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In reply to the discussion: Does anybody else find it interesting that the first black president and probably the first woman president, have very [View all]ColinC
(11,098 posts)50. As far as among presidents. Have we had a lot of non European-named presidents?
I would find that rather unique. It was largely expected that our first black president was going to be named Colin and our first female president, Hillary. Instead, our first black president was Barack and first female president is probably Kamala.
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Does anybody else find it interesting that the first black president and probably the first woman president, have very [View all]
ColinC
Aug 2024
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That's interesting to me. This suggests Americans like their presidents with rather unique names.
ColinC
Aug 2024
#53
I dunno, in my teaching career I've met about half a dozen people named Barak or Barack
Bucky
Aug 2024
#27
You'd get tongue-tied trying to pronounce the ethnic names of the kids I went to school with.
Talitha
Aug 2024
#20
I find it interesting that the 2nd woman to be the nominee of a major party and the 1st woman
In It to Win It
Aug 2024
#22