When was the last time the Dems nominated a more hawkish candidate?
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« on: March 04, 2010, 11:43:01 PM »
I'd say 1960.
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« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2010, 11:46:20 PM »
2008
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« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2010, 12:34:43 AM »
1968 -- they didn't call him the "Happy Warrior" for nothing. It was only in the waning days of the campaign season did he flip-flop, and then for entirely political purposes. Hubert Humphrey was a typical Cold Warrior through-and-through.
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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2010, 12:47:46 AM »
1968 or 1996
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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2010, 12:49:49 AM »

Why 1996?
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« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2010, 01:07:44 AM »

I'm not very familiar with Dole but I know Clinton was pretty mildly hawkish, though I'm not aware of foreign policy being a key theme in the boring '96 election at all.
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« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2010, 01:27:49 AM »
Quote from: Silent Spade on March 05, 2010, 01:07:44 AM

I'm not very familiar with Dole but I know Clinton was pretty mildly hawkish, though I'm not aware of foreign policy being a key theme in the boring '96 election at all.


I think Dole supported the Vietnam War and all of Nixon's, Reagan's, and Bush Sr.'s military escapades. Clinton was only a hawk when it came to the former Yugoslavia--his bombings of Iraq and especially Sudan and Afghanistan were way too small and limited. Thus, I'd say Dole was more hawkish.
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« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2010, 08:15:46 AM »
Quote from: William Howard Taft on March 05, 2010, 01:27:49 AM
Quote from: Silent Spade on March 05, 2010, 01:07:44 AM

I'm not very familiar with Dole but I know Clinton was pretty mildly hawkish, though I'm not aware of foreign policy being a key theme in the boring '96 election at all.


I think Dole supported the Vietnam War and all of Nixon's, Reagan's, and Bush Sr.'s military escapades. Clinton was only a hawk when it came to the former Yugoslavia--his bombings of Iraq and especially Sudan and Afghanistan were way too small and limited. Thus, I'd say Dole was more hawkish.

Clinton was certainly more hawkish than Dole.
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« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2010, 09:45:59 AM »
Quote from: Scam of God on March 05, 2010, 12:34:43 AM
1968 -- they didn't call him the "Happy Warrior" for nothing. It was only in the waning days of the campaign season did he flip-flop, and then for entirely political purposes. Hubert Humphrey was a typical Cold Warrior through-and-through.

And Richard Nixon wasn't?
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« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2010, 10:45:52 AM »
Quote from: Lt. Gov and Rep. Libertas on March 05, 2010, 09:45:59 AM
Quote from: Scam of God on March 05, 2010, 12:34:43 AM
1968 -- they didn't call him the "Happy Warrior" for nothing. It was only in the waning days of the campaign season did he flip-flop, and then for entirely political purposes. Hubert Humphrey was a typical Cold Warrior through-and-through.

And Richard Nixon wasn't?

In 1968, Nixon promised "peace with honor" and claimed to have a secret plan to end the war. He and Humphrey were both undoubtedly Cold Warriors, and while I doubt Humphrey would have bombed Cambodia, he probably wouldn't have implemented Realpolitik or reached out to China. It's often forgotten that the Nixon administration saw the beginning of detente and represented a relative high point in U.S.-Soviet relations.
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« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2010, 01:51:10 PM »
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