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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHave Americans ever elected anyone like Trump (in the modern era)?
Specifically I'm referring to someone who regularly insults people in a very rude manner, spouts ridiculous things, promotes conspiracy theories, and who is clearly a bigot.
How is this POSSIBLY a winning combination? How is this guy considered a viable presidential candidate at all?
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Have Americans ever elected anyone like Trump (in the modern era)? (Original Post)
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2016
OP
wow, some eerie similarities there... but Pat was a little more subtle in his speeches, wasn't he?
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2016
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liberal N proud
(60,302 posts)1. Or in any era
This guy would be a time bomb if he were to ever gain power.
lapfog_1
(29,166 posts)2. only Nixon would come close
and he kept his more vitriolic opinions to himself and his closest advisers.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)6. I guess Agnew was known for his insults, wasn't he?
lapfog_1
(29,166 posts)11. but at least he or his speech writers had a vocabulary
nattering nabobs of negativism.
gordianot
(15,226 posts)3. The closest to Trump in ambition was Aaron Burr.
A treasonous crook, and ultimately a murderer.
pampango
(24,692 posts)4. No. Pat Buchanan was the most like Trump but he never won their nomination.
In Buchanan's 1992 primary run:
...platform of immigration reduction and social conservatism, including opposition to multiculturalism, abortion, and gay rights.
In 1996:
... opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
... campaign co-chairman, Larry Pratt, appeared at two meetings organized by white supremacist and militia leaders. endorsed by conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly among others.
The line "The peasants are coming with pitchforks" became somewhat of a slogan for the campaign, with Buchanan occasionally appearing with a prop pitchfork at rallies.
... campaign co-chairman, Larry Pratt, appeared at two meetings organized by white supremacist and militia leaders. endorsed by conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly among others.
The line "The peasants are coming with pitchforks" became somewhat of a slogan for the campaign, with Buchanan occasionally appearing with a prop pitchfork at rallies.
In 2000 as the nominee of the Reform Party:
Buchanan proposed US withdrawal from the United Nations and expelling the UN from New York, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Housing and Urban Development, taxes on inheritance and capital gains, and affirmative action programs.
We may not succeed, but I believe we need a new fighting conservative traditionalist party in America. I believe, and I hope that one day we can take America back.
Some observers said his campaign was aimed to spread his message beyond his white conservative and populist base, while his views had not changed.
We may not succeed, but I believe we need a new fighting conservative traditionalist party in America. I believe, and I hope that one day we can take America back.
Some observers said his campaign was aimed to spread his message beyond his white conservative and populist base, while his views had not changed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Buchanan
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)8. wow, some eerie similarities there... but Pat was a little more subtle in his speeches, wasn't he?
DFW
(54,057 posts)5. Elected to what? Can we include governor of Alabama?
In that case, the name George Wallace comes to mind.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)7. True... but I was thinking for POTUS
Johnny2X2X
(18,745 posts)9. No
Seeing as we do not witness daily public be-headings, and we don't live in the Hunger Games world, no we haven't had anyone like Trump. You'd know if we did.
Third Doctor
(1,574 posts)10. Warren G. Harding?
Sancho
(9,065 posts)12. He was a loser, but George Wallace would be the closest that comes to mind.