1984. Walter Mondale, the Loser of 1984.
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Comic historian Thom Woodley loves at Walter Mondale, the landslide Ronald Reagan reelection of 1984, and growing up in the 1980s in general.
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BOB DOLE BOB DOLE BOB DOLE
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Sad to hear of Bob Dole's passing this week. In honor of the man, here is the Bob Dole chapter from my book Fail to the Chief Vol. 2 (available on Amazon!)
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UPDATE! and 1992: Ross Perot
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Fail to the Chief THE BOOK? Yes indeed.
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1988. Michael Dukakis, a.k.a. Zorba the Clerk.
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Thom Woodley takes you on a tour of presidential losers of the past. In this episode, the George Bush vs. Michael Dukakis election of 1988.
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BONUS: 1980. John B. Anderson, the Best Candidate You Never Heard Of,
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Thom Woodley digs into the losers of presidential history - in this case, the independent candidacy of former Republican Congressman John B. Anderson (IL-16), who lost to Ronald Reagan but might have been the architect of a much better future.
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1972. George McGovern's McGovernment.
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Thom Woodley takes you through the history of the disastrous 1972 presidential campaign of liberal icon and Nixon opponent, George McGovern.
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1968. Hubert Horatio Humphrey, the Happy Handshaker.
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Thom Woodley discusses the losers of presidential history - this year, the big Democratic loser of the chaotic year of 1968, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, who lost to Richard Nixon in the midst of the Vietnam War.
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1968. George Wallace, Segregator-in-Chief
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Rerelease of a 2015 Episode. Just in time for MLK Day, it's our episode on George Wallace, the 3rd party candidate in the 1968 election. Why wasn't he elected president? And how would he have been in office?
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BONUS! The 5th Era of American Politics Review
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In this episode, we explore ALL of the losers of the 5th Period in American Politics (1932-1968), Alf Landon, Wendell Willkie, Thomas Dewey, Adlai Stevenson, Strom Thurmond, Henry Wallace and Barry Goldwater. Where do they rank among the losers of American history?
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1964. In your heart, you know Barry Goldwater's right.
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Amateur historian host Thom Woodley re-releases his 2016 episode on Barry Goldwater, the very conservative-libertarian Republican losing candidate of the 1964 Lyndon Johnson presidential election.
info_outlineWhen Socialist presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs was sentenced for speaking out against World War 1, on September 18, 2018, he gave a stirring speech in support of his beliefs and principles, and in execration of the Espionage Act and the government that had spawned it. I read it here, poorly and quickly, in the streets of NYC!