Hmmmmm, still no calls to my voice mail. Looks like all the facists (carpet bombers, those who call Middle Easterners "camel jockeys") have suddently melted into the woodwork (what a shocker).

I called you and left an ackward message on your answering machine at home when I was calling for Connealy this morning.

Yep, I got it!

More trivial trivia for you Mikey...

Before everyone on this post starts reading between the lines for something that isn't there, this is nothing more than an observation you history buffs may find interesting.

Since William Henry Harrison in 1840, every president elected in a year ending in 0 (zero) has either died in office or an assassination attempt made on his life (Reagan survived).

"Dubbya" was originally elected in 2000, and will start his second term in January. (Lincoln, first elected in 1860, assassinated in 1865 & William McKinley, first elected in 1896, assassinated in 1901 after being re-elected in 1900.)

Just the facts. Feel like reading?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/

So what you are trying to say is, there is still hope.

Here's something I thought was even more unusual...When all of those Presidents died or were assassinated, the country was going through a relatively good period. Either we had won/were winning a war, or the economy was on an upswing. In all those cases the President was enjoying high job approval ratings and the country was for the most part united behind what he was doing.

Of course, the incumbent had always lost after the Redskins lost their last pre-election football game before this past week, so trends are what they are, I guess.

And it wouldn't surprise me, sadly, to see some left-wing loonie try to assassinate the President. If only they could take Geraldine Ferraro out at the same time (watching her whine and complain on Hannity/Colmes as I type this).