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Gidney N Cloyd

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6. I can't think of anything GHWB did in '88 besides the Willie Horton stuff

Reply to dajoki (Original post)

Thu Jan 23, 2020, 12:56 PM

Jan 2020

And that was more plain old dirty politics than cheating. Sure Bush was part of the hostage delay crap that got Reagan in, and there was the John Major stuff when he lost in '92, but what cheating did he do for himself the one time he won in '88?

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When was the last time a Republican won a presidential election without the help of dirty tricks [View all] dajoki Jan 2020 OP

Eisenhower, probably... He was a war hero, after all (and not a bad R President) hlthe2b Jan 2020 #1

You're right. Ike was the last legitimate republican president. PSPS Jan 2020 #2

Eisenhower Cattledog Jan 2020 #3

That's Easy DAMANgoldberg Jan 2020 #4

K&R, It was before Nixon ... Nixon was about similar actions but there was no foreign uponit7771 Jan 2020 #5

I can't think of anything GHWB did in '88 besides the Willie Horton stuff Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2020 #6

Yes, but he was coming into it as Reagan's VP... JHB Jan 2020 #7

1956 DFW Jan 2020 #8

Ike, but... moondust Jan 2020 #9