How come Reagan won in a 49-state landslide in 1984?

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Mondale was a piece of crap.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Carter->Mondale, that's that general idea of the 84 election.

Needless to say, Mondale was more qualified to be President than Reagan (arguably more so than Carter). It's just the nature of our populous. Who's going to take a policy wonk from a Democratic administration that was successfully portrayed as a failure over Ronald Reagan™?

Mondale was not qualified to be the local dog-catcher.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Carter->Mondale, that's that general idea of the 84 election.

Needless to say, Mondale was more qualified to be President than Reagan (arguably more so than Carter). It's just the nature of our populous. Who's going to take a policy wonk from a Democratic administration that was successfully portrayed as a failure over Ronald Reagan™?

Mondale was not qualified to be the local dog-catcher.

Never one to elaborate, eh Libertas?

You didn't elaborate on why Mondale was more qualified than Reagan and Carter, so why should I have to?

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Carter->Mondale, that's that general idea of the 84 election.

Needless to say, Mondale was more qualified to be President than Reagan (arguably more so than Carter). It's just the nature of our populous. Who's going to take a policy wonk from a Democratic administration that was successfully portrayed as a failure over Ronald Reagan™?

Mondale was not qualified to be the local dog-catcher.

Never one to elaborate, eh Libertas?

You didn't elaborate on why Mondale was more qualified than Reagan and Carter, so why should I have to?

Nor would you. I haven't the slightest you'd have stood in line with all the other drones to vote the straight Republican ticket in 1980.

This is about election 1984, where I would certainly have voted Libertarian.

If it were Reagan vs. Mondale though, of course I would choose Reagan over that clown.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Carter->Mondale, that's that general idea of the 84 election.

Needless to say, Mondale was more qualified to be President than Reagan (arguably more so than Carter). It's just the nature of our populous. Who's going to take a policy wonk from a Democratic administration that was successfully portrayed as a failure over Ronald Reagan™?

Mondale was not qualified to be the local dog-catcher.

Never one to elaborate, eh Libertas?

You didn't elaborate on why Mondale was more qualified than Reagan and Carter, so why should I have to?

I feel as though the my assertion is obvious. Mondale having an extensive political resume, including becoming Minnesota's AG at the age of 32, serving on several committees (and chairing several sub-committees) during his tenure in the Senate, and transforming the Vice-Presidency into a position of actual importance. This piled on top of the fact that Mondale was substantially more knowledgeable about issues than Reagan and it showed in the debates. Now, seeing as how I have elaborated on my position, would you like to do the same?

Reagan and Carter were both governors, giving them actual executive experience, so I fail to see where their lack of qualifications were.

Everything else you have said is your opinion. Mondale had no clue on the issues, and was an arrogant corporate buffoon. He had nothing to offer but stale old failed ideas. There's a reason he holds the distinction of being the only guy in history to be have been defeated for federal office in all 50 states.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Carter->Mondale, that's that general idea of the 84 election.

Needless to say, Mondale was more qualified to be President than Reagan (arguably more so than Carter). It's just the nature of our populous. Who's going to take a policy wonk from a Democratic administration that was successfully portrayed as a failure over Ronald Reagan™?

Mondale was not qualified to be the local dog-catcher.

Never one to elaborate, eh Libertas?

You didn't elaborate on why Mondale was more qualified than Reagan and Carter, so why should I have to?

I feel as though the my assertion is obvious. Mondale having an extensive political resume, including becoming Minnesota's AG at the age of 32, serving on several committees (and chairing several sub-committees) during his tenure in the Senate, and transforming the Vice-Presidency into a position of actual importance. This piled on top of the fact that Mondale was substantially more knowledgeable about issues than Reagan and it showed in the debates. Now, seeing as how I have elaborated on my position, would you like to do the same?

Reagan and Carter were both governors, giving them actual executive experience, so I fail to see where their lack of qualifications were.

Everything else you have said is your opinion. Mondale had no clue on the issues, and was an arrogant corporate buffoon. He had nothing to offer but stale old failed ideas. There's a reason he holds the distinction of being the only guy in history to be have been defeated for federal office in all 50 states.

Ah, the old mantra that 'executive experience' translates into Presidential qualifications. By this logic, any CEO is more qualified to be President than a Senator or Representative, which is asinine. I would argue that a Governor is less qualified to be President as they are not connected to federal issues on a daily basis as their federal counterparts.

You are the one who started by attacking the qualifications of Reagan and Carter, not I. I don't care whether someone has held any political office at all, but that doesn't mean they will be considered "qualified" by public opinion.

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What does Reaganomics have to do with Walter Mondale being a sh**tty candidate who deserved to lose? If the Dems wanted a real chance to change course, they should have nominated Hart.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

A) I never attacked Carter's qualifications.
B) Public opinion is a bad gauge of whom is qualified to be President.

Carter->Mondale, that's that general idea of the 84 election.

Needless to say, Mondale was more qualified to be President than Reagan (arguably more so than Carter). It's just the nature of our populous. Who's going to take a policy wonk from a Democratic administration that was successfully portrayed as a failure over Ronald Reagan™?

And if Carter was qualified, why not Reagan?

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That was more the case with corporate shill Mondale than with Hart.

Reagan was a mediocre president, but the Democrats were dumb enough to nominate someone who would have been even worse.