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Original poster

to wonder why Obama isn't running for president

342 replies

TheoriginalLEM · 22/03/2016 21:06

just that really.

he seems like the best man for the job

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mummytime · 22/03/2016 22:43

I British PM assassinated I think.

Owllady · 22/03/2016 22:42

Don't forget odie

mummytime · 22/03/2016 22:42

The better twitter exchange was Bill Clinton asking Michelle Obamam if #FLOTUS tag went with the person or the job (FLOTUS stands for First Lady of the US).

I could tell you quite a bit about Hollande, including who had been the previous Socialist candidate for President (his ex-partner and mother of his children). Or What subject Merkel had her degrees in.
And I even remember vaguely Justin Trudeau's Dad.

I am pretty hopeless on Australia though (they seem to have changed them so often I've lost track), and I don't have much idea of New Zealand.

We do have dynasties in the UK, just they don't often get to be PM (the Benn's for example).

RudeElf · 22/03/2016 22:42

George dubya Bush (wee bush)

RustyBear · 22/03/2016 22:42

So does anyone know, without googling, how many British Prime Ministers have been assassinated in office?

Lynnm63 · 22/03/2016 22:41

Have you ever googled the coincidences between the Lincoln and Kennedy assassinations it's quite strange.

EverySongbirdSays · 22/03/2016 22:41

Shock - can't quite believe this thread to be honest, surely this is some kind of expert level trolling on the part of OP??!!

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GiddyOnZackHunt · 22/03/2016 22:40

Cumbria sorry, Dubya is George W Bush (the younger one,) after the Texan style pronunciation of the W.

PurpleDaisies · 22/03/2016 22:40

I remember McKinley because I looked him up when I used to watch Glee. Blush

Lynnm63 · 22/03/2016 22:39

You're right Purple I always remember Garfield because I loved Garfield the cat as a teenager.

Owllady · 22/03/2016 22:38

:o at the shame and explanations

Heifer · 22/03/2016 22:38

To be fair to the Op - I can almost understand that someone may not know the American System - but I'm still smirking at the Bush Father & Son V Clinton Mr & Mrs situation

Lynnm63 · 22/03/2016 22:38

The old joke with bill and Hillary was he said if you hadn't met me what would you be and she replies First Lady of the United States. Suggesting he was only president because of her.

PurpleDaisies · 22/03/2016 22:38

Lincoln, Kennedy, Garfield, Reagan but he survived one other but I've forgotten who Jackson, maybe?

Think it's McKinley. I'd forgotten Garfield.

lostincumbria · 22/03/2016 22:38

Who the HELL is Dubya?

Sandinmytoes · 22/03/2016 22:37

Loving this thread !

HungryHorace · 22/03/2016 22:37

Knowing a system (or not) is very different to not knowing that George Bush Snr and George W Bush are two different people.

I only have a very vague understanding of the system, but I know all of the presidents who've served during my lifetime.

GiddyOnZackHunt · 22/03/2016 22:36

Tbf the world would be a safer place if Dubya had been cryogenically frozen for the entirety of his time in office...

7Days · 22/03/2016 22:36

Give over lurking. It is snide of course. Or are you just embarrassed that you missed all the tongue in cheek stuff? Wink
This thread is funny, lets keep laughing eh?

Lynnm63 · 22/03/2016 22:36

Lincoln, Kennedy, Garfield, Reagan but he survived one other but I've forgotten who Jackson, maybe?

Heifer · 22/03/2016 22:34

Mumsnet HQ please do NOT make this thread public!
My friends know I use Mumsnet, I've told them this website is the font of all knowledge!! I would be shamed forever!

LionsLedge · 22/03/2016 22:34

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lorelei9 · 22/03/2016 22:33

Add me to those who think it's fine if you don't know the system in a different country
Just don't come back and tell us you're American OP!

Everyone can't know everything.

gingercat02 · 22/03/2016 22:33

Man! 159 posts MN likes to make a point Confused

lurked101 · 22/03/2016 22:32

"Half the comments are ripping the piss and why the fuck should any non American know the legalities of the presidencies? "

Its not snide to rip someone for basic ignorance about a system that has elections which are nightly news, for about a year, every four years. Which btw is also the election for the most important man in the world, who is on the nightly news at least once or twice a week.

Yeah, thats why, does the OP have her head under a rock or is she 12 (Even then I wouldn't forgive it).