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Originally posted by wolf
Dubya who ran against Mr. Charisma himself? I thought it was obvious enough not to need further clarification.
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Indeed. The fact that the electoral college results were a dead heat, and that the outcome of the popular vote conflicted with that of the electoral college vote, just go to show exactly how much American voters (not to be confused with American citizens) really didn't like either one of these men.
And let's rewind to 1996... Bob Dole? ppft. I don't think I'm being original when I say that our primary system seems designed to weed out the most interesting and viable candidates. I think the only reason Clinton got through was that Bush Sr.'s massive popularity after Gulf I scared all the traditional democratic contenders (an early example of what I see as the increasing spinelessness of the Democratic party).