Posted on 09/02/2016 10:01:45 AM PDT by whiterhino
Very interesting! Most exciting election ever! (my “ever” begins in 1960)
From the Reagan/Mondale Time article:
Should Read:
From the Reagan/Carter Time article:
I have a feeling the race resembles the Matt Bevin-Alison Grimes race in KY in 2014.
Last poll taken had him down by five. He won by ten.
Bevin was written off for dead by the media, the Grimes campaign and the GOP establishment. Every one expected him to lose.
When he won, people were stunned.
...and 1984 should be 1980 for Reagan / Carter.
In 1980 the mainstream media and polling companies took it to about two weeks before the election before they came clean. I feel something very similar happening today. In 1980 our economy was in shambles, our foreign policy a laughingstock and our leader appeared weak. Things haven’t changed much this time around.
Go Trump.
Well, that didn't work out as planned...
I agree. 1980 was the most exciting for me. (I couldn’t WAIT for Carter to be replaced by a fully functioning adult.)
But when Trump went to Mexico and then gave the AZ speech later on the same day... wow!
..what I meant was, Anderson as a big factor...
Same here. I remember "stagflation" and the Iran hostages.
...and 1984 should be 1980 for Reagan / Carter.
Yes good catch. Thanks! I was looking at both races for Reagan.
Irrelevant headline. It is irrelvant Reagan & Carter tied in the past. That is like saying, Mario Andretti had two legs like Trump, so Trump should drive a race car.
I’m about the same age. When Reagan was running against Carter, I didn’t believe he would win and I didn’t believe he would save the country. Now we’ve got the benefit of having seen it be done before, so there’s hope it can happen again. People always said, Carter PRODUCED Reagan.
“Irrelevant headline. It is irrelvant Reagan & Carter tied in the past. That is like saying, Mario Andretti had two legs like Trump, so Trump should drive a race car.”
If it turns out that it is common for candidates to be tied in September by the msm polls, that is an insight also.
And Carter had the advantage of being the incumbent.
The dirty tricks haven’t started yet. ..
It is relevant since Trump has the same kind of momentum that Reagan had.
The point is that the Democrats/MSM have been trying to make it appear as if Trump isn’t a legitimate candidate (as they did with Goldwater), but that has failed.
I also remember the election of 1980; I was a senior in college. The media and academia tried to so hard to squeeze another term out of Carter. And they hated Reagan. Absolutely hated the man.
I think I got you beat hehe...1960 is when I arrived in this great country still in my late teens. I guess I was a genius then signing up for masters degree before I was 20! Alas, age has now taken it’s toll on my various capabilities lol
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