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The Three JFKs

Recently I noticed an interesting coincidence concerning Presidents and Presidential candidates. Three of them are JFKs. Huhh, you say. JFK is obviously President John F. Kennedy.

But note now we have a Democratic candidate, the likely one to face Bush this fall, who is a JFK: John F. Kerry. (His middle name is Forbes, as in the business magazine). In fact, both John F. Kennedy and John F. Kerry are John F. Ke*y, where * is a wild card expression. This has some people comparing Kerry to Kennedy. But that isn't all. Both Kerry and Kennedy are Massachusetts senators. It is really quite a coincidence. Because of this, we cannot refer to John F. Kennedy anymore as JFK. He has to be called JFK 1 or JFK I, and Kerry is JFK 2 or JFK II.

But wait. There is yet another President that is a JFK! This means Kerry is JFK the Third. This is Bill Clinton. What, you say? Where is JFK in William Jefferson Clinton? One could say JeFferson Klinton, but this is contrived. In his case, it is not in his name. It is in his birthdate. President Clinton was born on 1946 August 19, and the supercompressed date for that begins with JFK. In fact, Clinton was born on JFKJ. So Bill Clinton is a JFK too. In fact, the three presidents (or candidate) all have similar policies. They all tend to be liberal. So JFK is a good presidential set of initials. If you have them or were born in 1946 August or on 58 March 20 (that is, March 20 of any year ending with 58, including 1958 March 20), then consider running for President.

Furthermore, I'm a JFK too. I was born in 1946 August. So maybe I'll run for President one of these days…