Here’s a tip. If you run for president DO NOT pick a guy named Johnson for your running mate.

From the Lincoln Assassination Theories page:

Approximately 7 hours before shooting the President, Booth dropped by the Washington hotel which was Vice-President Andrew Johnson’s residence. Upon learning from the desk clerk that neither Johnson nor his private secretary, William A. Browning, was in the hotel, Booth wrote the following note: “Don’t wish to disturb you Are you at home? J. Wilkes Booth.”

Mary Todd Lincoln: “As sure, as you and I live, Johnson, had some hand, in all this…”

:: Cynical C

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