Top Ten Failed Candidates

[Alexander Hamilton]

What are your Top Ten Failed Presidential Candidates (Primary and General will work)?

Mine:
1. Jerry Brown, 1976 Surprising, I know, but the 1970's Jerry Brown was actually Fiscally Conservative, and Socially Libertarian, today he's just a Neo-Pelosi (What a shame)

2. Howard Baker, 1980 I still like Ronnie, but Baker probably would have been our best President ever had he won.

3. Henry Clay, 1824, 1832, or 1848, A bastard, but a smart bastard.

4. John Q. Adams, 1828, That damn Andrew Jackson never let Adams get any of his agenda out, which would have helped in the long run.

5. John Bell, 1860, I think this guy could have held off the Civil War. I mean the only philosophy he had was to "compromise".

6. William H. Taft, 1912, TR went off the hook on this one. Taft busted more trusts than Teddy himself, and Wilson is still an asshole.

7. Robert Dole, 1996, I still supported Clinton, but I think Dole would have been a decent President.

8. John McCain, 2000, This was the John McCain who hadn't sold himself out to the Religious Right.

9. Nelson Rockefeller, 1964, 1968, Goldwater brought those bible thumpers into the GOP, Rocky definitely wouldn't have done that.

10. Richard Nixon, 1960, He would have been a third term for Eisenhower, Sounds good to me.

Teddy believe in good trusts and bad trusts. Taft had crossed the line, hence the Bull Moose party.
Which should be number one on your list.

[Alexander Hamilton]

1. Teddy Roosevelt (1912)
2. Ross Perot (1992)
3. Mitt Romney (2008)
4. John McCain (2000)
5. Hillary Clinton (2008)
6. Grover Cleveland (1888)
7. Richard Nixon (1960) [no LBJ]
8. Henry Clay (1832)
9. John Quincy Adams (1828)
10. John Adams (1800)

[Alexander Hamilton]

1.  George McGovern (1972)
2.  Alf Landon (1936)
3.  Walter Mondale (1984)
4.  Herbert Hoover (1932)
5.  William Howard Taft (1912)
6.  Barry Goldwater (1964)
7.  Jimmy Carter (1980)
8.  Michael Dukakis (1988)
9.  Al Gore (2000)
10.  Bob Dole (1996)

Not the biggest failures... just who failed that was good.

[Alexander Hamilton]

Teddy believe in good trusts and bad trusts. Taft had crossed the line, hence the Bull Moose party.
Which should be number one on your list.

Woah- I was under the impression Taft was to the right of Roosevelt- Taft was many things, but a line-crossing politician opposed to big business, he was not.

Well, Teddy disagreed. So that's all I'm going to say.

[Alexander Hamilton]

4) Bobby Kennedy, 1968 I iwsh he never died, he would've been the BEST democrat  to EVER hold the title of president

You prove your stupidity more and more everyday. Bobby would have been much worse than his classier, more logical, and more experienced brother. Also, what about Presidents such as Bill Clinton and Grover Cleveland and Harry Truman. Do you honestly think Bobby could have had a term anywhere near as good as one of those three. You are in over your head with that statement.

[Alexander Hamilton]

4) Bobby Kennedy, 1968 I iwsh he never died, he would've been the BEST democrat  to EVER hold the title of president

You prove your stupidity more and more everyday. Bobby would have been much worse than his classier, more logical, and more experienced brother. Also, what about Presidents such as Bill Clinton and Grover Cleveland and Harry Truman. Do you honestly think Bobby could have had a term anywhere near as good as one of those three. You are in over your head with that statement.

Erm, Bill Clinton's term wasn't that good.

I think he was the best president since Johnson, possibly since Kennedy. And possibly the best president for the economy EVER.

Yes, signing legislation produced by a conservative Republican congress does make him a good economic president. Good point.

[Alexander Hamilton]

4) Bobby Kennedy, 1968 I iwsh he never died, he would've been the BEST democrat  to EVER hold the title of president

You prove your stupidity more and more everyday. Bobby would have been much worse than his classier, more logical, and more experienced brother. Also, what about Presidents such as Bill Clinton and Grover Cleveland and Harry Truman. Do you honestly think Bobby could have had a term anywhere near as good as one of those three. You are in over your head with that statement.

Erm, Bill Clinton's term wasn't that good.

He signed numerous compromises and reforms produced by or with Republicans. DOMA, DADT, NAFTA, Welfare Reform, Balanced Budget, etc. Now I don't necessarily agree with all of those legislative policies, but there is a decent record he left. More so than a Democrat like Jimmy Carter or Woodrow Wilson.

[Alexander Hamilton]

4) Bobby Kennedy, 1968 I iwsh he never died, he would've been the BEST democrat  to EVER hold the title of president

You prove your stupidity more and more everyday. Bobby would have been much worse than his classier, more logical, and more experienced brother. Also, what about Presidents such as Bill Clinton and Grover Cleveland and Harry Truman. Do you honestly think Bobby could have had a term anywhere near as good as one of those three. You are in over your head with that statement.

Bobby was Pro-Israel, and a Kennedy. That's all I need to know about Bobby. And enough to make me support him.

Okay. That doesn't validate your first statement though.