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We are not here to endorse a political candidate. However, 2016 is going to be a free for all in the Presidential arena. This election will not feature an incumbent for the office with a built in advantage. This is the same situation that occurred in 1980 (Reagan versus Carter), 1988 (George H.W. Bush versus [...]
Posted by Jim Ciscell on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 12:01 am
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A wise man once said, “popularity is overrated,” but when you are the president it certainly to gain the majority of the votes. Unfortunately for many of our previous presidents they stepped into our country’s most powerful role with less than half of our country’s support. Not a ringing endorsement and a heck of a [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 11:26 pm
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How do we decide which Presidential elections were the least important? We have to acknowledge that any election had some importance, because it chose the United States chief executive for four years. So we need to ask which elections match this statement: “For all the effect the election had on history, we could have skipped [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, November 3, 2008 at 10:26 pm
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In our recent history there have been some very close presidential elections, but elections decided by a small margin are certainly not something new. Throughout our country’s short history we have had more than our fair share of presidential elections that were too close to call. Here are the top 10 presidential elections based on [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Filed under History, Politics · Tagged Al Gore, Democrat, election, Garfield, George Bush, George W. Bush, Kennedy, Lewis Cass, Nixon, Politics, presidency, president, presidential election, presidential elections, presidents, Republican, Whig, Zachary Taylor
Yesterday’s post on gangster nicknames was a bit on the heavy side, so today we will lighten it up with something more comical. Not many people may realize Ronald Reagan had quite the funny bone and was one of the more humorous Presidents, never taking himself too seriously. Whether you are Republican or Democrat you [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, June 23, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Filed under Humor, People, Politics · Tagged clint eastwood, Comic, Humor, humorous quotes, Jimmy Carter, oldest profession, presidency, presidential debate, Republican, ronald reagan, Thomas Jefferson, top 10 list, walter mondale