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highplainsdem

(49,001 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:15 AM Nov 2012

Republicans have not won a US presidential election without a Bush or Nixon on the ticket since 1928

Tweeted a few hours ago by Reuters editor Jamie McGeever:

https://twitter.com/ReutersJamie/status/265757457165463552


Jamie McGeever
@ReutersJamie

Unbelievable, but true: Republicans have not won a US presidential election without a Bush or Nixon on the ticket since 1928.


4:08 AM - 6 Nov 12
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Republicans have not won a US presidential election without a Bush or Nixon on the ticket since 1928 (Original Post) highplainsdem Nov 2012 OP
Oh-MG! That's Effing true! OhZone Nov 2012 #1
Wow. Really interesting meadowlark5 Nov 2012 #2
See, it's things like this that make DU fun! superpatriotman Nov 2012 #3
Wow- makes Jeb Bush/Chris Christie likely for 2016 wishlist Nov 2012 #4
Scary - but probably true. n/t intheflow Nov 2012 #13
Um...Reagan !? KurtNYC Nov 2012 #5
A Bush was on both tickets in the form of George H.W. as VP TheKentuckian Nov 2012 #6
Brilliant definitely a keeper gordianot Nov 2012 #7
How bad is that? lumberjack_jeff Nov 2012 #8
Well thats a trend I could go with..lets hope it stays true.. ne? AsahinaKimi Nov 2012 #9
Nixon was Prescott's man hootinholler Nov 2012 #10
Chuck Todd just mentioned this, turned it into a question that stumped Jeff Greenfield. highplainsdem Nov 2012 #11
Saw that. What did Brokaw say? upi402 Nov 2012 #14
Brokaw said something stupid and aloof and smug, like Brokaw always says Suji to Seoul Nov 2012 #16
So, GOP fundies love them some Dick and Bush jmondine Nov 2012 #12
And Nixon and GHW Bush were both tight with the CIA starroute Nov 2012 #15
The Bay of Pigs fiasco, the seeds of which JFK inherited when he took office, was planned with help coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #22
More than just "helped" starroute Nov 2012 #31
It was planned under the direct supervision hifiguy Nov 2012 #32
Amazing... nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #17
The Bush family is like one of those superbugs with no cure. marmar Nov 2012 #18
WOW that is amazing Dem_4_Life Nov 2012 #19
In the last 32 years we've had 20 years with a Bush in the Whitehouse LeftInTX Nov 2012 #20
Things that make you go "hmmmm..." Odin2005 Nov 2012 #21
See? Romney should have picked GW as his running mate. Kablooie Nov 2012 #23
What about Ike? Sgent Nov 2012 #24
Nixon was his VP. wickerwoman Nov 2012 #26
His Vice-President.......... WinkyDink Nov 2012 #27
Which pretty much tells you ALL you need to know, re: assassinations/attempts; impeachments; wars; WinkyDink Nov 2012 #25
kick highplainsdem Nov 2012 #28
How embarrassing... LOL! reformist2 Nov 2012 #29
I'm glad R$ didn't pick Jebbie as his running mate. Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #30
1988 was also the last time Republicans won big , the best after was 2004 JI7 Nov 2012 #33

superpatriotman

(6,249 posts)
3. See, it's things like this that make DU fun!
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:22 AM
Nov 2012

Can't wait to dump this gem on some mouth-breather in the voting line today. Thanks!

wishlist

(2,795 posts)
4. Wow- makes Jeb Bush/Chris Christie likely for 2016
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:23 AM
Nov 2012

Repubs have to go more to the middle and appeal more to minorities to win in 2016. I would say Marco Rubio for VP except he's from Florida.

hootinholler

(26,449 posts)
10. Nixon was Prescott's man
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:34 AM
Nov 2012

Hand picked and groomed by Prescott, then mentored HW through the Eisenhower years. Nixon might as well have been a Bush.

starroute

(12,977 posts)
15. And Nixon and GHW Bush were both tight with the CIA
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 11:08 AM
Nov 2012

As well as with foreign sources of funding and support -- the China Lobby in Nixon's case, the Saudis for Bush.

Seems like if you're going to steal elections in this country, you need the help of the pros.

 

coalition_unwilling

(14,180 posts)
22. The Bay of Pigs fiasco, the seeds of which JFK inherited when he took office, was planned with help
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:52 PM
Nov 2012

from Tricky Dick.

starroute

(12,977 posts)
31. More than just "helped"
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 05:56 PM
Nov 2012

I don't have a solid source to cite on this, but I keep running into hints that Nixon took a particular interest in covert operations when he was vice president and had his own long-standing relationship with CIA director Allen Dulles. During the final years of Eisenhower's presidency, in particular, it appears that Ike was often out of the loop and that Nixon knew things he did not. It's definitely true that Ike felt there were things going on behind his back -- which is why he warned against the military-industrial complex when he left office.

During the Kennedy years, Nixon appears to have developed close connections with the more hawkish wing of the CIA, anti-Castro Cuban exiles -- both of which show up during Watergate -- and probably the Mafia.

Nixon got generous contributions from the China Lobby starting when he ran for the Senate in 1950 -- and it was the China Lobby that pulled off the first "October Surprise" in 1968, sabotaging the Paris Peace Talks to help get Nixon elected.

All in all, it seems that Nixon wasn't just a crooked politician who got caught. He was very deep in covert associations and in the application of CIA methodology to stealing US elections.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
32. It was planned under the direct supervision
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:13 PM
Nov 2012

of the Trickster. He was the point man for it.

Anna Chennault - a Chinese woman married to Gen. Claire Chennault - was Nixon's back channel that scuttled the peace talks LBJ wanted to start in late 1968. She was the conduit that told the utterly corrupt SVN president Thieu to stonewall LBJ because he'd get "a better deal" after Nixon was elected.

LeftInTX

(25,369 posts)
20. In the last 32 years we've had 20 years with a Bush in the Whitehouse
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:20 PM
Nov 2012

Reagan - 8
HW - 4
Dudya - 8

Total = 20/32

62.5% of the last 32 years

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
25. Which pretty much tells you ALL you need to know, re: assassinations/attempts; impeachments; wars;
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:21 PM
Nov 2012

dictatorships; ruined economies---AND 9/11/01.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
30. I'm glad R$ didn't pick Jebbie as his running mate.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 03:10 PM
Nov 2012

Or vice versa, which would have been more likely probably.

JI7

(89,252 posts)
33. 1988 was also the last time Republicans won big , the best after was 2004
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:16 PM
Nov 2012

and that was 49 to 51 with it coming down to one state.

92, 96 , and 08 were clear wins for Dems.

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