Election 1924

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ROBERT LaFOLLETE 1924
He only won one state

[TheWildCard]

I'd have stayed cool with Coolidge

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I'd have stayed cool with Coolidge

Stay cool with Coolidge...or be cool with LaFollette.
(imitating John here) It your chose

[Gustaf]

OK, I will play along with you this time.

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OK, I will play along with you this time.

YAY!  thanks gustaf!

[Gustaf]

OK, I will play along with you this time.

YAY!  thanks gustaf!

You're welcome. LaFollette is in the lead right now...

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OK, I will play along with you this time.

YAY!  thanks gustaf!

You're welcome. LaFollette is in the lead right now...

To bad he really didn't win in 1924....I stand in line with most of the progressive platform.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

It would a tossup between LaFollette and Davis (from WV you see...)

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It would a tossup between LaFollette and Davis (from WV you see...)

Vote for LaFollette!  You aren't even from WV, so does it matter?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I've always liked WV

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I've always liked WV

Please just vote for LaFollette.  Pretty please?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

All right... but only cos of that cartoon...

[E.M.Borjesson]

Lafollette inspired TR, Wilson and FDR, and the entire nation with his progressive reforms, building a strong progressive legacy in Wisconsin. As Davis was a conservative democrat, Lafollette gets my vote.

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Lafollette inspired TR, Wilson and FDR, and the entire nation with his progressive reforms, building a strong progressive legacy in Wisconsin. As Davis was a conservative democrat, Lafollette gets my vote.

Thanks.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Cool with Coolidge!

[minionofmidas]

Some more useless information:
LaFollette came second in Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Washington, Oregon and California.
He was the highest vote getter in at least one county in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iaowa, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, Washington and California.
LaFollette and Davis together outpolled Coolidge in Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Idaho, New MExico, Arizona, Utah and Nevada (and Wisconsin, of course). This would not have been enough to deny Coolidge victory. The EV would be 297 Coolidge to 234 Whoever.
LaFollette and Coolidge together would have outpolled Davis in Oklahoma (and Wisconsin, of course).

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LaFollette was the best Governor in United States history, and you're not going to convince me otherwise.

Progressives were great for this country.

[Saratoga2DM]

Robert LaFollette was a great man, I don't know why our government has not named an aircraft carrier after him.

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Robert LaFollette was a great man, I don't know why our government has not named an aircraft carrier after him.

I think that's a sarcastic remark.

Here's what LaFollette looks like:

[Saratoga2DM]

HOLD IT, NO SARCASM! Our government should reward his accomplishments by naming an aircraft carrier after him.  Other carriers have names like the U.S.S. Nimitz, the U.S.S. Dwight Enisenhower, U.S.S. Carl Vinson, U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, and the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, to name a few.  

[Filuwaúrdjan]

[minionofmidas]

LaFollette was the best Governor in United States history, and you're not going to convince me otherwise.

Progressives were great for this country.

I was definitely not trying to convince you otherwise. I have voted LaFollette myself in this poll. You can also look it up in the original Who Would You Have Voted For thread...

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HOLD IT, NO SARCASM! Our government should reward his accomplishments by naming an aircraft carrier after him.  Other carriers have names like the U.S.S. Nimitz, the U.S.S. Dwight Enisenhower, U.S.S. Carl Vinson, U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, and the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, to name a few.  

They usually name aircraft carriers after presidents.  they even named one after Ronald Reagan a few years ago.  It must have been very exicting for ronald

[Saratoga2DM]

HOLD IT, NO SARCASM! Our government should reward his accomplishments by naming an aircraft carrier after him.  Other carriers have names like the U.S.S. Nimitz, the U.S.S. Dwight Enisenhower, U.S.S. Carl Vinson, U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, and the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, to name a few.  

They usually name aircraft carriers after presidents.  they even named one after Ronald Reagan a few years ago.  It must have been very exicting for ronald

Maybe, but they name carriers after notable Americans, and one example is the Nimitz-Class U.S.S. John C. Stennis.  Stennis was a  Senator from Mississippi who established a record of longevity in the Senate (1947-1989).  He was known for denouncing Senator McCarthy, and served with distinction on the Senate Armed Services committee (1969 - 1980).  His activities on the committee labeled him the father of the modern U.S. navy.  And later in his life he was elected President Pro Tempore of the Senate, which put him 3rd in the line in the order of presidential succession.  

He died in 1995 at the age of 93.  The ship was commissioned in the same year.

The U.S.S. Carl Vinson was named after a Georgia Congressman who served in the House of Representatives between 1914 - 1965.   The ship was commissioned in 1982.

[Beet]

Is there anyone other than Reagan who had a carrier named after him while still alive?