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Va Lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:10 PM Original message |
Was Raygun "Unbeatable" in '84? |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. He was solid then. It was a lost cause just like Dole's candidacy in '96. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. Probably not possible, the south had flipped GOP |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Did someone say "Raygun"? |
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Va Lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Don't forget to use Borax! |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. a UFO flew off the wing tip of his his plane for something like 20 minutes when he was Governor that |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 12:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Notice there are no bullets in that revolver? Once again, Reagan |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. Dem leadership had been pals with Reagan. House Speaker and Reagan were poker buddies. nt |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't think anybody short of a movie celebrity could've defeated Reagan in 1984. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Besides, he had Bushco running things behind the scenes. nt |
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youngdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes. Unbeatable |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. October 1983 - Mondale leads Reagan by a 50% to 44% margin in the Gallup Poll. |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yes |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. Reagan clearly checked out in one of the debates in '84. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. He fixed it with his one liner in the next debate |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. i really feel that he didn't have Alzheimer's.. he got a lobotomy just like Casey, the head of CIA ,... |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. where's the beef? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. He certainly was. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. Mondale would have lost 10 elections to Reagan |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. I Was Standing in Line to Vote - CBS Announced He Won |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 01:39 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Could those states have changed the election? |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. No, But It Discouraged Many |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. Polls after New Hampshire and at the '84 Dem convention showed Hart beating Reagan. |
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