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Grover Cleveland was ONE president and counting him twice for being nonconsecutive about it is a stupid thing to do regardless of it being "the way we do it"

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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldOP
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That’s not even accurate either, since most if not all presidents have made changes to Cabinet officials and other key positions after being reelected.

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givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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When you get new tires on your car, do you tell people you got a new car?

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Probably not related, but I tell people I got a new car when it was definitely certified pre-owned.

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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldOP
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Nope, but that’s a false analogy since the only part of the presidential “car” that’s always the same in the second (or third or fourth) term is the driver.

Some presidents have replaced what amounts to most of the motor and the body for their subsequent terms, making it the second car for that driver but not a different driver.

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givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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You’re treating this like an argument, so I don’t see any point in trying to help you with this or anything else.

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