Choose a candidate from each modern cycle to go drinking with

[Phony Moderate]

Anyone who ran in either the Dem or Pub (mind the pun) primaries.

1972 - Wallace, despite the incident
1976 - Byrd, followed by Wallace and Moonbeam
1980 - Teddy, followed by Moonbeam. Awful choices on the Pub side thus far.
1984 - Jackson. Glenn might be interesting too, if only for his background.
1988 - Obviously Uncle Joe, though there are a few decent choices on the Pub side this time - Robertson, Kemp and Haig.
1992 - Moonbeam again; Clinton is a tad too smarmy. Buchanan would be good for an argumentative mood.
1996 - Dornan, followed by Buchanan and Keyes. The rest of the Pubs would put one in a deep sleep pretty quickly.
2000 - I was going to stick with the cliche and say Dubya, but then I remembered that CAIN ran briefly in this cycle.
2004 - Sharpton, followed by Dean and Dubya.
2008 - Grandpa Mike, followed by Uncle Joe.
2012 - CAIN or Perry would be fun; Gingrich if wanting a more intellectual evening.
2016 - Sanders or TRUMP.

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1972 McGovern
1976 Church
1980 Kennedy
1984 Hart
1988 Jackson
1992 Brown
1996 Dole
2000 Bradley
2004 Sharpton
2008 Gravel
2012 Cain
2016 Sanders

[Intell]

None, I don't drink.

[beaver2.0]

I'm assuming that the Mormons are out because they don't drink (at least in theory).


1972- Nixon
1976- Ford
1980- Cliff Finch
1984- Myself
1988- Buchanan
1992- Buchanan
1996- Buchanan
2000- Forbes
2004- Bush
2008- Edwards
2012- Gingrich
2016- Webb

[Mr. Reactionary]

1972: Wallace
1976: Reagan
1980: Anderson
1984: Jackson
1988: Paul the Greater
1992: Perot
1996: Clinton
2000: W (provided he'd drink), otherwise Bradley
2004: Clark
2008: Biden
2012: Romney (provided he'd drink), otherwise Gingrich
2016: Paul the Lesser

[OSR stands with Israel]

Don't drink but to Hang out

1968 : Humphrey
1972: Humphrey
1976 : Reagan
1980: Reagan
1984 : Reagan
1988:  Biden
1992: Clinton
1996 : Clinton
2000: Bush
2004 : Bush
2008. : Obama
2012 : Romney
2016 : Rubio

[Clark Kent]

I don't drink. Neither do Dubya or Romney, so...

[SATW]

1972: Nixon, it'd be interesting, to say the least.
1976: Eugene McCarthy, for the same reason. Would be extremely interesting.
1980: Ronald Reagan
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: Jack Kemp
1992: Bill Clinton
1996: Steve Forbes
2000: George W. Bush
2004: Joe Lieberman
2008: Fred Thompson
2012: Herman Cain because Lulz
2016: Marco Rubio

[Mr. Smith]

Let's suppose I went full-on Jack Mormon for a night,  or managed to ask the bartender for a glass of milk in place of alcohol, or secretly kept substituting in my own non-alcoholic beverage just to do this.[No, I wouldn't do any of those since I don't care for the noise of bars anyway even without the straight-edge thing, suspend the disbelief for a moment anyway] I think it'd be.

1972: Muskie
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Biden
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: Bradley
2004: Clark
2008: Obama*, Romney
2012: Cain*, Romney
2016: Graham

For 1976, the coolest candidate to hang with is/was Mormon anyway (Mo Udall) so no need to even think about that one

For 2008 and 2012, a night with Obama and Cain would be more fun than Romney [he's the one big name politician I have met in person, so I know], but I'd rather not have to go to any bars to either compromise any principles or play elaborate charades if there was an alternative and there was more to talk about from the outset anyway.

[Santander]

1972: Wallace
1976: Carter
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Biden
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: Bush (hypothetical)
2004: Bush (hypothetical)
2008: Biden
2012: Obama
2016: Graham

[VPH]

1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Ronald Reagan
1984: Gary Hart
1988: Jesse Jackson
1992: Ross Perot
1996: Morry Taylor
2000: George W Bush
2004: Howard Dean
2008: Joe Biden
2012: Barack Obama
2016: Lindsey Graham