September 16 at 12:00AM
Countdown to Electiony: 49 Days
In the 1972 presidential elections, Democratic nominee George McGovern — running on the ridiculous platform of ending the Vietnam War and establishing minimum incomes for the poor — performed the amazing feat of losing 49 out of 50 states to incumbent Richard Nixon, with only the flaming liberal state of Massachusetts and the tiny berg of Washington D.C. choo-choo-choosing him as the country's next president.
Even his homestate of South Dakota gave him the electoral finger.
McGovern thusly goes down in history as one of the greatest exemplars of the Democratic Party.
Go back to Day 50.
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McGovern — bucking the leadership of a party that supported the war — may have lost 49 states to Richard Nixon, but the biggest electoral loser of recent history was establishment candidate Walter Mondale who managed to lose even the liberal bastion of Massachusetts (winning only DC and his home state of Minnesota) to Ronald Reagan in 1984, and pulling in only about 3% more of the popular vote than McGovern.
see http://www.TheGenuineSarahPalin.com and what Alaskans say about her.
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McCain on CNN right now: we are Victims of bureaucracy, and a broken social contract. Boy, there's a great buzzword – victim. You are a victim. Guess we know where his message is going. Republicans used to berate the "victim mentality", most recently evidenced by Phil Gramm's "mental recession" comments.
Economic/banking crisis: Economy fundamentally sound. He says he's not for more regulation, while in the next sentence saying that we need more regulations. Wha?? Not sure exactly what he would do to turn this around or prevent future problems, other than rely on the American Worker.
He's for the American Worker. The American Worker is the foundation of the American economy (and can solve this mess?). Nice move trying to coopt the Democratic base. Republicans are FOR the American Worker (just not unions, minimum wage, regulations, etc etc.)
AH! Just said Palin opposed the BTN! Still pushing that old fib, are we? Palin OK, because she is not for earmarks, returned money to her people (even though she asked for and took $100M's in earmark money).
Standard stump speech red meat, but now painting the American people as victims. Day 49 is just another day on the hustings.
On the bright side of things, should this election play out like 1972, and Palin doesn't go the way of Spiro Agnew, McCain will resign shortly and she'll be our next president. Got wood?
You read it here folks. 49 days left to decide whether you want the same old two-party bullshit, or if you want the change our country needs. A change that can be achieved by electing Libertarian candidate Bob Barr.
http://www.bobbarr2008.com/