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No, it was because Reagan came off the high of surviving an assassination attempt and Mondale was not the best candidate. I honestly feel that if it hadn't been for Hinkley shooting Reagan and if Ted Kennedy hadn't primaried Carter in 80, that Kennedy could've ran against Reagan in 84 and won (though it wouldn't have been a landslide)
No, it was because Reagan came off the high of surviving an assassination attempt .....
How silly. That was 3 years before the campaign.
And the Reagan Administration won an unprecedented 3rd term in 1988 when his VP beat Dukakis giving the GOP a 3rd consecutive win of the Presidency. This was the only time it has happened since FDR
Democratic Party has better economic platform and I'd vote for them if the party wasn't crazily liberal with sjw. Also they are pro illegal immigration and support abortion but against death penalty. Now they buy into this gender bending garbage too.
Republican Party only cares about big businesses and rich people.
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How silly. That was 3 years before the campaign.
And the Reagan Administration won an unprecedented 3rd term in 1988 when his VP beat Dukakis giving the GOP a 3rd consecutive win of the Presidency. This was the only time it has happened since FDR
Again, Dukakis wasn't a good candidate. I wouldn't have voted for him had I been old enough at the time, I would have voted third party or write in.
And GHWB was not a third Reagan term, GHWB was a one term president and Reagan was a two term president. Only one president ever got three terms, and that WAS FDR
Odd, how they are now proposing a trillion towards infrastructure.
Yep, more federal debt under Obama than each President from George Washington to George Bush and nothing to show for it.
Why is it odd? The Democrats have always been for infrastructure spending to create jobs:
"President Obama made an impassioned appeal on Thursday night for $447 billion in tax cuts and government spending to boost the nation’s lagging economic recovery, calling on lawmakers to put politics aside and work together to solve the jobs crisis.
Before a joint session of Congress, the president announced a package of tax cuts for employers and employees, spending on schools and roads, aid to states to keep teachers in jobs, and assistance for the unemployed." (Washington Post Sept 2011). His proposal was rejected by the Republicans. But when Trump makes similar proposals, suddenly he's the savior of the nation?
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Yeah, Democrats don't run good candidates because their platform is bad.
That IS the point.
No, they have run good candidates. Bernie was a good candidate, Bill Clinton was a good candidate, Obama (as much as you don't like him) was a good candidate, and Ted Kennedy in the 1980 Primary was a good candidate, he was still young enough for the office at the time
No, they have run good candidates. Bernie was a good candidate, Bill Clinton was a good candidate, Obama (as much as you don't like him) was a good candidate, and Ted Kennedy in the 1980 Primary was a good candidate, he was still young enough for the office at the time
On Bernie...wrong
On Bill Clinton....Never convicted, so this is libel
Obama....wrong on the incompetent and never even tried in court, so libel
Ted Kennedy....Never convicted in court, so libel
Anything else?
If anyone was a criminal it was Nixon (Watergate break in and cover-up) and Reagan (Iran Contra)
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