Would Bob Dole have made a good President in '96?
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Question: Would Bob Dole have made a good President if elected in 1996?
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« on: October 20, 2013, 11:26:19 PM »
Would Bob Dole have made a good President if he'd been elected in 1996, and if he'd been elected, how would he have differed from Clinton?
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« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2013, 11:48:05 PM »
Not really as it just means Bush tax cuts four years earlier. OTOH, Dole probably loses in 2000 once the Dot Com bubble bursts and thus ensures a Democratic presidency and avoids the Iraq War.
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« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2013, 05:23:55 AM »
Republican = no
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« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2013, 07:30:57 AM »
Absolutely.  He would have made a great President at any time, though Jack Kemp would have made an even better one.
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« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2013, 12:45:38 PM »
Most undoubtedly.
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« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2013, 12:46:34 PM »
Of course.
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« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2013, 03:26:36 PM »
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« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2013, 03:29:02 PM »
He could've been, he was a smart man who had great principles, he just utterly lacked charisma. We obviously don't know but I'l go out and say he would be about as good as HW Bush.
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« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2013, 03:31:09 PM »
Couldn't have been any worse than Clinton.

Objective.
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« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2013, 03:32:05 PM »

Absolutely objective. What kind of moron votes to put the fox in charge of the henhouse?
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« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2013, 03:33:48 PM »
Quote from: Senator TNF on October 21, 2013, 03:32:05 PM

Absolutely objective. What kind of moron votes to put the fox in charge of the henhouse?
The ones who voted for Obama and Romney.
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« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2013, 03:36:47 PM »
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on October 21, 2013, 03:33:48 PM
Quote from: Senator TNF on October 21, 2013, 03:32:05 PM

Absolutely objective. What kind of moron votes to put the fox in charge of the henhouse?
The ones who voted for Obama and Romney.

And Bob Dole, who wanted to get rid of the income tax and ramp up the drug war isn't a fox?
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« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2013, 03:39:40 PM »
One major problem is that Dole would be out of ideological step with Gingrich's House as they were in Congress IRL, which might provoke interesting responses from Pub base voters if a Pub President is at odds with severely conservative House ideas.
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« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2013, 03:41:37 PM »
Quote from: Senator TNF on October 21, 2013, 03:36:47 PM
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on October 21, 2013, 03:33:48 PM
Quote from: Senator TNF on October 21, 2013, 03:32:05 PM

Absolutely objective. What kind of moron votes to put the fox in charge of the henhouse?
The ones who voted for Obama and Romney.

And Bob Dole, who wanted to get rid of the income tax and ramp up the drug war isn't a fox?
Nope. Republicans aren't the only people who want to ramp the drug war up.
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« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2013, 03:43:19 PM »
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on October 21, 2013, 03:41:37 PM
Quote from: Senator TNF on October 21, 2013, 03:36:47 PM
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on October 21, 2013, 03:33:48 PM
Quote from: Senator TNF on October 21, 2013, 03:32:05 PM

Absolutely objective. What kind of moron votes to put the fox in charge of the henhouse?
The ones who voted for Obama and Romney.

And Bob Dole, who wanted to get rid of the income tax and ramp up the drug war isn't a fox?
Nope. Republicans aren't the only people who want to ramp the drug war up.

forgive me for not being able to name a single prominent democrat that has advocated doing so since the legalization of cannabis in washington and colorado
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« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2013, 04:47:52 PM »
Nah.
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« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2013, 12:12:35 PM »
yes,  and i voted for him.
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« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2013, 07:03:40 PM »
Quote from: Senator TNF on October 21, 2013, 03:43:19 PM
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on October 21, 2013, 03:41:37 PM
Quote from: Senator TNF on October 21, 2013, 03:36:47 PM
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on October 21, 2013, 03:33:48 PM
Quote from: Senator TNF on October 21, 2013, 03:32:05 PM

Absolutely objective. What kind of moron votes to put the fox in charge of the henhouse?
The ones who voted for Obama and Romney.

And Bob Dole, who wanted to get rid of the income tax and ramp up the drug war isn't a fox?
Nope. Republicans aren't the only people who want to ramp the drug war up.

forgive me for not being able to name a single prominent democrat that has advocated doing so since the legalization of cannabis in washington and colorado
Were talking 1996, not 2012.
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« Reply #18 on: October 23, 2013, 07:23:51 PM »
I honestly don't know. He probably would've been the quintessential middling, colorless President who is dumped after one term.
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