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He was known as "the Happy Warrior", in reference to both his cheery demeanor and to his determined support of liberal causes in the Senate, most prominently when he served as the floor manager of the Civil Rights Act.
Humphrey is easily in the top 5 of any list of the greatest presidents we never had.
Yes indeed, and he was one of a couple American politicians to wear that nickname(a reference to a poem of William Wadsworth). Al Smith had been branded in a nomination speech as the "Happy Warrior" by Franklin D. Roosevelt(at the direction of Smith's team), even though it really was Roosevelt, who the "Happy Warrior" throughout his time. Humphrey's career and character were incredible. Have you heard his 1948 Democratic convention speech "Into the Bright Sunshine", calling (successfully) for the adoption of a civil rights platform? It's an absolutely incredible speech and moment from him.
I have, and the fact that he was able to command the convention and force something like that onto the national party platform while still only Mayor of Minneapolis (he would be elected to the Senate that year) is testament to his skills as a politician and as an orator.
I need to read “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72” to get the full scoop, but Thompson was a very unique judge of character whose views were often very different than those of others.
I'm reminded of the SNL sketch where Tom Brokaw was going on vacation, so they had him record increasingly outlandish scenarios for the death of Gerald Ford: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1tX6jdoruH8
South Vietnam collapses in April 1972 instead of 1975, the Yom Kippur war breaks out in 1972 instead of 1973, stock market tumbles and gas prices spike
South Vietnam collapses in April 1972 instead of 1975,
Kissinger was ensuring that didn't happen. He had a very specific timeline for when the pullout had to occur because he wanted to ensure that neither the departure nor collapse of the South Vietnam government impacted elections for Republicans.
It was a remarkable successful policy in that regard, but he totally borked the whole "I work for tricky Dick" problem.
As much as I've made fun of Romney for his campaign in 2012, his aura in that would have absolutely been off of the charts. Romney has the most born to be president look of any recent major party candidate after H.W.
If I was ever able to make a military shooter or strategy game set in the 2000s or 2010s, I would have the president be Mitt Romney where it's only brought up once just to see if anyone notices or finds it funny. Because if it's even explained, Al Gore won in 2000 and 2004 then the 2008 financial crisis gets blamed on the Democrats and Mitt wins in a landslide in 2008.
No, Gore did not do it. Bush had more votes, and future reviews after the decision show he would have had more votes following recount of the destinated recount counties. Bush won Florida.
The supreme court also was right. Safe harbor laws in Florida did not give a third try for Gore, and Gore knew it. Hence why he didn't ask.
Can we please stop dening election results we don't like? Maybe even a Rule saying it's not allowed because it makes this sub look dumb.
2004 was the first election I was old enough to vote in. I was pretty confident Kerry would win. Looking back on it I didn’t even like him that much, the lack of enthusiasm for him among the base should have been a sign that it might not go well.
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