DBWI: US Presidential election, 1976

Voting Intentions, 1976


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Who will you vote for? I think the achievements of the past few years should not be understated. When RFK lost the nomination in 1968, few expected him to run against an omnipotent Richard Nixon in 1972. But after Nixon's assassination by Bremer in Ottawa, he easily won the 1972 nomination and wiped the floor with President Agnew. He even won most of the South except AL, MS, LA, and TX. Nixon's stabilization of Vietnam means that the Community Corps and free trade with Canada and the EEC are priorities for the next term. Even though I voted for Nixon in 1968, I'll vote for the President next week.

Incumbent President: Robert Kennedy (D)
 
In my opinion, one Kennedy was too many. I'm not confident that RFK will take a hard enough line with the Soviets, and the way he acted at the Munich Conference hasn't helped my opinion of him in that regard. Reagan promises a tough attitude, "Peace through Strength" and all that.
I've voted Republican for a long time, no reason to stop now.
 
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Are we talking about when he basically told VGE to allez vous faire? That was ghastly.

* In French, that means to f-k off.
 
The White House is no place for a Cowboy Actor.

The economy is improving thanks to Kennedy and we maintain a detente with the Soviets that keeps Armageddon at bay. We don't need a whole lotta Libertarian economic dribble and aggression against the USSR to screw that up.
 
Neither is it a place for an alcoholic womanizer, but that's neither here nor there.

OOC: RFK was the most religious of his brothers (and was rather religious at that) and was neither a womanizer or alcoholic to my knowledge.

IC:

Which is why there isn't one in the White House right now.
 
OOC: RFK was the most religious of his brothers (and was rather religious at that) and was neither a womanizer or alcoholic to my knowledge.

IC:

Which is why there isn't one in the White House right now.
OOC: Losing a Presidentail election can do funny things to a guy. But okay.
IC: Ah, of course, my mistake, I was refering to the Secretary of State, Ted Kennedy. Funny how that could happen, it's not like they're related or have the same name or anything.
 
You mean when he started slurring his words in front of Bill Fulbright? Or when he dropped the F-bomb into an open mike? My cousin, RogueRove, has told me that Ted will be replaced by Cyrus Vance at Foggy Bottom in January. Ted will go to Interior.
 
You mean when he started slurring his words in front of Bill Fulbright? Or when he dropped the F-bomb into an open mike? My cousin, RogueRove, has told me that Ted will be replaced by Cyrus Vance at Foggy Bottom in January. Ted will go to Interior.
Yeah, that's about what I mean. And the...umm...bit where he groped Representative Sisk, on camera.
 
If by weird you mean being the architect of the compromise that allowed the late President Nixon to pass CHIP... He and Marcos are the masters of sarcastic put-downs. Remember the question about entertainment expenses? "Thank you for reminding me that enjoying one's material possessions is a crime."

About the groping: Apparently you could hear the President through the soundproofed doors...
 
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