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sandensea

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9. True. Plus there was the matter of the '72 attempt on George Wallace

Reply to brush (Reply #6)

Sat Jan 4, 2020, 05:46 PM

Jan 2020

Cui bono? The only one who benefited was Nixon: Wallace would've run on a right-wing 3rd party ticket like in '68 (this almost cost Nixon the election).

And the Arthur Bremer story has a lot of loose ends: a n'er-do-well who somehow had the cash to follow Wallace from city to city, knew exactly where and when he'd be ahead of time (this was, of course, in the pre-internet age), etc.

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Which, of course, makes him a big time RINO in eyes of most of today's Republicans sandensea Jan 2020 #1

He's also the last legitimately elected Republican president... brush Jan 2020 #3

Great point sandensea Jan 2020 #5

Good list. The re-elections of illegitimately installed crooks don't count... brush Jan 2020 #6

True. Plus there was the matter of the '72 attempt on George Wallace sandensea Jan 2020 #9

Very suspicious...Bremer's movements. brush Jan 2020 #10

History's mysteries. sandensea Jan 2020 #12

he should know... Mike Nelson Jan 2020 #2

Eisenhower built the military industrial complex tirebiter Jan 2020 #4

Not really. See the Republican platform from 1956. brush Jan 2020 #8

What does that have to do with the issue at hand. tirebiter Jan 2020 #11

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