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Related: About this forumSince Roosevelt, No GOP Presidential Campaign Has Won Vote Without a Bush or Nixon on Ticket
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17632-since-roosevelt-no-gop-presidential-campaign-has-won-vote-without-a-bush-or-nixon-on-ticket-jeb-bush-2016-ughI read this political trivia the other day and was in disbelief for a moment: no Republican presidential campaign has won an election since Roosevelt without a Bush or Nixon on the ticket.
Then I started backtracking and it's true.
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Since Roosevelt, No GOP Presidential Campaign Has Won Vote Without a Bush or Nixon on Ticket (Original Post)
buzzman
Nov 2012
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You have to go back 84 years for the last GOP ticket without a Nixon or a Bush that won
RomneyLies
Nov 2012
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RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)1. You have to go back 84 years for the last GOP ticket without a Nixon or a Bush that won
Hoover/Curtis, 1928.
RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)2. OUCH, watch out for Jeb in 2016.
There's a slew of GHW's grandchildren who are of age to start seeking office, too. George P. just filed to get on the Texas State ballot.
LiberalFighter
(51,038 posts)3. Quick kill off all the Nixon's and Bush's
RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)4. Here's another weird fact
Romney/Ryan was the first GOP ticket without a Bush or a Dole since Nixon/Agnew in 1972.