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...21st-century Thomas Jefferson, decked out in 19th-century garb, took to the Widener Library steps on Friday to announce he was seeking a long-delayed third term. Surrounded by supporters holding signs for the 2008 campaign, August “Gus” Jaccaci ’60, a longtime impersonator of the third president and a self-described “former educator and futurist,” made the announcement on the day of his 70th birthday. (The real Jefferson, for the record, would turn 264 in April.) Jaccaci’s write-in campaign...
...First Baptist Church, ironically located at the corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Jefferson Davis (former Confederate president) Street, Hillary Clinton addressed specific issues such as health care, veteran benefits, global warming and the plight of Katrina victims still living in trailers. She also criticized the state of current voting rights and the position of the nation on the world's stage. A crowd of about 750 crowded into the church, with overflow watching a video screen in the basement. "It's time to take it back," said Clinton referring to our national standing...
Given our national love affair with the exalted average, it is remarkable how many men with knobs on their characters have reached the presidency. Thomas Jefferson was a Deist who believed that Jesus was a great moral thinker--rather like Jefferson himself, only better. He assembled his own version of the Gospels, slicing out everything miraculous with a razor. Jefferson kept his Gospels private while he lived, but his views were suspected; archenemy Alexander Hamilton bluntly called him an "Atheist." Andrew Jackson had a more public problem: he married his wife Rachel before her divorce from her first husband...
...menus from some of these dinners, filled with names that strike sharp pangs of envy into other oenophiles’ hearts: mature Château Montrose, Château Mouton Rothschild (each bottle now worth more than $1,000), and Château d’Yquem (which Thomas Jefferson liked so much that he bought 250 bottles for himself, plus a few more for George Washington). And these were only a part of a single dinner. Membership is limited to 14 because there are exactly 14 tasting portions in an ordinary bottle of wine...
High Fashion Toking jokes aside, hemp has been cultivated for fabric since 2800 B.C. and was grown by Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and, in the 1940s, 4-H clubs. The fiber makes durable and breathable clothes...