I came across some trivia that is downright scary when hindsight is applied.

The Democratic nominee was pretty much unelectable, Michael Dukakis.

Riding the Reagan wave and with Reagan's endorsement, the Republican nominee was George H. Bush.

What if he hadn't been the nominee?

Others seeking the Republican nomination in 1988 were:

Alexander Haig
Pat Robinson
and Donald Rumsfeld

Oh momma!

 

What is your point? I don't see a problem.

 

uh...thank God for George Bush?

 

Absolutely. But then you never know, one of the other three might have done a great job , too.

 

Rumsfelds record speaks for itself.

Robinson is a certifed nut case.

Haig, wasn't he the Sec of State when Reagan got shot and the VP was out of the Country.

At a news conference, someone asked who was in charge and Haig said, "I'm in charge!"

Bypassing the Speaker of the House and Senate and sending people scrambling for a copy of the Constitution.

 

I don't see how any one of them could do more damage that Clinton or Carter, and we survived them.

 

Good point. It makes you quite proud of this country when you look at not only what we have accomplished, but also what we have survived (Clinton and Carter especially).

 

Yeah, I never voted for Clinton.
I did vote for Carter though.

My Presidential track record is 4-4 .

Carter - W
Anderson - L
Reagan - W
Bush - W
Bush - L
Dole - L
Bush - W
Kerry - L

 

That was a good one...

Any of the others would have done an excellent job as President Bush is now doing...

Excellent economy, low unemployment, like the damn roaring 20's. However once a democrat gets in it will be time for the depression all over...

 

1921 - 1923 Harding Republican
1923 - 1929 Coolidge Republican
1929- 1933 Hoover Republican

1929 - Crash.

 

They were actually Democrats claiming to be Republicans so theuy could get elected.

 

I understand,
The roaring 20's - check
The democrats - check
The depression - check

but those kinda Republicans don't exist anymore.

 

Does it really matter what you call them? Let's face it, people are sheep. They will believe whatever the media wants them to. Look at today's situation...


-very low unemployment
-economy is doing great
-winning or, at the very least, not losing the war on terrorism
-a dictator about to swing from a lamppost
-a strategic foothold (with popular support of the people) in one of the most difficult and war torn areas of the world....ie a ME government besides Israel that will actually talk to us
-less than 3000 US soldiers lost in the process

I don't give a damn how he says nuclear, that's a good resume.

But again, as was the problem in Vietnam and Korea, the media is not behind the war. The media causes the war to lose popularity with the sheep, the sheep get restless and elect new talking heads, the new talking heads cut and run, and the only people who did a damn thing during the process, the soldiers, end up losing years of their lives (or even their lives) for something we just kinda got bored hearing about on the news.

And yes, everyone is anxious to hear how a Canadian network manager or a McDonald's manager in Kentucky would have gone about the war, what with his vast background in military strategy and ME relations. Really, everyone believes you that you could have found and killed every terrorist within a span of 2 years without losing a single American life and also brought the ME into a functioning modern society.