About Town with Mark Snyder

ABOUT TOWN: Former West Wing Advisor Coming to Stoughton

Welcome to "About Town with Mark Snyder," a column that will keep you up to the minute with what's what, who's who and what's going on around town. If you see or hear something we could use here, let us know by sending an e-mail to pmpco@aol.com.

NATIONAL POLLSTER COMING TO STOUGHTON: Former presidential pollster Patrick Caddell will be speaking on issues of national security and the Middle East at the Ahavath Torah Congregation on Monday, January 28th, as part of  the Irwin M. and H. Ethel Hausman Memorial Free Speech Speakers’ Series. This event is held in conjunction with "Secure America Now," which helped obtain Mr. Caddell’s commitment for this event on short notice.   Pat Caddell has worked for Democratic presidential candidates George McGovern in 1972, Jimmy Carter in 1976 and 1980, Gary Hart in 1984, Joe Biden in 1988, and Jerry Brown in 1992. He also worked for Colorado Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff in 2010. He taught at the US Military Academy, University of California…

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Strange, But Interesting Presidential Tales

Presidents of the United States have spun interesting tales.

Did you know there was a president who couldn't stand the sight of blood? Or that one leader got stuck in the White House tub? Or who was the first president to use a nickname when he was sworn in as president, or the president who wasn't sworn in? How much do we really know about the 44 presidents of the United States, which is really 43 presidents? Grover Cleveland is actually the 22nd and 24th presidents after sitting out as No. 23 in favor of Benjamin Harrison. Sure when Presidents' Day comes around we hear about the biggies, Washington, Lincoln, the Roosevelts, Kennedy and Reagan, but what about the other guys? Using the website littleknownfactsshow.com, unknown facts, at least to me, were revealed. First, the singles category: …

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