Think. Think. And think some more.
I can perfectly understand how Clinton was able to defeat Bush 41. Why would anyone need to “give” someone the presidency when that wannabe President was perfectly capable of getting it. Bush 41 vs. Bill Clinton? We had to do a lot of double takes back in that day, at first, due to our disbelief that America would fall for Bill.
But looking back, we were incredibly naive to think Bush 41 ever had a chance in that race. In my view there is no way he could have won it. It was barely plausible that Clinton could have lost it due to something awful sweeping the airwaves and nauseating the public, when he was being newly intro’d to America. But that was prevented from happening by the media and by the Clinton Machine.
I also easily find non-conspiratorial explanations for each thing you wonder about, doug.
I didn’t say Clinton was handed the presidency. I wonder why they seem to be so cozy. It is more than being in the former presidents’ club. Carter will never be cozy with W. The Clintons have never been prosecuted because of mutual blackmail. It is all such a dirty, corrupt business in DC. I have wondered if the mututal blackmail really does go back to Mena.
Ross Perot ran for Prez in 1992. He got 19% of the vote — Clinton only had 43% of the popular vote, and Daddy Bush staggered in at 37%. Why would Perot do this except to throw the election to Clinton? What was in it for him? Why did Larry King give Perot such a continuous forum if not to make sure that everyone knew not to vote for BushI?
I am looking for the same thing to happen in 2008. It’ll be a whole lot of fringe party candidates and the MSM will convince everyone that all the Repubs stink. Commissar Hillary could actually win it with 34-35% of the popular vote if enough is pulled away by the fringers. The voter fraud in the next election is bound to reach epic proportions.
Our best hope is to convince everyone that Hillary is unelectable and the Dems do go for Obama - the true lightweight out if far Left Field.
IIRC, Bush 1 did not even start to campaign until after the Republican National Convention. It seemed to me that he didn't really want to be Pres again until he realized that all of his friends and supporters would be out of a job. By then, combined with the Perot factor, it was too late.
The DBM was really terrible then too. I remember a double page spread in either Time or Newsweek which had Clinton on one page dressed in athletic clothes and Bush 1 on the other dressed in a white sparkly Elvis outfit with a guitar. WHAT!!! Bush 1 was an outstanding college athlete and Clinton was a pudgy doughboy. The DBM had lots of power even then.