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Question: Who would you vote for?
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William Jennings Bryan (1896)		  
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Michael Dukakis (1988)		  
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« on: February 11, 2009, 04:23:25 PM »
Winner of the 19th century poll vs. winner of the 20th century poll.

Failed Democrats: 19th Century

William Jennings Bryan: 16 (59%)
Winfield Scott Hancock: 6 (22%)
Stephen Douglas: 2 (7%)
Lewis Cass: 1 (4%)
George McClellan: 1 (4%)
Horatio Seymour: 1 (4%)
Horace Greeley: 0 (0%)

Failed Democrats: 20th Century (and beyond)

Michael Dukakis: 6 (21%)
Hubert Humphrey: 5 (17%)
George McGovern: 5 (17%)
John Kerry: 4 (14%)
Adlai Stevenson: 4 (14%)
William Jennings Bryan: 1 (3%)
James Cox: 1 (3%)
Walter Mondale: 1 (3%)
Alton Parker: 1 (3%)
John Davis: 0 (0%)

How the hell did Dukakis win a plurality? Tongue
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« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2009, 04:24:31 PM »
Bryan.
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« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2009, 04:26:59 PM »
Ew.

Dukakis (Sane).
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« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2009, 04:57:32 PM »
I like Bryan but Dukakis is much better.
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« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2009, 05:18:11 PM »
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« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2009, 05:56:22 PM »
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« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2009, 06:14:48 PM »
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« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2009, 08:01:38 PM »
The lesser of two evils WJB
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« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2009, 08:23:58 PM »
Dukakis (normal)
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« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2009, 09:51:20 PM »
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« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2009, 10:27:38 PM »
Dukakis forever
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« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2009, 10:38:56 PM »

May I park in your office?
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« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2009, 11:45:37 PM »
Definitely Bryan.  The first great true man of the people, and despite his Scopes Monkey reputation, he was actually pretty forward-thinking for his time in that he was a Day-Age Creationist and not a Young Earth.
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« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2009, 11:49:42 PM »
Quote from: Harry the Greatest on February 11, 2009, 11:45:37 PM
Definitely Bryan.  The first great true man of the people, and despite his Scopes Monkey reputation, he was actually pretty forward-thinking for his time in that he was a Day-Age Creationist and not a Young Earth.

I voted Dukakis, but I'd just like to say one thing about Bryan: His speech for the Anti-Imperialist League attacking the annexation of the Phillipines is an excellent summary of why America is not and should not be an imperialist power.
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« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2009, 11:52:36 PM »
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« Reply #16 on: February 12, 2009, 01:49:30 AM »
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« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2009, 02:48:44 AM »
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« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2009, 12:46:03 AM »
Soulty's drunk again. Cry

I voted for Dukakis, but I'm frankly disappointed in our final two candidates.
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« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2009, 03:38:56 PM »

My sentiments, too.  I have great respect for Bryan, aside from the "useful idiot" role he played in the Scopes Trial.  And at the end of the day, while his opposition to the teaching of evolution was dead wrong...his prime motivation was right.  He worried that scientific Darwinism would lead to social Darwinism.  I don't believe it has.  But I can't deny the reality that social Darwinism is alive and well today...and wholly evil.
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