April 1, 2007

The End of a 28-Year Era

Hatched by Dafydd

The point is only of academic interest, and only interesting to weirdos who thrive on a diet of historical anomalies, but...

Has anybody else realized that the upcoming presidential election will be the first one since 1972 to have neither a Bush nor a Dole on the Republican ticket?

Careful now, don't topple over with astonishment. Just think through every election from 1976 on, and you'll see what I mean: eight in a row.

Odd, eh?

(Slight corrections made to make the post clearer... thanks, SeanF and myself!)

Hatched by Dafydd on this day, April 1, 2007, at the time of 4:43 AM

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The following hissed in response by: Binder

I've noticed that, yes.

But, more importantly, if Hillary becomes president in '08, it will mean 24 years of only Bushes or Clintons in the White House, and that is a far more disturbing thought for a democracy.

But, if Hillary should ever, by some freak chance, become a true front-runner, I wouldn't be surprised to see the GOP nominate Jeb Bush.

The above hissed in response by: Binder [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 1, 2007 8:30 AM

The following hissed in response by: Marvin

one word: Jeb

The above hissed in response by: Marvin [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 1, 2007 8:32 AM

The following hissed in response by: ben

Two words: Elizabeth Dole? :)

The above hissed in response by: ben [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 1, 2007 8:34 AM

The following hissed in response by: yetanotherjohn

Add Nixon to the list and you had a Bush, Dole or Nixon on the republican side every election since 1952 except 1964.

The above hissed in response by: yetanotherjohn [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 1, 2007 3:20 PM

The following hissed in response by: SkyWatch

Bush wllnot be on ticket.

SO get over it.Dole or nixon LOL.

That is like saying McCain and my mothers last name is McBain.

I will not vote name.

The above hissed in response by: SkyWatch [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 2, 2007 7:57 AM

The following hissed in response by: SkyWatch

Just saying hi,

daffyde called me a confererence caller before.

The above hissed in response by: SkyWatch [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 2, 2007 8:00 AM

The following hissed in response by: SeanF

This will also be the first presidential election since '52 in which neither the incumbent President nor Vice President is a candidate.

But, Dafydd, if 1972 was the last election with neither a Bush nor a Dole, won't 2008 be "the first one in 36 years"?

The above hissed in response by: SeanF [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 2, 2007 9:35 AM

The following hissed in response by: Mr. Michael

SeanF... 1976, not 1972... 1976 had Carter/Mondale vs Ford/Rockefeller. No Bushes or Doles in those election tickets, but there have been in every Presidential election ticket since. And 1976 makes it 32 years when the next election rolls around in 2008.

The above hissed in response by: Mr. Michael [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 2, 2007 1:56 PM

The following hissed in response by: Jay Tea

Mr. Michael, Dole was Ford's VP nominee, not Rockefeller. Rockefeller told Ford he wanted off the ticket.

I recall this because it was one of Dole's funniest moments. He said that the night he lost the election, he slept like a baby -- he woke up every two hours and cried.

J.

The above hissed in response by: Jay Tea [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 2, 2007 4:32 PM

The following hissed in response by: Mr. Michael

Wow, you're right.. I had completely forgotten Dole as the VP candidate. Rocky was the VP by Ford's choice, not an election, wasn't he. Forgive me, SeanF, Jay Tee... you were right, and I was wrrrrrr.... wahrrrrrr-errrr.... um. I was wrrrr...

WRONG! I WAS WRONG! There, I said it! Well, typed it.

SO... that DOES make it the 1972 election as the last one without a Dole or a Bush... amazing.

The above hissed in response by: Mr. Michael [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 2, 2007 6:33 PM

The following hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh

SeanF:

I changed the post to make it clearer; I also had to change the title, since it wasn't a 32-year era... it was a 28-year era, from the 1976 election to the 2004 election... which encompassed eight presidential elections.

(I fell into the "starting-gun fallacy;" the first election starts the clock... so even though there were eight elections separated by four years each, it's only 28 years, not 32!)

Dafydd

The above hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 2, 2007 7:37 PM

The following hissed in response by: Caltechgirl

Let's just hope this doesn't start a Clinton dynasty next.... 24 years (possibly 32 G~d help us!)of Bushes and Clintons is kind of a scary thing.

The above hissed in response by: Caltechgirl [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 3, 2007 12:29 PM

The following hissed in response by: charlotte

I attended the 1976 National Republican Convention as as volunteer "Presidential" for Ford. Was 19 years old and scared of the ultra conservative Texas Reaganites with whom I flew to Kansas City. Had been forewarned not to wear my usual wrinkled khaki pants and button-down shirt (prep school girl, not butch), so I wore a wrinkled khaki skirt and button-down shirt. Drew no condemnation, thankfully.

I sat on the main floor close to the speaker's podium in the Indiana delegation (Texas had terrible seats), right next to the infamous Earl Butz. He was the gentleman who told an off-color, or was it racist, joke on an airplane and then had to resign as Secretary of Agriculture(?). Don't exactly remember

Except that Ford won the nomination and Reagan was still electrifying.

The above hissed in response by: charlotte [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 3, 2007 1:50 PM

The following hissed in response by: Trickish knave

I think that is one of the most depressing statistics I have read in a long time.

The above hissed in response by: Trickish knave [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 6, 2007 11:15 AM

The following hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh

Trickish Knave:

I think that is one of the most depressing statistics I have read in a long time.

Really? I have just the opposite reaction: I'm heartened to see some new blood for a change, on the Republican side at least. (On the Democratic side, the only non-rerun is Barack Obama; and even he is a doctrinaire liberal with no flair of anything interesting.)

I prefer fresh ideas and new personalities... especially now that the world has changed so drastically from the Cold War, which lasted my entire life until 1991, to today's world of global jihadism.

Whether the next president is Rudy, Mitt, Fred, or even (in a pinch) John McCain, it will be somebody whose measure we have not long since taken.

Dafydd

The above hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 6, 2007 1:08 PM

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