6 degrees of political separation

[DWPerry]

1)Bob Packwood preceded John Heinz III as Chairman of the GOP
2)John Heinz III was married to Teresa Heinz Kerry
3)Teresa Heinz Kerry is the wife of John Kerry
4)John Kerry's running mate in 2004 was John Edwards
5)John Edwards is running for President against Mike Gravel


Earl Dodge & Clint Eastwood

[Joe Republic]

1)Bob Packwood preceded John Heinz III as Chairman of the GOP
2)John Heinz III was married to Teresa Heinz Kerry
3)Teresa Heinz Kerry is the wife of John Kerry
4)John Kerry's running mate in 2004 was John Edwards
5)John Edwards is running for President against Mike Gravel

Sorry to be picky, but #5 contravenes the rule you stated yourself as "not acceptable" just three posts before that one.

[Bacon King]

1)Bob Packwood preceded John Heinz III as Chairman of the GOP
2)John Heinz III was married to Teresa Heinz Kerry
3)Teresa Heinz Kerry is the wife of John Kerry
4)John Kerry's running mate in 2004 was John Edwards
5)John Edwards is running for President against Mike Gravel

Sorry to be picky, but #5 contravenes the rule you stated yourself as "not acceptable" just three posts before that one.

Actually I think it's acceptable. Since they're running in the same race, it's basically "A ran against B for the office" only the actual election hasn't happened yet.

[Bacon King]

1. Earl Dodge ran as the vice presidential candidate on the Prohibition party ticket in 1980, with Benjamin C. Bubar at the head of the ticket.
2. Benjamin C. Bubar ran against Ronald Reagan.
3. In one political speech, Ronald Reagan reportedly used Clint Eastwood's "Make my day" line from the movie Sudden Impact.
(i dunno if that last one would be acceptable)

William Jennings Bryan and Ralph Nader.

[Erc]

(In response to Joe:  I think what he meant by his earlier comment was that things like "George Washington and George Wallace both ran for President" are unacceptable, while "George Wallace and Richard Nixon ran against each other in 1968" are.)

1) Earl Dodge ran as the Prohibition Party's candidate against Al Gore in 2000.
2) Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones were roommates at Harvard.
3) Tommy Lee Jones and Clint Eastwood both appeared in Space Cowboys.

Bah, King beat me to it.  Posting this for kicks.

[Erc]

William Jennings Bryan and Ralph Nader.

Thoroughly abusing Ronald Reagan's acting career and imdb...

1) William Jennings Bryan was (effectively) portrayed by Fredric March in the 1960 film, Inherit the Wind.
2) Fredric March and Virginia Mayo were both in the 1947 film, "The Best Years of Our Lives."
3) Virginia Mayo and Ronald Reagan were both in the 1952 film, "She's Working Her Way Through College"
4) Ronald Reagan challenged Gerald Ford for the 1976 Presidential Nomination
5) Gerald Ford and Bob Dole were running-mates in 1976.
6) Bob Dole and Ralph Nader both ran for President in 1996.

[Joe Republic]

Actually I think it's acceptable. Since they're running in the same race, it's basically "A ran against B for the office" only the actual election hasn't happened yet.

(In response to Joe:  I think what he meant by his earlier comment was that things like "George Washington and George Wallace both ran for President" are unacceptable, while "George Wallace and Richard Nixon ran against each other in 1968" are.)

Fair point.

My own Packwood-Gravel connection was that they both defeated the only two senators to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, but DWPerry did well with his own link.

[CPT MikeyMike]

Actually I think it's acceptable. Since they're running in the same race, it's basically "A ran against B for the office" only the actual election hasn't happened yet.

(In response to Joe:  I think what he meant by his earlier comment was that things like "George Washington and George Wallace both ran for President" are unacceptable, while "George Wallace and Richard Nixon ran against each other in 1968" are.)

Fair point.

My own Packwood-Gravel connection was that they both defeated the only two senators to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, but DWPerry did well with his own link.

Joe - Check your source. They were not in the Senate in 1964.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Resolution

[Joe Republic]

Joe - Check your source. They were not in the Senate in 1964.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Resolution

What do you mean?  Wayne Morse and Ernest Gruening were the only two senators to vote against it, were they not?

[CPT MikeyMike]

Joe - Check your source. They were not in the Senate in 1964.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Resolution

What do you mean?  Wayne Morse and Ernest Gruening were the only two senators to vote against it, were they not?

My bad.  I didn't see the word DEFEATED in your first post!

I misread it and thought Packwood and Gravel voted for it.

[Erc]

Oops.  Forgot to give a new topic:

William Proxmire and Dan Quayle.

[CPT MikeyMike]

Not sure if this follows the rules but oh well...

William Proxmire served along with Gaylord Nelson as Wisconsin's Senators for 18 years.

Gaylord Nelson was elected to the Senate in 1962 along with Birch Bayh of Indiana (BTW: both defeated incumbents)

Birch Bayh was defeated by Dan Quayle in 1980.

Paul Cellucci and James Hunt

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Paul Celluci won a statewide race in Massachusetts in 1990
John Kerry won a statewide race in Massachusetts in 1990
Jim Hunt was being considered for a possible Sec. of Education position by John Kerry

John Conyers and Rutherford Hayes

[DWPerry]

John Conyers and Rutherford Hayes

1)John Conyers voted for Impeachment of Richard Nixon
2)Richard Nixon was defeated by John F Kennedy in 1960 for President
3)John F. Kennedy and William Taft are both buried in Arlington National Cemetery
4)William Taft was President when Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan passed away
5)John Marshall Harlan was appointed to the Supreme Court by Rutherford Hayes


Bob Casey Jr & Michael Peroutka

[Brandon H]

Bob Casey Jr & Michael Peroutka

Bob Casey Jr. is a Penn. Senator.
Jim Clymer ran against Arlen Spector for Penn. Senator in 2004.
Jim Clymer was the stand in VP Candidate for the CP with Michael Peroutka.


Ross Perot and George Wallace.

[SPC]

1. Ross Perot ran against George Bush in the 1992 presidential election
2. George Bush ran against Ronald Reagan in the 1980 Republican primary
3. Ronald Reagan ran against Richard Nixon in the 1968 Republican primary
4. George Wallace ran against Richard Nixon in the 1968 presidential election

Tommy Thompson and Dwight Eisenhower

[DWPerry]

Tommy Thompson and Dwight Eisenhower

1)Tommy Thompson defeated Tony Earl for Governor of Wisconsin in 1986
2)Tony Earl defeated Terry Kohler for Governor of Wisconsin in 1982
3)Terry Kohler's father was Walter J. Kohler, Jr.
4)Walter J. Kohler, Jr. lost the election to fill the seat of Joseph R. McCarthy
5)Joseph R. McCarthy's "Communist Trials" occurred during the Presidency of Dwight Eisenhower


Larry Flint & Robert Byrd

[Bacon King]

1. Larry Flint briefly ran from president against Ronald Reagan in 1984.
2. Ronald Reagan followed Gerald Ford as Republican nominee to the presidency.
3. Gerald Ford followed Richard Nixon as Republican nominee to the presidency.
4. Richard Nixon's oath of office for the vice presidency in was given to him by William F. Knowland.
5. While Republican leader in the Senate, Fowland was opposed by Lyndon B. Johnson, who served as both majority and minority leader.
6. The next Democratic leader, after Johnson, to serve as both majority and minority leader was Robert Byrd.


Bill Nelson and Ben Nelson.

[SPC]

1. Ben Nelson ran for Senate against Chuck Hagel in 1996.
2. Chuck Hagel has been discussed as a running mate of Mike Bloomberg in 2008.
3. Mike Bloomberg suceeded Rudy Giuliani as mayor.
4. Rudy Giuliani is running to suceed George Bush as president.
5. Some say that Katherine Harris helped rig the presidential election for Bush.
6. Katherine Harris ran against Bill Nelson for Senate in 2006.

James Blaine and George McGovern.

[Joe Republic]

1. James Blaine served alongside Hannibal Hamlin as a senator from Maine.
2. Hannibal Hamlin held the very same seat that was later held by Edmund Muskie.
3. Ed Muskie was defeated for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination by George McGovern.


Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson.

[DWPerry]

Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton are the only Presidents to be Impeached
Bill Clinton defeated George HW Bush in 1992
George HW Bush defeated Harold Stassen for the 1992 Republican nomination
Harold Stassen lost the 1968 Republican nomination to Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon defeated Lyndon Johnson for President in 1968

John Tyler & Jefferson Davis

[CPT MikeyMike]

John Tyler was President pro tempore of the United States Senate and was succeeded by William Rufus deVane King.
William Rufus deVane King was Vice President under Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce's Secreatry of War was Jefferson Davis.

Dennis Hastert and Charles Sumner

[Joe Republic]

Richard Nixon defeated Lyndon Johnson for President in 1968

Is that entirely accurate?

(Excellent connection between the Johnsons, though. )

[CPT MikeyMike]

Richard Nixon defeated Lyndon Johnson for President in 1968

Is that entirely accurate?

(Excellent connection between the Johnsons, though. )

I guess DWPerry could get rid of Harold Stassen and the chain would work with the following...

G.H.W Bush was appointed to the UN by Richard Nixon
Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey in 1968
Humphrey was VP under LBJ

Now try mine again - Dennis Hastert and Charles Sumner (this was random by me)

[DWPerry]

Richard Nixon defeated Lyndon Johnson for President in 1968

Is that entirely accurate?

(Excellent connection between the Johnsons, though. )

I guess DWPerry could get rid of Harold Stassen and the chain would work with the following...

G.H.W Bush was appointed to the UN by Richard Nixon
Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey in 1968
Humphrey was VP under LBJ

Now try mine again - Dennis Hastert and Charles Sumner (this was random by me)

I skipped a step, accidentally
Nixon defeated Humphrey in 1968
Humphrey was the Dem nominee after LBJ withdrew