Worst Candidates in Modern History

[Bo]

I agree. Mondale also blew a 17 point lead I believe but I cut him a break because he ran against Reagan.

Mondale never blew a 17-point lead. Reagan was always leading him. As for Dukakis, it's true he blew an early double-digit lead, but keep in mind that the issues in 1988 favored Bush Sr. and once people began to pay attention to the race in the fall, Bush Sr. caught up to and overtook Dukakis.

[cpeeks]

Ya Mondale was never even in the thing, he trailed sometimes by as many as 20 points. Lol but really Dukakis never even fought back and then at the end riding around in that tank lol, what a joke. He looked like an idiot.

[Bo]

Ya Mondale was never even in the thing, he trailed sometimes by as many as 20 points. Lol but really Dukakis never even fought back and then at the end riding around in that tank lol, what a joke. He looked like an idiot.

For the tank incident, Margaret Thatcher tried it in Great Britain before and it helped out her poll numbers. Thus, Dukakis thought that it would do the same thing for him.

[cpeeks]

Maybe if he would have tried it early on, but by that time he was seen as such a bufoon.

[Derek]

Ok I was confusing him with the Dukakis poll. Good job Walter, way to man!

[Bo]

Ok I was confusing him with the Dukakis poll. Good job Walter, way to man!

Yeah, good job for winning MN and DC. Reagan, despite all his greatness, couldn't win there.

[Derek]

Ok I was confusing him with the Dukakis poll. Good job Walter, way to man!

Yeah, good job for winning MN and DC. Reagan, despite all his greatness, couldn't win there.

Well Reagan declined to campaign in his opponent's home state out of the kindness of his heart. D.C. wouldn't vote for the GOP if Bin Laden were the alternative.

[Bo]

Ok I was confusing him with the Dukakis poll. Good job Walter, way to man!

Yeah, good job for winning MN and DC. Reagan, despite all his greatness, couldn't win there.

Well Reagan declined to campaign in his opponent's home state out of the kindness of his heart. D.C. wouldn't vote for the GOP if Bin Laden were the alternative.

Reagan was too poor of a campaigner to win all 50 states. Oh yeah! Democrats 1-Republicans 0.

[Derek]

Ok I was confusing him with the Dukakis poll. Good job Walter, way to man!

Yeah, good job for winning MN and DC. Reagan, despite all his greatness, couldn't win there.

Well Reagan declined to campaign in his opponent's home state out of the kindness of his heart. D.C. wouldn't vote for the GOP if Bin Laden were the alternative.

Reagan was too poor of a campaigner to win all 50 states. Oh yeah! Democrats 1-Republicans 0.

Stop! I didn't see Mondale winning 49 out of 50. He was a great president rather than a great campaigner.

[Bo]

Ok I was confusing him with the Dukakis poll. Good job Walter, way to man!

Yeah, good job for winning MN and DC. Reagan, despite all his greatness, couldn't win there.

Well Reagan declined to campaign in his opponent's home state out of the kindness of his heart. D.C. wouldn't vote for the GOP if Bin Laden were the alternative.

Reagan was too poor of a campaigner to win all 50 states. Oh yeah! Democrats 1-Republicans 0.

Stop! I didn't see Mondale winning 49 out of 50. He was a great president rather than a great campaigner.

In your opinion.

[Derek]

Ok I was confusing him with the Dukakis poll. Good job Walter, way to man!

Yeah, good job for winning MN and DC. Reagan, despite all his greatness, couldn't win there.

Well Reagan declined to campaign in his opponent's home state out of the kindness of his heart. D.C. wouldn't vote for the GOP if Bin Laden were the alternative.

Reagan was too poor of a campaigner to win all 50 states. Oh yeah! Democrats 1-Republicans 0.

Stop! I didn't see Mondale winning 49 out of 50. He was a great president rather than a great campaigner.

In your opinion.

Btw I don't see anyone putting Reagan on here as the worst candidate in modern history.

[Bo]

Ok I was confusing him with the Dukakis poll. Good job Walter, way to man!

Yeah, good job for winning MN and DC. Reagan, despite all his greatness, couldn't win there.

Well Reagan declined to campaign in his opponent's home state out of the kindness of his heart. D.C. wouldn't vote for the GOP if Bin Laden were the alternative.

Reagan was too poor of a campaigner to win all 50 states. Oh yeah! Democrats 1-Republicans 0.

Stop! I didn't see Mondale winning 49 out of 50. He was a great president rather than a great campaigner.

In your opinion.

Btw I don't see anyone putting Reagan on here as the worst candidate in modern history.

I meant the part about Reagan being a great President. He wasn't so great in my opinion.

[cpeeks]

History has been very kind to Reagen. His approval ratings were always in the mid 50's, the highest he ever got was 72 and that was after he got shot, and when he left office they were like 63, but throughout his first term they were constantly below 50 percent in fact in 1982 they hit like 38%.

[Derek]

History has been favorable but that means he did well. What short sighted moron judges a president's performance based on his approval ratings WHILE HE IS IN OFFICE? Come on you can't judge an administration until history can really weigh in.

[cpeeks]

Thats not what I mean there has been this myth put out that Reagan was so very popular through out his administration and thats just not true, not by a long shot. His numbers were just ok.

[Derek]

Thats not what I mean there has been this myth put out that Reagan was so very popular through out his administration and thats just not true, not by a long shot. His numbers were just ok.

Tell me we agree on something.

[cpeeks]

Well there have been a few things we have agreed on, dont worry  I will get you straightened out on what to think, lol.

[Derek]

lol that's true

[Bo]

Who says you can't judge a President during their time in office? Sure you can.

[Derek]

Who says you can't judge a President during their time in office? Sure you can.

You can but not by approval rating. History takes time to unfold. That's why I still firmly support the Iraq war in fact each day since the invasion in 2003 I've supported it more and more. 50 years from now the democrats will be the party who was on the wrong side of history.

[Bo]

Who says you can't judge a President during their time in office? Sure you can.

You can but not by approval rating. History takes time to unfold. That's why I still firmly support the Iraq war in fact each day since the invasion in 2003 I've supported it more and more. 50 years from now the democrats will be the party who was on the wrong side of history.

The Republicans were on the wrong side of history when it came to Social Security and Medicare.

[Derek]

Who says you can't judge a President during their time in office? Sure you can.

You can but not by approval rating. History takes time to unfold. That's why I still firmly support the Iraq war in fact each day since the invasion in 2003 I've supported it more and more. 50 years from now the democrats will be the party who was on the wrong side of history.

The Republicans were on the wrong side of history when it came to Social Security and Medicare.

Not once it goes bankrupt. The democrats will be looked at as greedy socialists who grew the government IN THE NAME OF helping the needy.

[cpeeks]

Who says you can't judge a President during their time in office? Sure you can.

You can but not by approval rating. History takes time to unfold. That's why I still firmly support the Iraq war in fact each day since the invasion in 2003 I've supported it more and more. 50 years from now the democrats will be the party who was on the wrong side of history.

LOL WHATEVER

[cpeeks]

Who says you can't judge a President during their time in office? Sure you can.

You can but not by approval rating. History takes time to unfold. That's why I still firmly support the Iraq war in fact each day since the invasion in 2003 I've supported it more and more. 50 years from now the democrats will be the party who was on the wrong side of history.

Bush grew this goverment leaps and bounds but you say nothing about, and you are all for the war because you dont have to fight it.
The Republicans were on the wrong side of history when it came to Social Security and Medicare.

Not once it goes bankrupt. The democrats will be looked at as greedy socialists who grew the government IN THE NAME OF helping the needy.

[Derek]

Who says you can't judge a President during their time in office? Sure you can.

You can but not by approval rating. History takes time to unfold. That's why I still firmly support the Iraq war in fact each day since the invasion in 2003 I've supported it more and more. 50 years from now the democrats will be the party who was on the wrong side of history.

Bush grew this goverment leaps and bounds but you say nothing about, and you are all for the war because you dont have to fight it.
The Republicans were on the wrong side of history when it came to Social Security and Medicare.

Not once it goes bankrupt. The democrats will be looked at as greedy socialists who grew the government IN THE NAME OF helping the needy.

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