Liberalrocks
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« on: September 03, 2016, 03:00:10 PM » |
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« edited: September 03, 2016, 03:07:56 PM by Liberalrocks »
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I think Ford could have won despite the Nixon pardon and was so close.
Slight change in weather may have helped in Ohio and Wisconsin.
Mississippi was very tight too.
I do echo previous thoughts on the Eastern Europe gaffe, without that I think Ford would have caught up to Carter in the Electoral college and possibly won 3 states above. I do think that would have set up a scenario where he would have been elected without winning the popular vote which would have continued the whole "not elected by the people" theme.
I don't think VP selection is that big of a deal although Rockefeller was light years better then Dole.
More time likely would have helped with the gaffe another week and I think Ford would have pulled out the 270.
I think this election is often overlooked for how close it was.
Ford was a good man, sane moderate politics. I actually wish he would have won that race.
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