# American Presidents: Which will come first?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-presidents-which-will-come-first/88761>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 21, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-presidents-which-will-come-first/88761 "2001-10-21T23:46:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![schplebordnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@schplebordnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schplebordnik)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-presidents-which-will-come-first/88761/41 "2001-10-28T20:39:26Z")

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“but in general people don’t care to vote for “spooks”.”

um, er, you mean “spooks” as in “spies,” right…?

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-presidents-which-will-come-first/88761/42 "2001-10-28T22:34:12Z")

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Uh, he probably won’t run. Thanks to his father (who held the office before he did), the two of them have been embroiled in nearly as many scandals as Clinton. He’s generally seen as Tennessee’s version of Jesse Helms (As in, why do they keep re-electing that idiot?). They’ve gotten in fights with cops, ran a funeral home which apparently had some shady deals with local hospitals, and other things that I can’t remember.

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