Posted on 04/30/2020 3:33:39 AM PDT by Kaslin
Few Americans can remember past vice presidents such as Charles Curtis, Charles Dawes or Thomas Marshall. In more recent memory, almost no one can recall vice presidential nominees who lost such as William Miller, Sargent Shriver or Lloyd Bentsen.
John Nance Garner served as Franklin D. Roosevelt's vice president for two terms (1933-1941), but he nonetheless described his eight years as "not worth a bucket of warm spit." Except "spit" was a euphemism used in place of Garner's profane slang for urine.
Garner was edged out of the job when leftist Henry Wallace replaced him.
But later, as World War II raged in July 1944, the frail Roosevelt was visibly suffering from a host of ailments during his third term. Rumors swept Washington that FDR was increasingly unable to meet the demands of the presidency.
After all, Roosevelt was 62, a paraplegic, smoker and social drinker who suffered from congestive heart failure. For nearly 12 years he had already endured the most stressful presidency in history, guiding the country through both the Great Depression and World War II.
Still, Democrats were convinced that FDR was their only hope in November 1944. Party bosses were confident that he could win an unprecedented fourth term over staid Republican nominee Thomas Dewey.
As a result, the Democratic vice presidential nominee that year was thought likely to be the next president -- and far sooner than later.
Vice President Wallace had strong socialist sympathies. Southern Democrats and moderates were terrified that if Wallace remained in office, he would frighten away enough voters to ensure Roosevelt's defeat. Or, worse still, Wallace might become America's first de facto socialist president -- right when Americans were starting to fear their wartime communist ally the Soviet Union.
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The thing is that Biden has already pandered - going to pick woman or minority.
If he had done a search with everyone - and then said Warren or Harris is my choice, that would have been something.
However, everyone knows he is picking for optics first-most now.
Weinstein is almost a perfect match.
He’s locked into a woman of “color”. If he deviates he’ll piss off the loony left base. The more colorful the better.
In the article it says Democratic establishment dodged a bullet by not having a Socialist nominee for President. They were more worried that the whole party would be exposed as a bunch of leftists. They just pretend to be moderates. Fakes. Liars. One and all.
The buck starts here |
I would ban democtas / socialists / communists from running for any office.
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