SInNYC
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« on: June 30, 2020, 12:55:02 PM » |
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A lot depends on whether hawkish means the candidates as they really were, or as they were perceived at the time of the election.
In 2016, Trump was a colonialist while Hillary was a neocon, so they were hawkish in different ways. But as far as perceptions go, Trump was non-interventionist (and even denied his past support of the Iraq war), while Hillary was perceived as having never met a war she didnt like (Iraq, Yugoslavia, Libya, Rwanda, etc.).
In 2000, W campaigned on a humble foreign policy while Gore was perceived as status quo though his congressional record was hawkish. But foreign policy wasnt a major issue in any case.
In 1968 Humphrey was saddled with defending LBJ, so he was perceived as hawkish though he probably wasnt in reality.
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