Bakers Dozen

Politicians Who Survived Assassination Attempts

  1. Teddy Roosevelt (took a bullet in the belly but went on to deliver his planned campaign speech)
  2. Gerald Ford (Squeaky Fromme tried to shoot him in Sacramento)
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Gerald Ford (in San Fran, about 2 weeks after the Fromme attempt)
  5. Harry Truman (in 1950)
  6. King James I and the House of Lords (1606, Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot)
  7. Andrew Jackson (the assassin’s two pistols both misfired)

Politicians Who Survived Assassination Attempts

  1. Teddy Roosevelt (took a bullet in the belly but went on to deliver his planned campaign speech)
  2. Gerald Ford (Squeaky Fromme tried to shoot him in Sacramento)
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Gerald Ford (in San Fran, about 2 weeks after the Fromme attempt)
  5. Harry Truman (in 1950)
  6. King James I and the House of Lords (1606, Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot)
  7. Andrew Jackson (the assassin’s two pistols both misfired)
  8. Franklin Roosevelt

When he was president elect there was an assassination attempt in Miami that resulted in the death of Chicago mayor Anton Cermak.

Politicians Who Survived Assassination Attempts

  1. Teddy Roosevelt (took a bullet in the belly but went on to deliver his planned campaign speech)
  2. Gerald Ford (Squeaky Fromme tried to shoot him in Sacramento)
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Gerald Ford (in San Fran, about 2 weeks after the Fromme attempt)
  5. Harry Truman (in 1950)
  6. King James I and the House of Lords (1606, Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot)
  7. Andrew Jackson (the assassin’s two pistols both misfired)
  8. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  9. George W. Bush (grenade hurled at him failed to detonate)

For more: Vladimir Arutyunian - Wikipedia

Politicians Who Survived Assassination Attempts

  1. Teddy Roosevelt (took a bullet in the belly but went on to deliver his planned campaign speech)
  2. Gerald Ford (Squeaky Fromme tried to shoot him in Sacramento)
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Gerald Ford (in San Fran, about 2 weeks after the Fromme attempt)
  5. Harry Truman (in 1950)
  6. King James I and the House of Lords (1606, Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot)
  7. Andrew Jackson (the assassin’s two pistols both misfired)
  8. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  9. George W. Bush (grenade hurled at him failed to detonate)
  10. Adolph Hitler (several)

Politicians Who Survived Assassination Attempts

  1. Teddy Roosevelt (took a bullet in the belly but went on to deliver his planned campaign speech)
  2. Gerald Ford (Squeaky Fromme tried to shoot him in Sacramento)
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Gerald Ford (in San Fran, about 2 weeks after the Fromme attempt)
  5. Harry Truman (in 1950)
  6. King James I and the House of Lords (1606, Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot)
  7. Andrew Jackson (the assassin’s two pistols both misfired)
  8. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  9. George W. Bush (grenade hurled at him failed to detonate)
  10. Adolph Hitler (several)
  11. Charles de Gaulle

Politicians Who Survived Assassination Attempts

  1. Teddy Roosevelt (took a bullet in the belly but went on to deliver his planned campaign speech)
  2. Gerald Ford (Squeaky Fromme tried to shoot him in Sacramento)
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Gerald Ford (in San Fran, about 2 weeks after the Fromme attempt)
  5. Harry Truman (in 1950)
  6. King James I and the House of Lords (1606, Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot)
  7. Andrew Jackson (the assassin’s two pistols both misfired)
  8. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  9. George W. Bush (grenade hurled at him failed to detonate)
  10. Adolph Hitler (several)
  11. Charles de Gaulle
  12. Alabama Governor George Wallace

Politicians Who Survived Assassination Attempts

  1. Teddy Roosevelt (took a bullet in the belly but went on to deliver his planned campaign speech)
  2. Gerald Ford (Squeaky Fromme tried to shoot him in Sacramento)
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Gerald Ford (in San Fran, about 2 weeks after the Fromme attempt)
  5. Harry Truman (in 1950)
  6. King James I and the House of Lords (1606, Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot)
  7. Andrew Jackson (the assassin’s two pistols both misfired)
  8. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  9. George W. Bush (grenade hurled at him failed to detonate)
  10. Adolph Hitler (several)
  11. Charles de Gaulle
  12. Alabama Governor George Wallace
  13. Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro (Peruvian Prez.) Hit, but survived a bullet, later killed by another shooter.

New Topic

Favourite wine

  1. Rioja - red-

Favourite wine

  1. Rioja - red-
  2. (s)wine

(I like pork more than alcohol. Sue me.)

Favourite wine

  1. Rioja - red-
  2. (s)wine
  3. White Zinfandel

Favourite wine

  1. Rioja - red-
  2. (s)wine
  3. White Zinfandel
  4. Boonesfarm (Snow Creek Berry)

Favourite wine

  1. Rioja - red-
  2. (s)wine
  3. White Zinfandel
  4. Boonesfarm (Snow Creek Berry)
  5. Zinfandel

Favourite wine

  1. Rioja - red-
  2. (s)wine
  3. White Zinfandel
  4. Boonesfarm (Snow Creek Berry)
  5. Zinfandel
  6. Merlot

Favourite wine

  1. Rioja - red-
  2. (s)wine
  3. White Zinfandel
  4. Boonesfarm (Snow Creek Berry)
  5. Zinfandel
  6. Merlot
  7. Manischewitz

Sue me: I like my wine like I like my dates, sweet and cheap.

How you doin’? :wink:

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Join Date: Aug 2002
Favourite wine

  1. Rioja - red-
  2. (s)wine
  3. White Zinfandel
  4. Boonesfarm (Snow Creek Berry)
  5. Zinfandel
  6. Merlot
  7. Manischewitz
  8. Blackberry Merlot

(Well, that’s Princess Pepperwinkle’s favorite; I’m a teetotaller.)

Favourite wine

  1. Rioja - red-
  2. (s)wine
  3. White Zinfandel
  4. Boonesfarm (Snow Creek Berry)
  5. Zinfandel
  6. Merlot
  7. Manischewitz
  8. Blackberry Merlot
  9. Ice Wine

it’s like mead. so yummy.

Favorite wine

  1. Rioja - red-
  2. (s)wine
  3. White Zinfandel
  4. Boonesfarm (Snow Creek Berry)
  5. Zinfandel
  6. Merlot
  7. Manischewitz
  8. Blackberry Merlot
  9. Ice Wine
  10. cheap wine! (inexpensive with decent-enough taste, like Two-Buck Chuck)

Favorite wine

  1. Rioja - red-
  2. (s)wine
  3. White Zinfandel
  4. Boonesfarm (Snow Creek Berry)
  5. Zinfandel
  6. Merlot
  7. Manischewitz
  8. Blackberry Merlot
  9. Ice Wine
  10. cheap wine! (inexpensive with decent-enough taste, like Two-Buck Chuck)
  11. (T)Wine (Tarzan’s favorite wine, so he can start swinging)

Favorite wine

  1. Rioja - red-
  2. (s)wine
  3. White Zinfandel
  4. Boonesfarm (Snow Creek Berry)
  5. Zinfandel
  6. Merlot
  7. Manischewitz
  8. Blackberry Merlot
  9. Ice Wine
  10. cheap wine! (inexpensive with decent-enough taste, like Two-Buck Chuck)
  11. (T)Wine (Tarzan’s favorite wine, so he can start swinging)
  12. (high-pitched nasal voice) I WANNA GO SHOPPING!!! – oh, you said wine, not whine

Favorite wine

  1. Rioja - red-
  2. (s)wine
  3. White Zinfandel
  4. Boonesfarm (Snow Creek Berry)
  5. Zinfandel
  6. Merlot
  7. Manischewitz
  8. Blackberry Merlot
  9. Ice Wine
  10. cheap wine! (inexpensive with decent-enough taste, like Two-Buck Chuck)
  11. (T)Wine (Tarzan’s favorite wine, so he can start swinging)
  12. (high-pitched nasal voice) I WANNA GO SHOPPING!!! – oh, you said wine, not whine
  13. Chardonnay

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Thinly-veiled real people (and the character name) in fictional movies

  1. Tony Blair (Adam Lang), “The Ghost Writer”