Great Moments in "Conventional Wisdom About the Presidential Election"

[scheming daemons]

1948: "That Harry Truman can't win. Any President who integrates the negroes into the armed forces has no chance."

Oops.


1960: "John Kennedy can't win. There's no way America is going to vote for a Catholic."

Oops.


1976: "Does anyone really think that an unknown peanut farmer from Georgia could win the Presidency?"

Oops.


1980: "There's no way in hell that the American people will elect a right-wing radical in the tradition of Barry Goldwater."

Oops.


1992: "The Democrats are toast. How can they nominate an ADMITTED adulterer? Two words, people. Gary Hart. Get ready for a fourth Reagan/Bush term."

Oops.


2000: "Does anyone REALLY think that the American people will take a chance on a bible-thumping moron who can't put a sentence together over a sitting vice-president during a time of great peace and prosperity?"

Oops.


2008: "There's no way that America is ready to elect a President who is half-black. Especially one with a muslim-sounding name. Come on."

Oops?

[scheming daemons]

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[Beregond2]

2. Thanks

for some perspective.