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8. He won first. Reagan committed treason to win.

Reply to Dem4Life1102 (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 02:49 AM

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What do Biden, Obama, Bill Clinton and Carter have in common... [View all] brush Nov 2020 OP

They've never been divorced. tblue37 Nov 2020 #1

Down to earth, caring, approachable, honesty (except for Bill's affair), secondwind Nov 2020 #2

Popular vote winner? In It to Win It Nov 2020 #3

They're all male and they're all fathers. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2020 #4

Not evil. Doreen Nov 2020 #5

Carter lost to Reagan Dem4Life1102 Nov 2020 #6

He won first. Reagan committed treason to win. brush Nov 2020 #8

He sure as fuck did.. denbot Nov 2020 #10

Yes and then he lost. Dem4Life1102 Nov 2020 #18

We all know he lost the second election. The point is he won... brush Nov 2020 #23

And Trump won in 16 and then lost in 20. Dem4Life1102 Nov 2020 #27

And water is wet. What are you going on about? brush Nov 2020 #28

Honesty Dem4Life1102 Nov 2020 #29

But no one is lying and you're not contributing to the point of the discussion... brush Nov 2020 #30

It's not honest to include Carter in the group Dem4Life1102 Nov 2020 #31

Ridiculous. I included Carter's political positioning when he WON. brush Nov 2020 #32

You didn't make any distinction in the OP Dem4Life1102 Nov 2020 #36

No one can predict 2024 though Polybius Nov 2020 #33

They will blame Biden Dem4Life1102 Nov 2020 #37

I can only imagine what will happen in 2024 if a competent Republican gets the nomination Polybius Nov 2020 #39

I agree. DeeNice Nov 2020 #46

Yes but Trump never won the poplar vote standingtall Nov 2020 #49

Very true Dem4Life1102 Nov 2020 #50

they all had dogs for pets Celerity Nov 2020 #7

All the above are correct. What I was really getting at is they... brush Nov 2020 #9

Agree LeftInTX Nov 2020 #11

LBJ could have been the turning point for this country... albacore Nov 2020 #17

Good stuff. LBJ's admin had the two aspects to it that you mention... brush Nov 2020 #25

Truman would be a "radical" today JonLP24 Nov 2020 #22

I wish the myths that Democrats are Republican-lite or that the majority of Americans are betsuni Nov 2020 #12

That's it exactly. Which is why the Georgia senate races are so important... brush Nov 2020 #13

Jake Tapper is using Castro in the Georgia Senate Race JonLP24 Nov 2020 #21

What do LBJ, Truman, and FDR have in common? JonLP24 Nov 2020 #20

Not entirely sure you want to use FDR dsc Nov 2020 #24

True. African Americans were largely left out of the New Deal programs. brush Nov 2020 #26

I believe all our recent Democratic presidents PatSeg Nov 2020 #38

Spot on. Presidents can do only so much if they don't have the House... brush Nov 2020 #42

Driving down deficits, economic recoveries, tens of millions of new jobs, protecting the nation ffr Nov 2020 #14

Thanks for these figures. Dems always have had to clean up... brush Nov 2020 #15

Thank goodness for Google. Found it's new location. ffr Nov 2020 #16

That was pretty impressive PatSeg Nov 2020 #40

He was. What I remember is everyone was working back then if... brush Nov 2020 #43

And surplusses through 2009 if tax structure wasn't changed. ffr Nov 2020 #44

Mind boggling when you put it that way. brush Nov 2020 #45

And republicans should PatSeg Nov 2020 #47

Yes PatSeg Nov 2020 #48

All were targets of conservative campaigns to delegitimize and hobble their presidencies JHB Nov 2020 #19

Republicans never got over the fact PatSeg Nov 2020 #41

They are the same species as us. tavernier Nov 2020 #34

And there is that. brush Nov 2020 #35