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The President as Comforter-in-Chief

by Mike Purdy | Dec 15, 2012 | Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama, Franklin Roosevelt, George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Speeches

Tragedies in our nation’s history have historically tugged at the President of the United States to not only lead the government, but to act as Comforter-in-Chief to the grieving nation.  This has become particularly a role for the President with the advent...

The End of the 20 Year Curse

by Mike Purdy | Aug 17, 2011 | Abraham Lincoln, Assassinations, Franklin Roosevelt, James Garfield, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Warren Harding, William Henry Harrison, William McKinley

For more than 100 years, starting with the 1840 presidential election, every president elected in 20 year increments (1860, 1880, 1900, 1920, 1940, and 1960) died in office.  Curse Broken:  Only with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 was the curse...
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