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HBI's avatar

I thought of Trump as an 80s Democrat in many respects, but mostly agree.

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Koshmarov's avatar

Trump as the reincarnation of Mondale was kind of wild. The older you get the more surreal everything becomes.

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HBI's avatar

Poor Walter Mondale. By all accounts, a decent enough person.

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Koshmarov's avatar

...and totally outmoded; a '50s Dem in the '80s. His autobiography is instructive.

I always think of Fritz as T-Rex, doomed to extinction yet waving his stubby little arms in outrage. "Where's the beef???"

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publius_x's avatar

I mean, he *was* Carter's Veep. The old party system of awarding the next in line was dumb then, as it was in 2016. In all honesty, Trump could have beaten Reagan in 1984, had he run as a (D) with a "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" anti-Meese message.

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HBI's avatar

That Morning in America crap was tough to beat. And can you imagine Reagan handing Trump his head in a debate? Or have you forgotten how good he was at that shit?

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publius_x's avatar

Trump would have had him flummoxed. Remember his strength was reading a teleprompter as if he wasn't. The moment Trump pulled an off-script gambit, he would be lost.

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HBI's avatar

Reagan's script was pretty good though. We'll never know but one of those jokes would probably have totally wrecked Trump. No matter how hard he punched, Reagan was Reagan.

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Koshmarov's avatar

"Trump could have beaten Reagan in 1984, had he run as a (D) with a "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" anti-Meese message."

Concur. Even if he *didn't* win it would have been a hell of a campaign; far more entertaining than what we got.

"The old party system of awarding the next in line was dumb then, as it was in 2016."

...I missed the part where the Dems ran Biden in 2016? Maybe they should have?

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HBI's avatar

Biden wanted to run; Obama wouldn't support him; Beau Biden's death was in close proximity to the election and I believe Hunter was boning his brother's widow at the time. Stream of consciousness, sorry.

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publius_x's avatar

The Hillary/Jeb election was the "next in line" concept.

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Koshmarov's avatar

Gotcha. Was thinking veeps instead of familial dynasties. Too old-fashioned, or perhaps too new-fashioned.

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