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« on: January 24, 2015, 03:33:19 AM »
Who are some of your favorite losing presidential candidates?
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« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2015, 08:05:03 AM »
William Jennings Bryan, comes to mind
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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2015, 09:39:53 AM »
« Edited: January 24, 2015, 10:22:33 PM by L.D. Smith, Knight of Appalachia »
Quote from: Intell on January 24, 2015, 08:05:03 AM
William Jennings Bryan, comes to mind


This, and also Hubert Humphrey, James Cox,  George Mc Govern, John Anderson and Al Gore
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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2015, 10:56:07 AM »
Alf Landon, Hubert Humphrey, and Winfield Scott.
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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2015, 10:57:50 AM »
Humphrey, McGovern and Mondale.
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« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2015, 12:07:08 PM »
Clay
Bryan
Debs
Gore
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« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2015, 01:42:33 PM »
Bryan, LaFollette, Humphrey, McGovern
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« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2015, 02:22:00 PM »
Bryan, LaFollette, Willkie, Humphrey, Mondale
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« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2015, 02:52:22 PM »
James Cox supposedly would have made an excellent president.
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« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2015, 03:56:31 PM »
Goldwater and McCain come to mind immediately from more recent times. Longer ago, Henry Clay and Winfield Scott would've made good Presidents.
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« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2015, 03:59:39 PM »
Fremont
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« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2015, 08:29:09 PM »
Of all the losing candidates that I would NOT have voted for in that year by far my favorite would be John Davis.  The 1924 election was the ideal election for me.  I would be for Collidge but would find Davis very attractive and much to like.  Too bad Davis did not run in 1928 or 1920 or I would have backed him as opposed to the GOP candidates in those years.   
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« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2015, 05:24:51 PM »
Looking at my username, you can obviously see I'm a William Jennings Bryan fan... Wink
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« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2015, 05:36:44 PM »
Fremont, Wilkie, Humphrey, McGovern, Mondale, Gore
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« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2015, 05:55:29 PM »
Al Smith
John Davis
Barry Goldwater
Grover Cleveland (1888)
Thom Jefferson (1796)
Martin Van Buren (both 1840 and 1848)
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« Reply #15 on: January 28, 2015, 07:31:34 PM »
Oh yeah and Adlai Stevenson for that matter.
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« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2015, 10:58:55 PM »
Thomas E Dewey 1948

Mitt Romney 2012
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« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2015, 12:10:46 PM »
Fremont
Dewey
Romney
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« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2015, 07:26:13 PM »
Henry Clay (W) 1832, 1844
Winfield Scott (W) 1852
Samuel Tilden (D) 1876
William J. Bryan (D) 1896, 1900, 1908
Adlai E Stevenson (D) 1952, 1956

I didn't include those who actually served as president at some point (Adams, Van Buren) or those who I like mainly because their opponents were terrible (Fremont).
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« Reply #19 on: January 31, 2015, 03:28:46 PM »
Mitt Romney would have been the best ever
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« Reply #20 on: January 31, 2015, 03:51:31 PM »
Aaron Burr
DeWitt Clinton
Martin Van Buren
John Fremont
Benjamin Butler
Eugene Debs
William Foster
Farrell Dobbs
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« Reply #21 on: January 31, 2015, 04:46:22 PM »
Van Buren is an obvious pick. Van Buren beating Harrison would be great.
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« Reply #22 on: February 01, 2015, 05:45:29 PM »
Quote from: republicanbayer on January 31, 2015, 03:28:46 PM
Mitt Romney would have been the best ever

This new poster is great.

From one Romney fan to another, welcome.
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« Reply #23 on: February 01, 2015, 08:20:53 PM »
George Clinton
William Crawford
Horatio Seymour
Samuel Tilden
Winfield Hancock

primaries (within the realm of reasonable plausibility)
Thomas Bayard
Walter Gresham
Champ Clark
Judson Harmon
Robert Taft
John Bricker
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« Reply #24 on: February 19, 2015, 07:57:09 PM »
Fremont, Bryan, La Follette, McGovern
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