On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Both Bush Sr and Dukakis were running against the memory of Reagan, which at > the time was a good memory.
Both poor speakers so they ran on other things, like issues or memories. > Both Bush Jr and Gore were running against the memory of Clinton, which at > the time was a soiled memory. Both poor speakers so they ran on other things, like issues or memories. > Kerry was running against Bush Jr, but didnt convincingly win the argument > "I am better than the last guy". Both poor speakers so they ran on other things, like issues or memories. Of these the great orators won Reagan against Carter - OK Carter would have lost to anyone Clinton against Bush Obama against McCain > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Charlie Griefer > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> To an extent, yeah that'll always hold true. The incumbent has made >> mistakes. The challenger has not (at least, not in the capacity of POTUS). >> But Bush Sr wasn't running against Reagan. so that particular comparison >> doesn't work (Dukakis wasn't the predecessor). >> Bush Jr. wasn't running against Clinton. >> Again, Bush Jr. vs. Kerry... Kerry wasn't the predecessor. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287409 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
