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History buffs: Which losing presidential candidates would have made good presidents?
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:31 pm
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:31 pm
Going back to 1900. Men who eventually went on to serve as President or were incumbents have been removed.
2016: Hillary Clinton
2012: Mitt Romney
2008: John McCain
2004: John Kerry
2000: Al Gore
1996: Bob Dole
1988: Michael Dukakis
1984: Walter Mondale
1972: George McGovern
1968: Hubert Humphrey/George Wallace
1964: Barry Goldwater
1956: Adlai Stevenson
1952: Adlai Stevenson
1948: Thomas Dewey/Strom Thurmond
1944: Thomas Dewey
1940: Wendell Willkie
1936: Alf Landon
1928: Al Smith
1924: John Davis/Robert La Follette
1920: James Cox
1916: Charles Hughes
1912: Eugene Debs
1908: William Jennings Bryan
1904: Alton Parker
1900: William Jennings Bryan
2016: Hillary Clinton
2012: Mitt Romney
2008: John McCain
2004: John Kerry
2000: Al Gore
1996: Bob Dole
1988: Michael Dukakis
1984: Walter Mondale
1972: George McGovern
1968: Hubert Humphrey/George Wallace
1964: Barry Goldwater
1956: Adlai Stevenson
1952: Adlai Stevenson
1948: Thomas Dewey/Strom Thurmond
1944: Thomas Dewey
1940: Wendell Willkie
1936: Alf Landon
1928: Al Smith
1924: John Davis/Robert La Follette
1920: James Cox
1916: Charles Hughes
1912: Eugene Debs
1908: William Jennings Bryan
1904: Alton Parker
1900: William Jennings Bryan
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Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:32 pm to RollTide1987
Inb4 George Wallace
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:32 pm to RollTide1987
quote:
Michael Dukakis
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:32 pm to RollTide1987
Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:32 pm to RollTide1987
Dole
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:34 pm to t00f
Barry Goldwater
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:34 pm to RollTide1987
Definitely not Mittens
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:34 pm to RollTide1987
most of them would have been just as bad as their counterparts - the whole primary system ensures that we won't ever have a good president, just some that are a little less shitty than others
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:35 pm to RollTide1987
Ron Paul
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:35 pm to RollTide1987
Would have said Romney 5 years ago and would have been wrong. Better than Obama though.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:36 pm to fallguy_1978
quote:
Ron Paul
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:36 pm to RollTide1987
Pat Paulson
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:37 pm to RollTide1987
Both Hillary and Romney were terrible campaigners but would have been extremely competent presidents. I didn’t vote for either FWIWI
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:38 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I don’t like LBJ but I’m not so sure Goldwater would be a good president either. We had a long period of total shite in Washington between the Kennedy and Reagan administrations.
This post was edited on 7/28/20 at 6:50 pm
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:40 pm to RollTide1987
Also, had Al Gore been elected after Clinton we probably wouldn’t be in half the deficit mess we’re currently in. Clinton balanced the budget and we were rapidly on track to eliminating our national debt. Then Bush came along and for the first time in our history cut taxes and funded a major war at the same time. Those two actions made us jump the shark on our debt and no one has looked back since.
But apparently no one on either side cares anymore about the debt.
But apparently no one on either side cares anymore about the debt.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:41 pm to Sneaky__Sally
quote:Yeah, it’s all the same shite. The DC Uniparty/Swamp will ensure we always get mediocre candidates. Anyone with new ideas or serious changes can only run third party and third parties get zero attention in America.
most of them would have been just as bad as their counterparts - the whole primary system ensures that we won't ever have a good president, just some that are a little less shitty than others
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:42 pm to Cold Drink
quote:
Both Hillary and Romney were terrible campaigners but would have been extremely competent presidents.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:44 pm to Tonio
Keep in mind that most of America was GOP-conservative thinking registered Democrats for decades.
Maybe Barry Goldwater and Adlai Stevenson, and just maybe Al Gore.
Overall, America has pretty much gotten it right. Most of the time.
Hubert Humphrey was the wrong man at the wrong time. Too liberal for America at the time but a good politician.
Maybe Barry Goldwater and Adlai Stevenson, and just maybe Al Gore.
Overall, America has pretty much gotten it right. Most of the time.
Hubert Humphrey was the wrong man at the wrong time. Too liberal for America at the time but a good politician.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:44 pm to Cold Drink
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Then Bush came along and for the first time in our history cut taxes and funded a major war at the same time.
Well, did Clinton have a couple of airplanes dive into the WTC?
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:46 pm to MDB
Would have loved to see Bush in a timeline where 9/11 never happened.
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