrous in any language.

JWBear · 02-26-2008, 04:25 PM

May be Strangler is confusing "ambidextrous" with "ambiguous".

(For those that don't get it... Buchanan is widely considered to have been homosexual.)

02-26-2008, 10:30 AM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Both Obama and McCain are lefties. So as it stands now, there's a very good chance that the new President will be a lefty. Depending on if you count Regan or not (he wrote with his right hand, but it's widely believed he was among the many of his generation forced to switch when young...might explain his somewhat odd way of speaking), that would make either 4 or 5 of the last 7. Significantly out of proportion with the percentage of lefties in the population over that period. However looking at the full history of the US, prior to Ford, there had been only 3, so the current run is just making up for decades of under-representation. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I wonder for the older ones how many of them had it trained out of them as children for reasons of superstition.
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JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	James Garfield was ambidextrous. __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Kind of a neat article I found today that reinforces what I was saying about the importance of a candidate's ability to build and lead their campaign team: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23261850/ __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	No Garfield was the one who could write in Latin and Greek simultaneously using both hands.
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Strangler Lewis Doing The Job Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In a state Posts: 3,956	So could Buchanan. Or maybe it was just Greek. __________________ Live now-pay later. Diner's Club!
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I'm not finding anything that references Buchanan being ambidextrous in any language.
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JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	May be Strangler is confusing "ambidextrous" with "ambiguous". (For those that don't get it... Buchanan is widely considered to have been homosexual.) __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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