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[rob]

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
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> John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
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> Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
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> John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
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> Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
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> Both wives lost a child while living in the White House.
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> Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
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> Both Presidents were shot in the head.
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> Now it gets really weird.
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> Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
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> Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.
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> Both were assassinated by Southerners.
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> Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
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> Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
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> Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
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> John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
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> Lee Har vey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy,was born in 1939.
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>Both assassins were known by their three names.
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>Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
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> Now hang on to your seat.
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> Lincoln was shot at the theatre named "Ford".
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> Kennedy was shot in a car called "Lincoln" made by "Ford".
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> Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
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> And here's the "kicker":
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>A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
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> A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.
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> AND.....................:
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> Lincoln was shot in a theatre and the assassin ran to a warehouse...
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> Kennedy was shot from a, warehouse and the assassin ran to a theatre...

[sara]

..... the mind boggles...