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This is a true but strange story which proves that misery can indeed repeat itself, that those unwilling to learn their lessons from history are doomed to repeat it.

Jimmy Carter was born in 1937, the year of the Ox.
Barack Obama was born in 1961, the year of the Ox.
24 years apart.

Jimmy Carter was the first president to be born in a hospital.
Barack Obama was the first president to be born in two hospitals.

In 2002, Jimmy Carter received a Nobel Peace Prize.
In 2009, Barack Obama received a Nobel Peace Prize.
7 years apart.

Jimmy Carter ran his family’s peanut farm.
Barack Obama’s favorite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars.

The names Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama each contain eleven letters,
The names Gerald Ford and George Bush each contain nine letters.

Barack Obama has a pet dog named Bo.
Jimmy Carter had a pet dog named Bozo.

Jimmy Carter is a distant cousin of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy.
Barack Obama is a distanced relation of countless half-brothers and half-sisters.

Jimmy Carter had an embarassing brother named Billy.
Barack Obama has an embarassing brother named Abongo.
The names Billy Carter and Abongo Obama each contain eleven letters.

Billy Carter had his own beer.
Barack Obama had his own beer summit.

Jimmy Carter pardoned draft dodgers and later re-instated the draft.
Barack Obama claimed to have registered for the draft a year before it was re-instated.

Both President Carter and President Obama bailed out automobile manufacturers.

Both President Carter and President Obama were concerned with the issue of nationalizing health care coverage.

Both President Carter and President Obama chided Americans to get over setting the thermostat at whatever temperature they wanted.

Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama opposed Gitmo and the war against Saddam Hussein and supported Hugo Chavez.

In 2000, Carter severed ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, saying the group’s doctrines did not align with his Christian beliefs.
In 2000, Obama severed ties with the Trinity United Church of Christ, saying he could no more distance himself from Jeremiah Wright than he could disown an uncle.

Jimmy Carter was voted out of office with a 34% approval rating and a rising misery index.

President Ronald Reagan once said, “A recession is when your neighbor is out of work, a depression is when you are out of work, and a recovery happens when Jimmy Carter is out of work.” He also said that facts are funny things.

Can history repeat itself? Only you can decide.

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