Could J. Edgar Hoover have run for and won the Presidency?
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« on: July 13, 2013, 01:53:36 AM »
In any time between the mid 1930s and say early 1960s, could J. Edgar Hoover have won the Presidency if he had run?
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« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2013, 01:47:36 PM »
His best shot would be probably mid-to-late 1930s, when he was celebrated as a effective mobbuster.

The question is, under which party would he run. It's not easy to answer, Hoover was a reactionary, but not partisan. I could see him both as Democrat or Republican, depending on the climate.
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« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2013, 10:58:14 PM »
No but I wish because he would've been an amazing president.
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« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2013, 10:59:34 PM »
No but I wish he would've been president because his vision and values are what makes America a nation of integrity and freedom.
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« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2013, 11:27:18 AM »
Probably but why would he want less power?
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« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2013, 03:59:48 PM »
Quote from: Grumps on August 07, 2013, 11:27:18 AM
Probably but why would he want less power?

This.  It's like tons of dictators around the world.  They have a multidecade stranglehold on their fiefdom and watch U.S. Presidents come and go.  Anyone with real power can just sit back and watch a succession of presidents scrambling for 4-8 years just to keep his head above water.
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« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2013, 04:57:05 PM »
Quote from: GPORTER on August 06, 2013, 11:27:39 PM
You wonder about '64 if Kennedy did not go to Dallas.

So Kennedy did not go to Dallas which resulted in Hoover as the GOP nominee...

One of the dumbest posts I've read. And Atlas is full of dumb posts.
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« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2013, 11:58:07 AM »
He wasn't married or had any children, that in itself was a disqualifier, back then it was even more so.
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