Strange Lincoln - Obama Coincidences

The Barack Obama Jokes Website ^ | May 11, 2010 | Hillary Clinton

[Mojave]

1) Lincoln was elected in 1860, Obama was elected in 2008, nearly 150 years later.

2) Lincoln eliminated involuntary servitude. Obama eliminated private sector jobs.

3) Lincoln and Obama were both married to ugly wives who went crazy.

4) Each man's wife gained over forty pounds while living at the White House.

5) Lincoln was hit in the head from behind. Obama hid his head up his behind.

6) Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theater. Obama shot up while riding in a Lincoln made by Ford.

7) Both men had vice-presidents who were illiterate Democrat senators.

8) Andrew Johnson nearly lived to the age of 67. Joe Biden nearly had an IQ of 67.

9) Lincoln was born in KENtucky, Obama was born in KENya - before both moved to Illinois.

10) LincOln and Obama each had a single letter "O" in their last name.

11) Andrew Johnson had no middle name. Joseph Robinette Biden had a silly one.

12) JOHN W. BOOTH and BILL C. AYERS each has 10 letters.

13) A Kennedy told Lincoln to take care of his health. Ted Kennedy told Obama to pass health care.

14) Lincoln and Obama were both more feminine than Hillary Clinton.

15) Lincoln was placed on the penny. Obama was not quite worth a penny.

16) Lincoln was not a Muslim. Obama was not an admitted Muslim.

[Mojave]

Truth is stranger than fiction.

[bgill]

16) Lincoln was not a Muslim. Obama was not an admitted Muslim.

Ah, but he admitted to his muslim faith.

[Gritty-Kitty]

Lincoln suffered from major depression. Obama is causing a major depression.

[TomGuy]

Uncanny!

[Le Chien Rouge]

Obama is a combination of the ineptitude of James Buchanan and James Earl Carter’s naivety.

[Cyclone59]

2) Lincoln eliminated involuntary servitude. Obama eliminated private sector jobs.

2) Lincoln abolished salvery. Obama recreated it via entitlements

Fixed number 2

[Auntie Mame]

LOL!

[kabumpo]

Actually, Mary Todd was a great beauty and society belle when Lincoln married her — she had been courted by his future opponent, Stephen Douglas, who also wanted to marry her.

[Joe 6-pack]

Lincoln and Obama were both the first President with a beard.

[shoe212]

For those of you who have not seen it, this is take-off on the famous Lincoln - Kennedy “coincidences” (which really aren’t odd if you consider the millions of possible combinations):

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Dear Ann Landers:
A friend mailed me something that stopped me dead in my tracks. How much of it was coincidence? The similarities are eerie. I refer to the assassinations of Abe Lincoln and JFK:
-Both Lincoln and Kennedy were concerned with civil rights.
-Lincoln was elected president in 1860, Kennedy in 1960.-Both were slain on a Friday, in the presence of their wives.
-Both were shot from behind and in the head.
-They were both succeeded by Southern Democrats named  Johnson, who held seats in the U.S. Senate.-Andrew Johnson was born in 1808, Lyndon Johnson in 1908.
-John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald were both born in ‘39.
-Both presidents lost children while in the White House.-President Lincoln’s secretary, whose name was Kennedy,  advised him not to go to the theater.
-Kennedy’s secretary, whose name was Lincoln (Evelyn),  advised him not to make the trip to Dallas.-Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and ran to a warehouse.-Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and ran to theater.
-The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
-The names Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson each contain 13 letters.
-Both Johnsons were opposed for re-election by men whose names start with “G.”
-Both assassins were killed before they could be brought to trial.
Can all the above be coincidental?Please let me know what you think. Thanks, Ann. — A Student of American History in Mexico City.

Dear Student in Mexico City:The list of rare coincidences you have cited has been floating around for years; I have printed it before. I can offer no explanation. Mighty strange is all I can say.
From: The Washington Post, Saturday, January 14, 1995, Ann Landers column

[conservativeharleyguy]

Lincoln suspended habeus corpus, and ordered his army to slaughter their countrymen to enforce the usurpation of states’ rights and conosolodate power in the federal government.

Obama.......??? Well, there’s still time....

[JoeProBono]

[Jeff Chandler]

Just when you thought Lincoln couldn’t get any uglier . . .

[Cowgirl]

Exactly.

[Mojave]

Good catch!

[Auntie Mame]

Lincoln and Obama were both the first President with a beard.

Good one!

[patriot08]

Now THAT’S a good one