FerrisBueller86
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« on: May 12, 2008, 11:56:56 AM » |
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It seems that the Republican nomination ALWAYS goes to the anointed candidate. I know that the 2008 nomination felt contested as there seemed to be a new front-runner every week (Giuliani, Romney, Thompson, Huckabee, McCain), but the nomination ended up going to the last major contender who didn't make it (McCain).
In 2000, all of the prominent Republicans were tripping over each other to support George W. Bush. I was amazed that they picked Bush over McCain. Bush was already known for being dumb and didn't even know the names of most foreign leaders. Bush was also known as a draft-dodging hawk while McCain had once been a war hero. I couldn't believe that prominent Republicans were tripping over each other to support a draft-dodging hawk over a former war hero after they spent 8 years bashing Clinton for not fighting in the Vietnam War. Remember that Clinton was against the war, so he wasn't being a hypocrite like Bush.
In 1996, all of the prominent Republicans were tripping over each other to support Bob Dole after he lost the nomination to Bush Sr. 8 years earlier.
In 1988, Bush Sr., Reagan's vice president, won the nomination.
In 1980, Reagan (Ford's primary opponent of 1976) won the nomination.
It seems to me that the Republican nomination is always orchestrated. I get the feeling that the 2008 nomination was also orchestrated, but the orchestration was much better concealed.
When was the last time the Republican nomination was up for grabs? Was Nixon the anointed one in 1968? Was Goldwater the anointed one in 1964? Was Eisenhower the anointed one in 1952?
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