[Ads-l] QOTY

[Dan Goncharoff]

Was someone asking these questions in 1840 about Tippecanoe (and Tyler
too)??

On Tue, May 21, 2019, 6:24 PM James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
wrote:

> seen at a Ban-the-Ban rally today in Rio Grande NJ:  "GOP - The Elephant
> In The Womb"
>
> and while on the subject of politics, according to my inbox, Pete
> Buttigeig, perhaps because of his unusual name, is widely referred to as
> "Mayor Pete" (he is currently mayor of South Bend, Indiana).
>
> Should he win the nomination and the election, he cannot continue to be
> known as "Mayor Pete".  Perhaps he will be called "President Pete"?  I am
> sure in that case some wits (or half-wits?) will insist on calling him
> "Queen Pete" (with some precedent.  Didn't a lot of people refer to
> President Nixon as "King Richard"?)
>
> I might add there is no rule requiring a President to use his birth name.
> Consider Ulysses Simpson Grant, ne Hiram Ulysses Grant, whose middle name
> "Simpson" was the result of a clerical error in his Congressman's office.
> Or "Jimmy" Carter or "Bill" Clinton.  Or the extreme case, Leslie Lynch
> King Jr.
>
> Another interesting question, should Buttigieg become President:  he has a
> male husband, one Chasten Glezman, who also uses the surname Buttigieg.
> Now I think it is the consensus that should the US have a female president,
> her (male) husband would be referred to as "First Gentleman".  How would
> one refer to Chasten Buttigieg?
>
> Wikipedia says that the name is pronounced BOOT-ih-jəj and "His father,
> who was originally from Hamrun, Malta, initially studied to be a Jesuit
> priest before emigrating to the United States and embarking on a secular
> career as a professor of literature at the University of Notre Dame in
> South Bend.The surname Buttigieg is of Maltese origin. It is derived from
> Arabic kunya أبو الدجاج (Abu d-dajāj), meaning chicken owner or poulterer."
>
> On a similar vein, Beto O'Rourke, although his name is much easier for
> WASPs, is frequently appearing in my inbox simply as "Beto".  I wonder,
> should he become President, will he be the first one-named President?
>
> This may be what comes from attending too many political rallies.
>
> - Jim Landau
>
>
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