Running up the score in eighty-four

YellowSnow

Did you guys know that Reagan only lost MN to @RaceBannon 's beloved Walter Mondale by less than 4,000 votes. This would have been the only 50 state clean sweep (DC sucks and NOC) in the history of the Republic. I had know idea it was that close.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota

RaceBannon

Both Nixon and Reagan put up victories that today's candidates can only dream of

YellowSnow

RaceBannon said:

Both Nixon and Reagan put up victories that today's candidates can only dream of

Nixon came close in 1972 with 49 states but McGovern still won MA 54% to 45% and got 200,000 more votes there. MA must not have been in play that year. Reagan came damn close to taking down Mondale in his home state.

It's mindboggling that so much of the country could agree on one candidate and platform. We're never gonna see a POTUS take more than low 50's in the popular vote any time soon, let alone get more than 40 states.

greenblood

And that was also Mondale's home state.

YellowSnow

greenblood said:

And that was also Mondale's home state.

So apparently the Gipper was trying to be Nebraska classy and not visit MN for a rally right before the election even though his team thought he could flip it from Mondale. He thought it wasn't right to humiliate the man in his home state. Then apparently he changed his mind and visited the state last minute.

SFGbob

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

Both Nixon and Reagan put up victories that today's candidates can only dream of

Nixon came close in 1972 with 49 states but McGovern still won MA 54% to 45% and got 200,000 more votes there. MA must not have been in play that year. Reagan came damn close to taking down Mondale in his home state.

It's mindboggling that so much of the country could agree on one candidate and platform. We're never gonna see a POTUS take more than low 50's in the popular vote any time soon, let alone get more than 40 states.

Country has changed quite a bit since 1984. Mondale was an old school liberal like his mentor Humphrey. They wanted a more generous and larger welfare state but there was never a doubt that both of them were patriots who loved the country. That's not true of many people on the left today.

LebamDawg

I worked with a guy from Wyoming, then various other places in the Midwest before heading to Seattle, he was relating how throughout the Midwest Reagan had a radio program that was popular as hell.
Maybe first right wing talk radio?
He was stating that it was no surprise that the election was so lopsided because of that radio show.

YellowSnow

SFGbob said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

Both Nixon and Reagan put up victories that today's candidates can only dream of

Nixon came close in 1972 with 49 states but McGovern still won MA 54% to 45% and got 200,000 more votes there. MA must not have been in play that year. Reagan came damn close to taking down Mondale in his home state.

It's mindboggling that so much of the country could agree on one candidate and platform. We're never gonna see a POTUS take more than low 50's in the popular vote any time soon, let alone get more than 40 states.

Country has changed quite a bit since 1984. Mondale was an old school liberal like his mentor Humphrey. They wanted a more generous and larger welfare state but there was never a doubt that both of them were patriots who loved the country. That's not true of many people on the left today.

McGovern was a patriot and a war hero too. Flew B-24s out of Italy in WWII.

SFGbob

It wasn't so much a "radio show" as it was daily/weekly radio commentary that was broadcast on stations all over the country. The commentary was only just a few minutes long and they ran a couple times a week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo7WTBlo86s

Here's one

MikeDamone

YellowSnow said:

SFGbob said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

Both Nixon and Reagan put up victories that today's candidates can only dream of

Nixon came close in 1972 with 49 states but McGovern still won MA 54% to 45% and got 200,000 more votes there. MA must not have been in play that year. Reagan came damn close to taking down Mondale in his home state.

It's mindboggling that so much of the country could agree on one candidate and platform. We're never gonna see a POTUS take more than low 50's in the popular vote any time soon, let alone get more than 40 states.

Country has changed quite a bit since 1984. Mondale was an old school liberal like his mentor Humphrey. They wanted a more generous and larger welfare state but there was never a doubt that both of them were patriots who loved the country. That's not true of many people on the left today.

McGovern was a patriot and a war hero too. Flew B-24s out of Italy in WWII.

He was a piece of shit

YellowSnow

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

SFGbob said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

Both Nixon and Reagan put up victories that today's candidates can only dream of

Nixon came close in 1972 with 49 states but McGovern still won MA 54% to 45% and got 200,000 more votes there. MA must not have been in play that year. Reagan came damn close to taking down Mondale in his home state.

It's mindboggling that so much of the country could agree on one candidate and platform. We're never gonna see a POTUS take more than low 50's in the popular vote any time soon, let alone get more than 40 states.

Country has changed quite a bit since 1984. Mondale was an old school liberal like his mentor Humphrey. They wanted a more generous and larger welfare state but there was never a doubt that both of them were patriots who loved the country. That's not true of many people on the left today.

McGovern was a patriot and a war hero too. Flew B-24s out of Italy in WWII.

He was a piece of shit

Fuck off. You can say you disagree with his politics. But his war record is not in question. He got a Distinguished Flying Cross for saving his crews lives. Only medal above this is the CME.

MikeDamone

YellowSnow said:

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

SFGbob said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

Both Nixon and Reagan put up victories that today's candidates can only dream of

Nixon came close in 1972 with 49 states but McGovern still won MA 54% to 45% and got 200,000 more votes there. MA must not have been in play that year. Reagan came damn close to taking down Mondale in his home state.

It's mindboggling that so much of the country could agree on one candidate and platform. We're never gonna see a POTUS take more than low 50's in the popular vote any time soon, let alone get more than 40 states.

Country has changed quite a bit since 1984. Mondale was an old school liberal like his mentor Humphrey. They wanted a more generous and larger welfare state but there was never a doubt that both of them were patriots who loved the country. That's not true of many people on the left today.

McGovern was a patriot and a war hero too. Flew B-24s out of Italy in WWII.

He was a piece of shit

Fuck off. You can say you disagree with his politics. But his war record is not in question. He got a Distinguished Flying Cross for saving his crews lives. Only medal above this is the CME.

He’s was a piece of shit because of everything. Probably blew dudes too. Statist.

Southerndawg

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

SFGbob said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

Both Nixon and Reagan put up victories that today's candidates can only dream of

Nixon came close in 1972 with 49 states but McGovern still won MA 54% to 45% and got 200,000 more votes there. MA must not have been in play that year. Reagan came damn close to taking down Mondale in his home state.

It's mindboggling that so much of the country could agree on one candidate and platform. We're never gonna see a POTUS take more than low 50's in the popular vote any time soon, let alone get more than 40 states.

Country has changed quite a bit since 1984. Mondale was an old school liberal like his mentor Humphrey. They wanted a more generous and larger welfare state but there was never a doubt that both of them were patriots who loved the country. That's not true of many people on the left today.

McGovern was a patriot and a war hero too. Flew B-24s out of Italy in WWII.

He was a piece of shit

Fuck off. You can say you disagree with his politics. But his war record is not in question. He got a Distinguished Flying Cross for saving his crews lives. Only medal above this is the CME.

He’s was a piece of shit because of everything. Probably blew dudes too. Statist.

A bit strong. He wasn't leadership material, that's for sure, and he was a statist, so FTG for that, but POS is more accurate for the likes of a Dan Rostenkowski or a Hillary Clinton.

MikeDamone

Southerndawg said:

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

SFGbob said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

Both Nixon and Reagan put up victories that today's candidates can only dream of

Nixon came close in 1972 with 49 states but McGovern still won MA 54% to 45% and got 200,000 more votes there. MA must not have been in play that year. Reagan came damn close to taking down Mondale in his home state.

It's mindboggling that so much of the country could agree on one candidate and platform. We're never gonna see a POTUS take more than low 50's in the popular vote any time soon, let alone get more than 40 states.

Country has changed quite a bit since 1984. Mondale was an old school liberal like his mentor Humphrey. They wanted a more generous and larger welfare state but there was never a doubt that both of them were patriots who loved the country. That's not true of many people on the left today.

McGovern was a patriot and a war hero too. Flew B-24s out of Italy in WWII.

He was a piece of shit

Fuck off. You can say you disagree with his politics. But his war record is not in question. He got a Distinguished Flying Cross for saving his crews lives. Only medal above this is the CME.

He’s was a piece of shit because of everything. Probably blew dudes too. Statist.

A bit strong. He wasn't leadership material, that's for sure, and he was a statist, so FTG for that, but POS is more accurate for the likes of a Dan Rostenkowski or a Hillary Clinton.

At this point, I’m just fucking with Yella. Probably a decent feller. But whoooo boy, he would have been carter, except worse. But then again, had he won we wouldn’t have to hear the leftists blaming Reagan 40 years later about “trickle down doesn’t work!” and. “he closed the mental hospitals!”

SFGbob

MikeDamone said:

Southerndawg said:

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

SFGbob said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

Both Nixon and Reagan put up victories that today's candidates can only dream of

Nixon came close in 1972 with 49 states but McGovern still won MA 54% to 45% and got 200,000 more votes there. MA must not have been in play that year. Reagan came damn close to taking down Mondale in his home state.

It's mindboggling that so much of the country could agree on one candidate and platform. We're never gonna see a POTUS take more than low 50's in the popular vote any time soon, let alone get more than 40 states.

Country has changed quite a bit since 1984. Mondale was an old school liberal like his mentor Humphrey. They wanted a more generous and larger welfare state but there was never a doubt that both of them were patriots who loved the country. That's not true of many people on the left today.

McGovern was a patriot and a war hero too. Flew B-24s out of Italy in WWII.

He was a piece of shit

Fuck off. You can say you disagree with his politics. But his war record is not in question. He got a Distinguished Flying Cross for saving his crews lives. Only medal above this is the CME.

He’s was a piece of shit because of everything. Probably blew dudes too. Statist.

A bit strong. He wasn't leadership material, that's for sure, and he was a statist, so FTG for that, but POS is more accurate for the likes of a Dan Rostenkowski or a Hillary Clinton.

At this point, I’m just fucking with Yella. Probably a decent feller. But whoooo boy, he would have been carter, except worse. But then again, had he won we wouldn’t have to hear the leftists blaming Reagan 40 years later about “trickle down doesn’t work!” and. “he closed the mental hospitals!”

Heard the “Reagan closed the mental institutions” excuse just yesterday to explain why there is so much homelessness here in the Bay Area.

Shameless liars, every single one of them

YellowSnow

SFGbob said:

MikeDamone said:

Southerndawg said:

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

SFGbob said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

Both Nixon and Reagan put up victories that today's candidates can only dream of

Nixon came close in 1972 with 49 states but McGovern still won MA 54% to 45% and got 200,000 more votes there. MA must not have been in play that year. Reagan came damn close to taking down Mondale in his home state.

It's mindboggling that so much of the country could agree on one candidate and platform. We're never gonna see a POTUS take more than low 50's in the popular vote any time soon, let alone get more than 40 states.

Country has changed quite a bit since 1984. Mondale was an old school liberal like his mentor Humphrey. They wanted a more generous and larger welfare state but there was never a doubt that both of them were patriots who loved the country. That's not true of many people on the left today.

McGovern was a patriot and a war hero too. Flew B-24s out of Italy in WWII.

He was a piece of shit

Fuck off. You can say you disagree with his politics. But his war record is not in question. He got a Distinguished Flying Cross for saving his crews lives. Only medal above this is the CME.

He’s was a piece of shit because of everything. Probably blew dudes too. Statist.

A bit strong. He wasn't leadership material, that's for sure, and he was a statist, so FTG for that, but POS is more accurate for the likes of a Dan Rostenkowski or a Hillary Clinton.

At this point, I’m just fucking with Yella. Probably a decent feller. But whoooo boy, he would have been carter, except worse. But then again, had he won we wouldn’t have to hear the leftists blaming Reagan 40 years later about “trickle down doesn’t work!” and. “he closed the mental hospitals!”

Heard the “Reagan closed the mental institutions” excuse just yesterday to explain why there is so much homelessness here in the Bay Area.

Shameless liars, every single one of them

I always thought it was Nurse Ratched that got the mental hospitals closed.

MikeDamone

SFGbob said:

MikeDamone said:

Southerndawg said:

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

SFGbob said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

Both Nixon and Reagan put up victories that today's candidates can only dream of

Nixon came close in 1972 with 49 states but McGovern still won MA 54% to 45% and got 200,000 more votes there. MA must not have been in play that year. Reagan came damn close to taking down Mondale in his home state.

It's mindboggling that so much of the country could agree on one candidate and platform. We're never gonna see a POTUS take more than low 50's in the popular vote any time soon, let alone get more than 40 states.

Country has changed quite a bit since 1984. Mondale was an old school liberal like his mentor Humphrey. They wanted a more generous and larger welfare state but there was never a doubt that both of them were patriots who loved the country. That's not true of many people on the left today.

McGovern was a patriot and a war hero too. Flew B-24s out of Italy in WWII.

He was a piece of shit

Fuck off. You can say you disagree with his politics. But his war record is not in question. He got a Distinguished Flying Cross for saving his crews lives. Only medal above this is the CME.

He’s was a piece of shit because of everything. Probably blew dudes too. Statist.

A bit strong. He wasn't leadership material, that's for sure, and he was a statist, so FTG for that, but POS is more accurate for the likes of a Dan Rostenkowski or a Hillary Clinton.

At this point, I’m just fucking with Yella. Probably a decent feller. But whoooo boy, he would have been carter, except worse. But then again, had he won we wouldn’t have to hear the leftists blaming Reagan 40 years later about “trickle down doesn’t work!” and. “he closed the mental hospitals!”

Heard the “Reagan closed the mental institutions” excuse just yesterday to explain why there is so much homelessness here in the Bay Area.

Shameless liars, every single one of them

If that were true, there has been 40 years to fix this supposed travesty.

MikeDamone

YellowSnow said:

SFGbob said:

MikeDamone said:

Southerndawg said:

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

SFGbob said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

Both Nixon and Reagan put up victories that today's candidates can only dream of

Nixon came close in 1972 with 49 states but McGovern still won MA 54% to 45% and got 200,000 more votes there. MA must not have been in play that year. Reagan came damn close to taking down Mondale in his home state.

It's mindboggling that so much of the country could agree on one candidate and platform. We're never gonna see a POTUS take more than low 50's in the popular vote any time soon, let alone get more than 40 states.

Country has changed quite a bit since 1984. Mondale was an old school liberal like his mentor Humphrey. They wanted a more generous and larger welfare state but there was never a doubt that both of them were patriots who loved the country. That's not true of many people on the left today.

McGovern was a patriot and a war hero too. Flew B-24s out of Italy in WWII.

He was a piece of shit

Fuck off. You can say you disagree with his politics. But his war record is not in question. He got a Distinguished Flying Cross for saving his crews lives. Only medal above this is the CME.

He’s was a piece of shit because of everything. Probably blew dudes too. Statist.

A bit strong. He wasn't leadership material, that's for sure, and he was a statist, so FTG for that, but POS is more accurate for the likes of a Dan Rostenkowski or a Hillary Clinton.

At this point, I’m just fucking with Yella. Probably a decent feller. But whoooo boy, he would have been carter, except worse. But then again, had he won we wouldn’t have to hear the leftists blaming Reagan 40 years later about “trickle down doesn’t work!” and. “he closed the mental hospitals!”

Heard the “Reagan closed the mental institutions” excuse just yesterday to explain why there is so much homelessness here in the Bay Area.

Shameless liars, every single one of them

I always thought it was Nurse Ratched that got the mental hospitals closed.

Wood hit nurse ratcheted

YellowSnow

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

SFGbob said:

MikeDamone said:

Southerndawg said:

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

SFGbob said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

Both Nixon and Reagan put up victories that today's candidates can only dream of

Nixon came close in 1972 with 49 states but McGovern still won MA 54% to 45% and got 200,000 more votes there. MA must not have been in play that year. Reagan came damn close to taking down Mondale in his home state.

It's mindboggling that so much of the country could agree on one candidate and platform. We're never gonna see a POTUS take more than low 50's in the popular vote any time soon, let alone get more than 40 states.

Country has changed quite a bit since 1984. Mondale was an old school liberal like his mentor Humphrey. They wanted a more generous and larger welfare state but there was never a doubt that both of them were patriots who loved the country. That's not true of many people on the left today.

McGovern was a patriot and a war hero too. Flew B-24s out of Italy in WWII.

He was a piece of shit

Fuck off. You can say you disagree with his politics. But his war record is not in question. He got a Distinguished Flying Cross for saving his crews lives. Only medal above this is the CME.

He’s was a piece of shit because of everything. Probably blew dudes too. Statist.

A bit strong. He wasn't leadership material, that's for sure, and he was a statist, so FTG for that, but POS is more accurate for the likes of a Dan Rostenkowski or a Hillary Clinton.

At this point, I’m just fucking with Yella. Probably a decent feller. But whoooo boy, he would have been carter, except worse. But then again, had he won we wouldn’t have to hear the leftists blaming Reagan 40 years later about “trickle down doesn’t work!” and. “he closed the mental hospitals!”

Heard the “Reagan closed the mental institutions” excuse just yesterday to explain why there is so much homelessness here in the Bay Area.

Shameless liars, every single one of them

I always thought it was Nurse Ratched that got the mental hospitals closed.

Wood hit nurse ratcheted

Agree. Repeatedly.