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ZachMettenbergerFan - The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
A little thing I whipped up for my first alternate list.
The More The Things Change, The More They Stay The Same 1961-1969: Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY)/Everett Dirksen (R-IL) [1] def. 1960: Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)/Stuart Symington (D-MO)
def. 1964: Mike Mansfield (D-MT)/John Sparkman (D-AL) 1969-1974: John Connally (D-TX)/Happy Chandler (D-KY) [2] def. 1968: Everett Dirksen (R-IL)/Daniel J. Evans (R-WA) def. 1972: John Lindsay (R-NY)/Thomas Kuchel (R-CA) 1974-1976: Happy Chandler (D-KY)/Vacant [3]
1976-1977: Happy Chandler (D-KY)/Fred Harris (D-OK) [4] 1977-1985: Thomas Kuchel (R-CA)/Arlen Specter (R-PA) [5] def. 1976: Happy Chandler (D-KY)/Fred Harris (D-OK)
def. 1980: Clyde M. See, Jr. (D-WV)/Ted Schwinden (D-MT) 1985-1993: Larry McDonald (D-GA)/Vance Hartke (D-IN) [6] def. 1984: Arlen Specter (R-PA)/John Spellman (R-WA) def, 1988: Mark Hatfield (R-OR)/Jack Kennedy (R-MA), Hunter S. Thompson (FP-CO)/George McGovern (I-ND) 1993-1997: Vance Hartke (D-IN)/Mary Landrieu (D-LA) [7] def. 1992: Ron Paul (R-TX)/George Bush (R-CT) 1997-2005: Jack Kennedy (R-MA)/Jon Huntsman Jr. (R-UT) [8] def. 1996: Vance Hartke (D-IN)/Mary Landrieu (D-LA) def. 2000: Mark Pryor (D-AR)/Mark Begich (D-AK) 2005-2013: Haley Barbour (D-MS)/Joe Lieberman (D-CT) [9] def. 2004: Jon Huntsman Jr. (R-UT)/Buddy Roemer (R-LA) def. 2008: Michael Bloomberg (R-NY)/Jim Jeffords (R-VT),Gary Johnson (iR-NM), Rand Paul (iR-TX) 2013-present: Barry Obama (R-HI)/George Bush (R-CT) [10] def. 2012: John Edwards (D-NC)/Natalie Tennant (D-WV) def. 2016: Ted Cruz (D-TX)/Evan Bayh (D-IN)
[1] "Though Dick could not be here tonight, I am assured he looks down upon us with happiness, as he has seen what we can, and we will, accomplish." [2] "Now, I have not, nor will I ever, lie under oath in a court of law. I did not take that money." [3] "Today, we must move forward from the mistakes of the past. We must march to a new tomorrow." [4] "Our nation is in a crisis of confidence, and my opponent is too unqualified to lead us out of it." [5] "We will fix the mistakes of our predecessors, we will clean up Washington, and we will set the nation on the right path forward." [6] "I will bring the United States back to sensibility and I will regain the respect we have lost from other nations. [7] "We will further our nation to heights it has never seen before." [8] "Our nation is one of progress and innovation, and we cannot allow ourselves to be held back by the chains of the past." [9] "The people demand change, and by God almighty, we will give it to them." [10] "Our nation cannot live in fear and it will not live in fear. Tomorrow, people will believe in the American dream again."