Are you feeling sinister?

[vulgarweed]

Here's an interesting US politics trivia trend:

Did you know that George W. Bush is the first right-handed US President since Jimmy Carter? (Carter's immediate predecessor Gerald Ford was left-handed as well.)

And that in the 1992 race, all three main competitors--George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot--were left-handed?

If the 2008 race shakes out to be Barack Obama vs. John McCain (which certainly seems to be the way it's going), the next President will be left-handed, either way.

Only somewhere between 10 and 15% of the general population is left-handed. (I'm not, I just find this interesting.) Let the conspiracy theories begin! (or, y'know, not).

Comments

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

WE'RE TAKING OVER, MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

I think y'all already did. You and your freaky scissors. :D

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Shhh! You are not supposed to let the righties world at large know!

Ahem. It's just a coincidence. Really.

[quantum-witch.livejournal.com]

That is an amazing bit of trivia. The only one I truly noticed being leftie was Bill, but I never paid attention to the Republicans anyway.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Weird, isn't it? Wonder if the bannisters and inkwells and toilet-paper dispensers in the White House are configured for lefties these days. :)

[quantum-witch.livejournal.com]

Haha! Perhaps they have a switch-out depending on the president. Lots of spare items in storage.

[hopita.livejournal.com]

Is there a complete list somewhere? Was Lincoln a leftie? How about Kennedy? FDR? Inquiring minds want to know!

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

According to this list there have been 7 left-handed Presidets--only 3 (known) up until 1974, and four since then! (including both two-termers, Reagan and Clinton). So this is southpaw dominance is a recent phenomenon.

Now, this may be because we don't beat left-handedness out of kids so much anymore...

[semyaza.livejournal.com]

It's the testosterone. ;~)

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

That's one theory. :) (Herbert Hoover? Testosterone? I'd've expected, say, Teddy Roosevelt to have been one.)

[semyaza.livejournal.com]

Awww. Poor Teddy! :D

[last-archangel.livejournal.com]

South paw power!

[catherinecookmn.livejournal.com]

Heheheheheh!

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

See! The Freeper wingnuts are right when they claim a Leftist Conspiarcy is running America! :D

[ea-lyons.livejournal.com]

*cackles* Oh I did not know that, but that's awesome! I'm a leftie (started out a righty though, long story...) so it's always cool to find stuff out about lefties. Hmm...2020 ea_lyons for President...I could see it. :D