scheming daemons
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Sat Apr-12-08 05:51 PM
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Great Moments in "Conventional Wisdom About the Presidential Election" |
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1948: "That Harry Truman can't win. Any President who integrates the negroes into the armed forces has no chance."
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1960: "John Kennedy can't win. There's no way America is going to vote for a Catholic."
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1976: "Does anyone really think that an unknown peanut farmer from Georgia could win the Presidency?"
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1980: "There's no way in hell that the American people will elect a right-wing radical in the tradition of Barry Goldwater."
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1992: "The Democrats are toast. How can they nominate an ADMITTED adulterer? Two words, people. Gary Hart. Get ready for a fourth Reagan/Bush term."
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2000: "Does anyone REALLY think that the American people will take a chance on a bible-thumping moron who can't put a sentence together over a sitting vice-president during a time of great peace and prosperity?"
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2008: "There's no way that America is ready to elect a President who is half-black. Especially one with a muslim-sounding name. Come on."
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