Happy President's Day Everybody!

Happy President's Day everybody! To all of you who got out of school today... I'm so happy for you... Ahem. Alas, I did have to go to school today, but fortunately, none of you went to Wakulla Springs without me, so I didn't get too depressed. Thank you. So, president's day doesn't seem to be a holiday we really "celebrate". It's just kinda a day that my Dad gets off work cuz he's a federal employee and occasionally we get out of school, but let's think about this, peoples. Abraham Lincoln and George Washington were pretty cool guys. Personally, I think they should get their own days and not have to share one, but I suppose they'll have to take what they can get. We know a lot about Washington and Lincoln, but what about our other presidents? I was sure there were some interesting facts about them, so I looked 'em up.
Did you know? I looked up campaign slogans and there were some pretty funny ones.
Grover Cleveland (who, by the way, had to have a new bathtub installed in the white house because he weighed 300 pounds and couldn't fit in the current one) ran against a guy named James Blaine, and Cleveland's slogan was: "Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine. The continental liar from the state of Maine." That's harsh. Dwight Eisenhower's was "I like Ike." Gosh, that was creative... And then there was Jimmy Carter. Good ol' Jimmy Carter whose 1976 campaign slogan was "Not just peanuts." No comment necesary there, folks. Abraham Lincoln's reelection slogan was "Don't swap horses in the middle of a stream." Wow. Alrighty-then.
Here's some great quotes from some of our presidents:

"They say hard work never hurt anybody, but I figure why take the chance?" Ronald Reagan
"This is a great day for France!" President Richard Nixon while attending Charles De Gaulle's funeral
"You know, if I were a single man, I might ask that mummy out. That's a good-looking mummy" —Bill Clinton, looking at "Juanita," a newly discovered Incan mummy on display at the National Geographic museum. (Okay, that's just scary. It goes deeper than we thought, people.)
"I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency — even if I'm in a Cabinet meeting." Ronald Reagan
"What's a man got to do to get in the top fifty?" –Bill Clinton, reacting to a survey of journalists that ranked the Monica Lewinsky scandal as the 53rd most significant story of the century.
"Solutions are not the answer." Richard Nixon
"You may have noticed I have a few flaws, too. People sometimes have to correct my English. I knew I had a problem when Arnold Schwarzenegger started doing it." --George W. Bush"
"I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself." Ronald Reagan
I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." —George W. Bush
This is my favorite. It's about microphones.
"These, they're very dangerous. They trap you. Especially these furry ones...it's these furry guys that get you in real trouble. They can reach out and listen to something so — keep it respectful here." —George Bush Sr., speaking to Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1991 about the need to be careful when speaking near open microphones.

Well, I guess our presidents were just regular people. Even politicians can be funny sometimes. I hope you all had a great president's day, whether you were off today or not. Guess what? For all my college friends who were not out of school today, on Wednesday, we will be officially halfway through the semester! Hooray! That's something to look forward to. And only 2 more weeks until spring break. We can do this.... Arrivederci!