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To: Thermalseeker
The only real stand out in the past 40 years is Ronald Reagan.

And he only got the GOP 'nod' because he selected Bush from the GOP elite column as his VP.


47 posted on 11/26/2010 7:30:08 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy
And he only got the GOP 'nod' because he selected Bush from the GOP elite column as his VP.

Yep. Then, there's what they did to Goldwater. Nuthin' new under the 'Pubbie sun......

63 posted on 11/26/2010 7:56:56 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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To: TomGuy
And he only got the GOP 'nod' because he selected Bush from the GOP elite column as his VP.

He didn't select him until after he had already wrapped up the nomination...unless you think his own delegates on the convention floor wouldn't have stood by him without that selection.

97 posted on 11/26/2010 9:44:40 AM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: TomGuy
And he only got the GOP 'nod' because he selected Bush from the GOP elite column as his VP.

Not true, he had already accepted the nomination at the convention, he won it fair and square, the only fight was the VP debate, he was going to take Ford, but Ford wanted to be a C0-President so Reagan was persuaded to select GHWB, one of his bigger mistakes.

109 posted on 11/26/2010 10:18:40 AM PST by itsahoot (We the people allowed Republican leadership to get us here, only God's Grace can get us out.)
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