Posted on 01/17/2014 2:02:39 PM PST by smoothsailing
Harold Stassen, who was elected governor of Minnesota at age 30, is no longer with us. He would have been a far better candidate than Romney or McCain.
Too bad he’s dead, we could really use him this time around! ;-)
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Harold Stassen is best known for being a perennial candidate for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States, seeking it 13 times between 1940 and 2000 (1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1964, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988 and 1992.
Stassen also ran for:[citation needed]
Dakota County District Attorney (he won in 1930 and 1934);
Governor of Minnesota on four occasions (he won on his first three attempts in 1938, 1940, and 1942, but was unsuccessful in 1982);
Governor of Pennsylvania twice (1958 & 1966);
United States Senate twice (1978 & 1994 in Minnesota);
Mayor of Philadelphia once (1959);
U.S. Representative (he was the Republican nominee against Bruce Vento of Minnesota in 1986).
Stassen’s strongest bid for the Republican presidential nomination was in 1948, when he won a series of upset victories in early primaries. His challenge to the front runner, New York Governor and 1944 G.O.P. presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey, was serious enough that Dewey challenged Stassen to a debate on the night before the Oregon Republican primary. The May 17 Dewey–Stassen debate was the first recorded modern debate between presidential candidates to take place in the United States. The debate, which concerned the criminalization of the Communist Party of the United States, was broadcast over the radio throughout the nation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Stassen
Makes no difference. Mitt or Chris lose.
I have also cast my last “well at least he’s better than” vote.
Stassen was a RINO before RINO was cool.
Mitt had to give his wife an ocean side mansion so she’d let him run last time. This time he’d have to give her a small South American country.
who do they think is gonna vote for Romney this time? / rhetorical
I believe strongly that the GOP wants the RATS to win.
None of this matters to me since I won’t be voting for anyone supported by the Uniparty.
Next vote I cast will be for a good solid patriotic Tea Party candidate.
/not interested in any suggestion that I must vote for a GOP RINO for whatever reason! I am not a RepubliCANT.
The Spiritual Founder of RINOISM!!!
The Patron Saint!
Neither of these Rovetards, mittens or fatso, should ever be allowed anywhere near a Republican primary ever - which means they will be pushed front and center (far left of center) by the GOPtards.
Post #16: either one, yes!
What’s that song, ‘Won’t get fooled again!’.
Yep, by The Who. Saw them once in concert way back when.
Thanks for your comment (post 58). I have been thinking of exactly that, and the Constitution Party is the one I would focus my attention on.
I know for a certainty that the Republican Party as currently constituted does not represent me in any fashion and I want nothing to do with it.
I sure understand your feelings,I feel the same way,but boy right now I would rather have had Romney in the White House today,that the Marxist.
As for me I am supporting Ted Cruz
Now there is a man I’d happily call president! Sigh.
I’m talking about CRUZ, lest anyone thinks I’m referring to Mitt. Still, is there any question that Mitt would have been far better than Obama? Day one, Obamacare would have been dead in the water.
I doubt it.
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