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Similarities between Kennedy and Lincoln

posted 14 years ago by Charlie_Strom
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- Lincoln’s name has 7 letters
- Kennedy’s name has 7 letters

- In Lincoln’s & Kennedy’s names the vowels & consonants fall in exactly the same place;***
in the order c, v, c, c, v, c, c

- Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846
- Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946

- Lincoln was elected president in 1860
- Kennedy was elected president in 1960

- Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln

- War was thrust upon Lincoln almost immediately after inauguration
- War was thrust upon Kennedy almost immediately after inauguration

- Lincoln ordered the Treasury to print its own money
- Kennedy ordered the Treasury to print its own money

- International bankers may have arranged the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy

- Lincoln gave negroes freedom and legalized equality (since been debunked, he actually didnt care either way)
- Kennedy enforced equality for negroes (LBJ actually signed the Civil Rights Act, but wouldnt that "act" be to insure their vote, along with MLK "visiting" LBJ (before Vietnam)

- Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863
- Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963

- Lincoln was loved by the common people and hated by the establishment
- Kennedy was loved by the common people and hated by the establishment

- Lincoln was succeeded, after assassination, by vice-president Johnson
- Kennedy was succeeded, after assassination, by vice-president Johnson

- Andrew Johnson was born in 1808
- Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908

- Andrew Johnson’s name has 13 letters
- Lyndon Johnson’s name has 13 letters

- Andrew Johnson had a pug nose and slicked-back hair
- Lyndon Johnson had a pug nose and slicked-back hair

- Lincoln was sitting beside his wife when he was shot
- Kennedy was sitting beside his wife when he was shot

- Rathbone, who was with Lincoln when he was shot, was injured (by being stabbed)
- Connally, who was with Kennedy when he was shot, was injured (by being shot)
- Rathbone’s name has 8 letters
- Connally’s name has 8 letters

- Lincoln’s wife held his head in her lap after he was shot
- Kennedy’s wife held his head in her lap after he was shot

- Lincoln was shot on a Friday
- Kennedy was shot on a Friday

- Lincoln was shot in a theatre named Ford
- Kennedy was shot in a car made by Ford

- Kennedy was shot in a car named Lincoln

- Lincoln’s bodyguard was away from his post at the door of the President’s box at the theater
- Kennedy’s bodyguards were away from their posts on the running-boards of the President’s car.

- Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran to a warehouse.
- JFK was shot from a warehouse and his alleged assassin ran to a theater.

- Lincoln’s assassin had a three-worded name, John Wilkes Booth
- Kennedy’s alleged assassin had a three-worded name, Lee Harvey Oswald (and every known assassin and some serial killers have ever since)

- John Wilkes Booth has 15 letters.
- Lee Harvey Oswald has 15 letters.

- John Wilkes Boothe was born in 1839. (s/b 1838)
- Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939.

- Lincoln didn’t die immediately after being shot.
- Kennedy didn’t die immediately after being shot.

- Lincoln and Kennedy died in places beginning with the initials P and H.
- Lincoln died in Petersen’s house.
- Kennedy died in Parkland Hospital.

-both were assassinated by Southerners.

-Boothe ran from a theater and was caught in warehouse.
-Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.

-Boothe and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

-a week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Marlyand.
-a week before Kennedy was shot, he was in Marylin Monroe.

[–] mcode518 13 years ago

I have heard most of these conincidences and I think some of them are too vague or incorrect to be considered as such.

For instance, the Gettysburg Address and JFK's assassination both happened in November, but on different days. There are no similarities between the two events.

JFK certainly died immediately after he was shot, as he was pronounced dead 30 minutes later. But, Lincoln lingered for about 9 hours.

Kennedy had the Bay of Pigs fiasco shortly after his inauguration and the Vietnam War did not happen on a large scale until after he was assassinated. In contrast, Lincoln's presidency dealt almost entirely with the Civil War, which killed over 600,000 Americans.

Booth was captured and shot in a barn rather than a warehouse and Oswald allegedly shot JFK from an office building.

The last one is intended to be a joke. Marilyn Monroe died a year before JFK was assassinated and Lincoln was never in Monroe, MD because no such town exists. Instead, he was visiting the captured Confederate capital Richmond, VA.

Finally, despite these coincidences, the two men lived very different lives. Lincoln was born and raised poor and had very little formal education. He was a self made man. Kennedy was born in a wealthy family, became a Harvard graduate and a war hero. His success was largely due to his father's resources. Lincoln was a Republican and Kennedy was a Democrat.

"They're not gonna catch us. We're on a mission from God." -Elwood Blues

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[–] Charlie_Strom 13 years ago

Numerology is too exact to be coincidental. Just like Oswald's shot. Fascinating similarities.

[–] Catdubh 12 years ago

Lincoln gave negroes freedom and legalized equality (since been debunked, he actually didnt care either way)

That is inaccurate.

a week before Kennedy was shot, he was in Marylin Monroe.

That disavows and discredits your whole post. True as it may be, it is tacky, and Non Sequitur

Further, Your knowledge of Lincoln is very limited.

Jack's not dead! Jack would never die without telling me, first!

[–] smileyking1975 9 years ago

There is another similarity between the two presidents: they both had a child to die while in office.

Lincoln's son, Willie, died of fever, The Kennedy's son, Patrick, was born at the 6th month and lived only a few hours. I'm not sure which Kennedy biography this comes from.