November 7, 2002

12:55 PM

Does a death lurk for the president elected in the year 2000? If the curse of Indian chief Tecumseh holds true it does. Every president elected in a year ending in zero has died before their term was up (except Reagan who was almost assassinated). We might see Cheney in office before 2004.....
posted by Degaz (5 comments total)

I can't even imagine something like that happening, simply because it seems so fake/part of the past. When I think of assassinations, I think of Lincoln, and come on - that was 1865ish. But that is pretty creepy...can our society deal with a modern day assassination?
posted by ambivalentgirl at 12:59 PM on November 7, 2002

While it's nice to think there's more than just coincidence (and Reagan broke the "curse" by surviving the attempt on his life) it seems no one can find evidence of Tecumseh uttering any such thing.
posted by WolfDaddy at 1:01 PM on November 7, 2002

already posted here .
posted by gyc at 1:02 PM on November 7, 2002

Uh huh. Right.

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/curse.htm
posted by UnReality at 1:03 PM on November 7, 2002

When I think of assassinations, I think of Lincoln
can you say dallas? what century were you born in?
posted by quonsar at 1:04 PM on November 7, 2002