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Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Bad news keeps on rolling in for the GOP

If anyone was wondering how Republicans got elected to the presidency from 1932 through 1980, it was just pure bad luck, like this, this, this, and this.

Of course, if something as simple as this happens it could all change. But Bush's this is about the level of Bush's approval ratings before September Eleventh. The presidency is easy when your chief job is to comfort the country (Bush's approval ratings rocketed thirty-five points according to Gallup from 9/7-10/01 to 9/14-15/01).

If Nixon could win two in the Sixties, the Democrats have no excuse. It was Nixon! And the Sixties!

-Mr. Alec

posted by Alec Brandon @ 11:07 PM   3 comments

3 Comments:

At 1:31 AM, Blogger Beowulf, King of the Geats said...

No excuse for Nixon winning? How about the country being ripped to shreds over Vietnam, students rioting across the country, the civil rights movement tearing up the traditionally democratic south, and their national convention turning into police clubbing protesters in the streets?!
Mr. Alec, I'm disappointed in you, you should know better than that.

 
At 2:07 AM, Blogger Alec Brandon said...

Well that was my point. The political mood of the country was one of extreme liberalism, but tons of bad luck ended up shitting on their parade.

Maybe we'll see the same. Maybe not. Whatever happens, we better not get another Nixon.

-Mr. Alec

 
At 5:01 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey, check your history. Nixon was elected once in the sixties, once in the seventies! He lost once in the sixties, too.

 

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