It was Benjamin Harrison--the 23rd President. We have not had a bearded president since the end of the 19th century!
He was a Republican.
Like the famous bearded President, Lincoln, who was the first ever President to sport a beard, and was also a Republican.
Anyway, other old beards as Presidents?
Ulysses Grant, Rutherford Hayes, who seems to have had quite an unkempt beard, and James Garfield ... and all were Republicans.
Not a single bearded Democratic president!
None, nada, zilch, zippo ...
A few had mustaches. Seriously, one would have expected the other way around--that bearded presidents would be Democrats.
But, even Uncle Sam sports a beard!
Unfortunately, it does not look like we will anymore have presidents with beards--Republican or Democract. Why are they so afraid of beards?
Oh well, I suppose it is only Sarah "mama grizzly" Palin who has enough cojones to grow one ... muahahaha
1 comment:
Wow. What a post. Take a bow, O ye bearded one - much impressed by the versatility of your writing.
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