Name a single person that ever ran for president that didn’t do it for himself other than George WAshington.
“Name a single person that ever ran for president that didn’t do it for himself other than George Washington.”
Trump has told us repeatedly that he doesn’t need the job.
He said he is only doing this because he loves the country and wants to “Make America Great Again”.
So, which is it, is he doing this for himself, or for the country?
Yep, that was an interesting era. Both GW and Adams did not actively campaign. Don't know about Jefferson, but beyond that changes made made factions even more entrenched. My image of JA is of him moping around Peacefield, puttering around the house, while the "election returns" came to him. Madison lost a race to Congress because he refused to campaign. The practice at the time was to get your constituents drunk, and James would not do it, while his opponent did.
Ronald Reagan didn’t do it for himself. He acted out of concern where the country was headed.
And he would be disgusted by the tone of this process by both sides.
he was a class act.