Tuesday
Dec272011
US Presidential Campaign 2012: 'Tis the Season for Silly Names
To begin with, the country voted for solid names like George, John, Thomas, and the like, but the 7th President was named Quincy. After him the USA has had a Van (as in Van Buren), Zachary, Millard, Abraham, Ulysses, Rutherford, Chester, Grover, Theodore, Woodrow, Warren, Calvin, S (as in Harry S Truman --- yes, the S stood for nothing but S), and Dwight.
Don’t tell me Americans are not attracted to the quirky in their politics.