SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - Being president is not a trivial job, but Larry Himmel knows a lot of trivia about our highest-elected office.
Welcome to President's Day, the day that used to be two holidays, Lincoln's birthday and Washington's birthday. Now it's a faux holiday that most of us don't even get off.
No wonder many people have lost respect the presidency. In order to foster pride in our nation's highest elected office, let us share some presidential facts.
At least 26 presidents were lawyers before becoming president. Right there, is a big part of the problem. We need presidents who used to be janitors to clean up the mess, left by the guy before them.
Twelve presidents from Washington to Eisenhower were generals. At least 12 others were a general nuisance.
Eight of our presidents were born British subjects. President Obama was born in Hawaii, making him the first president to be born outside the continental United States. I think Mr. Obama should move the nation's capitol to Hawaii. It would make those 8th grade graduation trips a lot more fun.
Nine of our presidents never even attended college, but they all took at least one class from The Learning Annex.
The tallest president was Lincoln at 6'4". The shortest was Madison. He was 5'4". Bill Clinton was both the thinnest and the heaviest president, depending on what year you weighed him.
There have been eight left-handed presidents. Thirty six were right-handed. Yet, all of them possessed the ability to talk out of both sides of their mouths.
But let's tip our caps to them all. Being president is the toughest job there is. You spend your days trying to combat the most evil, maniacal, knuckle-headed, egomaniacs on the planet: the Congress.
