Some guy is sending out e-mail messages tonight calling himself "the greatest President of all time."
No, it’s not Andrew Johnson.
Nope, it’s not the Ghost of Ceausescu calling himself “the greatest President of all time."
And no, the ex-President e-mailing donors for money tonight and boasting that his “team" is building him a “BRAND NEW” plane is not Abraham Lincoln.

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Feb 27
Yes, everything that should be old history is painfully new again:
Back cover of my book on years of Cuban Missile Crisis (1991):
Here is speech draft written for JFK's use if he ordered US armed forces to bomb Cuba and USSR missile sites, incurring immediate danger of nuclear attack against United States by Kremlin, October 1962:
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Feb 23
Much of historic Lafayette Square, facing North Portico of the White House, was slated for demolition and replacement by grim and faceless office buildings before Jackie Kennedy helped to save it, 1961-1962: #JFKL
Yes, she is wearing that same suit.
Jackie Kennedy’s famous pink suit was actually an imitation Chanel design by a New York boutique called Chez Ninon, which allowed her to save money and also say she was buying American.
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Feb 17
Thanks to CBS News, people in Grand Central Terminal watch John Glenn launched on dangerous mission to become first American in earth orbit, sixty years ago this week: #Hausner Image
New Yorker cartoon by Joseph Farris: Image
Grand Central Terminal 1968, with large ads for Kodak, Newsweek, Merrill Lynch: #AP Image
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Feb 14
Jacqueline Kennedy's wildly popular TV tour of newly-restored White House aired on Valentine's Day 1962, sixty years ago today: #JFKL
TV Guide on Jackie’s White House tour, aired sixty years ago today:
JFK later joked privately that he had “cried” over what he considered to be his wooden cameo appearance in Jackie’s TV White House tour, aired sixty years ago today:
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Feb 12
Contrary to urban legend, while Kennedy did indeed have a secretary called Lincoln, the latter had no secretary named Kennedy.
Another historical coincidence—libraries of 41st and 43rd Presidents are both named Bush.
Nixon had a secretary named Woods, and, during golf, Eisenhower sometimes had trouble with his irons.
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Feb 10
Bathroom of a dictator (Ceausescu), Bucharest:
“Only Palace in the world where the Queen stands guard,” 1987:
Bedroom in Saddam Hussein’s palace, 2003:
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