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| December 7th, 2021 at 8:35:37 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
I can't believe you found somebody to take the bet. Bob Dole was awful and Clinton won in a landslide if I recall correctly. I didn't even bother voting because I knew what was going to happen. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| December 7th, 2021 at 11:52:26 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
The guy really disliked Dole and said he was taking insurance. However, he was a politically sharp guy. He probably knew it was a terrible bet on his end and was just being nice to me. I was an expectant father in a one-income family at the time, so maybe he was just being charitable. I could picture him doing that. He was not as foolish with other bets we made after that when I wasn't struggling financially. Yes, you're right. It was a landslide for Clinton. I voted for some third-party candidate, just to make a statement vote against the two-party system. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| December 10th, 2021 at 12:54:25 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 | Michael Nesmith Huge Monkees fan back in the day Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| December 10th, 2021 at 8:57:02 PM permalink | |
| ddloml Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1 Posts: 27 | Al Unser - 4 time Indy 500 winner at age 82. |
| December 10th, 2021 at 10:53:20 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
All I remember about him is his mother invented White Out. A product that has probably gone out a business since the invention of the home computer. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| December 11th, 2021 at 4:14:59 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18209 |
Not at all. You can still need to white stuff out to make a scan. The President is a fink. |
| December 11th, 2021 at 6:38:10 AM permalink | |
| SOOPOO Member since: Feb 19, 2014 Threads: 22 Posts: 4175 |
Why didn’t you just get off your ass and get a job? (Teasing…) Pro football recently retired player Demaryius Thomas. Sounds weird. |
| December 12th, 2021 at 4:55:51 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | The Republican candidate for the 6 previous elections was: 1972 Nixon - won 1976 Ford - lost 1980 Reagan - won 1984 Reagan - won 1988 Bush - won 1992 Bush - lost
In 1996 Bob Dole won 19 states, 18 of which had voted Republican in 5 or 6 of the previous 6 elections. The sole exception was Georgia who had voted for Jimmy Carter twice, but was now becoming more Republican. (Electoral College was 379 to 159) ============== did not vote Democratic once from 1972-1992 (6 elections) 6 Oklahoma 6 Kansas 6 Utah 6 Nebraska 6 Idaho 6 Alaska 6 North Dakota 6 South Dakota 6 Wyoming 6 Indiana 6 Virginia ============== Southern states that voted Carter in 1976 5 Alabama 5 Mississippi 5 North Carolina 5 South Carolina 5 Texas ============== Mountain states voted Cinton in 1992 5 Montana 5 Colorado ============== voted Carter in 1976 & 1980 and Clinton in 1992 3 Georgia Arizona was the only state that had voted Republican in 6 previous elections, but did not vote for Bob Dole. Dole had 9 fewer electoral college votes than Bush had earned during his re-election campaign in 1992. Dole won Montana, Colorado and Georgia which Bush had lost, but Dole lost Arizona & Florida which Bush had won. You weren't the only one. 104.4 million votes in 1992 96.3 million votes in 1996 Bush won 39 million votes in 1992 with Perot winning 19.7 million and Bill Clinton winning 44.9 million Dole won 39 million votes in 1996 with Perot winning 8.1 million and Bill Clinton winning 47.4 million Obama's re-election didn't have nearly as big a drop in total votes (2.1 million) 131.3 million in 2008 129.1 million in 2012 The one thing you can unequivocally say about Trump is that he made people vote 136.7 million in 2016 158.4 million in 2020 |
| December 28th, 2021 at 9:57:03 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | So, who is the winner for 2021? Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| December 28th, 2021 at 5:23:47 PM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12525 | John Madden, 85 Harry Reid, 82 (they just renamed the LAS airport after him) Busy night! “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |