Second Round, cont'd.
20th Century Bracket (1890-2006)
Second Round:
1. Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) During a campaign stop in Milwaukee in 1912, Roosevelt was shot in the chest. He pulled the blood-smeared text out of his pocket and gave the speech anyway.
8. William McKinley (1897-1901) Roosevelt became president thanks to McKinley’s assassination. McKinley survived nine days after being shot, but eventually succumbed to his injuries.
Winner: Roosevelt. Roosevelt may feel a little weird about taking on the man who made him president, but he overcomes his hesitancy and beats McKinley. Although, if Roosevelt needs any inspiration, he should only remember that his assassin tried to kill him because McKinley came to him in a dream and told him to shoot Roosevelt.
5. Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) Active and athletic into his 70s, Reagan was also able to survive an assassination attempt.
4. Gerald Ford (1974-1977) The only man never to have been elected either president or vice-president but served in both positions.
Winner: Ford. Reagan is too slight and wiry to handle the more athletic and tougher Ford. Before being taken down, however, Reagan teases Ford by asking him: “I won 97.6% of the electoral vote, how much did you win?”
3. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) JFK was athletic and vigorous, but he was prone to injury and illness.
11. George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) Ignoring his vomiting on Japanese royalty, Bush was in pretty good health throughout his presidency.
Winner: Bush. Another huge upset by George the First. Kennedy has him on the ropes for a while, but his bad back acts up and Bush is able to defeat the young Catholic from Massachusetts.
7. Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) Tough and stocky, but had problems with endurance.
2. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) Between April and August of 1968, Eisenhower had 4 heart attacks and 14 cardiac arrests.
Winner: Eisenhower. Harrison would tire out before he has a chance to bring Eisenhower down. Plus, the general is damned hard to kill.
Second Round:
1. Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) During a campaign stop in Milwaukee in 1912, Roosevelt was shot in the chest. He pulled the blood-smeared text out of his pocket and gave the speech anyway.
8. William McKinley (1897-1901) Roosevelt became president thanks to McKinley’s assassination. McKinley survived nine days after being shot, but eventually succumbed to his injuries.
Winner: Roosevelt. Roosevelt may feel a little weird about taking on the man who made him president, but he overcomes his hesitancy and beats McKinley. Although, if Roosevelt needs any inspiration, he should only remember that his assassin tried to kill him because McKinley came to him in a dream and told him to shoot Roosevelt.
5. Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) Active and athletic into his 70s, Reagan was also able to survive an assassination attempt.
4. Gerald Ford (1974-1977) The only man never to have been elected either president or vice-president but served in both positions.
Winner: Ford. Reagan is too slight and wiry to handle the more athletic and tougher Ford. Before being taken down, however, Reagan teases Ford by asking him: “I won 97.6% of the electoral vote, how much did you win?”
3. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) JFK was athletic and vigorous, but he was prone to injury and illness.
11. George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) Ignoring his vomiting on Japanese royalty, Bush was in pretty good health throughout his presidency.
Winner: Bush. Another huge upset by George the First. Kennedy has him on the ropes for a while, but his bad back acts up and Bush is able to defeat the young Catholic from Massachusetts.
7. Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) Tough and stocky, but had problems with endurance.
2. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) Between April and August of 1968, Eisenhower had 4 heart attacks and 14 cardiac arrests.
Winner: Eisenhower. Harrison would tire out before he has a chance to bring Eisenhower down. Plus, the general is damned hard to kill.
posted by Spec at 2:12 PM
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3 Comments:
Now we can start arguing . . .
No doubt TR wins. If the Ragin' Teddy Bear doesn't meet up with Old Hickory, I'll be severely disappointed. But so far, okay.
I thought Reagan v. Ford would be more of a marathon. True, Ford was more athletic . . . but Ronny used to be a lifeguard AND he's taller AND while neither one is viewed as particularly "all there," Reagan's corner men were more savvy. I think they might have devised a better strategy to bring Ford down.
I agree that JFK's bad back was his ultimate doom, but seriously, couldn't his mob connections have slipped some broccoli in 41's pre-fight meal? He certainly wouldn't have been distracted by the whiles of Marilyn.
Ike was a General and commanded D-Day, for sure, but didn't that series of heart problems signal some sort of bodily weakness? Harrison wasn't able to exploit it, but I wouldn't bet on this #2 seed from advancing much further--unless he gets to fight the Nazis.
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