Posted on 03/18/2019 2:16:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
George H. W. Bush was inaugurated as the 41st President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 1993. Bush, a Republican, took office after a landslide victory over Democrat Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential election.
1 Term
Trump is a for sure guaranteed lock.
With opponents like Willie’s Ho, Fauxcahauntas, Creepy Uncle Joe, Run the children over Beto, some homo named Buttgig, a gay black guy (not Obama again), a demented old Socialist from Vermont, and other assorted losers - there is no way to lose this!
TL;DR version: It will take people more than 4 years to wash the stain of Hillary Clinton off the Democratic Party.
3rd consecutive term for the GOP tho which is the comparison being made
I like those odds, but these are unusual times.
Something else interesting about H.W.
No other president in the History of POTUS ever had a 92% approval rating like he did. The highest of any president.
Granted this 92% was immediately after Bush I won the Gulf War. And it was brief and didn’t last - but still.
Lots of people blame the “Read my Lips...” comment. They are wrong. The blame goes to Ross Perot.
BS. Bush would have lost even if Perot never got in the race.
DON’T GET TO COMFY!!! That’s their game plan!! Too many positive stories about trump’s numbers and election probability along with good economy articles coming out lately! Yes good news but be very very wary of those POS! OBTW, I thought mueller was about to close shop along with no impeachment etc...now I hear he is looking into other Trump’s campaign people ..WTH!!! SHUT THIS WITCH HUNT DOWN!!..now!!! C’mon Barr do your job!! Close it down!!!
“The Man Who Supposedly Cost George H. W. Bush the Presidency”
http://www.pollingreport.com/hibbitts1202.htm
> Beginning with the presidential contest of 1900, the party holding the White House has stood for its second term a total of 12 times. In 11 of those 12 campaigns, the incumbent party has triumphed. <
That argument only holds if conditions today are pretty much the same as they were back during that span of time. But sadly they are not.
Don’t forget the American hostages held in Iran during the entire campaign year of 1980 (from November 1979 to January 1981 — the day Reagan was inaugurated). It was such a big factor the daily news broadcasts always started with a day count like: “Good evening. This is day # 372 of the Iran hostage crisis.” And Carter was seen as weak in handling it.
> Lots of people blame the “Read my Lips...” comment. They are wrong. The blame goes to Ross Perot. <
You are really on to something there. A decent liberal third party candidate in 2020 would pretty much guarantee a Trump win. Sanders, for example.
And a decent “conservative” third party candidate in 2020 would pretty much guarantee a Trump loss. Kasich, for example. And before I get yelled at for saying that, we should all remember that Trump won the 2016 election narrowly. Democrat voter fraud in 2020 is going to be much worse.
But there is somewhat of a solution. Presidential run-off elections, like the do in France.
Be on the lookout for the new Ross Perot.
I dont see anyone of the donkey clown party even mounting a challenge at this point. All the Dem candidates are either hard left or hard crazy.
Be on the lookout for the new Ross Perot.
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Like Mark Cuban? He too is a Dallas billionaire. Who has made rumors of running.
Fortune favors the bold! :)
There is a single exception to the two-term incumbent party lock: President Jimmy Carter.
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Without a doubt the worst President in American history until 2008.
It will take people more than 4 years to wash the stain of Hillary Clinton off the Democratic Party.
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...the stain of Hillary Clinton... Man, you do have a way with words. I like it!
Something else interesting about H.W.
No other president in the History of POTUS ever had a 92% approval rating like he did. The highest of any president.
Granted this 92% was immediately after Bush I won the Gulf War. And it was brief and didn’t last - but still.
Lots of people blame the “Read my Lips...” comment. They are wrong. The blame goes to Ross Perot.
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Another factor played into that election. I remember it as a turning point for the media. They took off the gloves and went full on for Bil Clinton. Before that they pretended to be actual journalists. Today, there is no doubt in anyones mind that the media is owned by the DNC.
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