The unpopular incumbent President who had accomplished a lot but had missteps stood down because he knew he wouldn't win. His VP lost relatively narrowly to a totally corrupt, immoral goon who the American people hadn't much loved in the past. There are parallels.
Pre President Nixon was hardly seen as a "totally corrupt, immoral goon" by the majority of Americans though. It took Watergate to get that through most people's skulls.
I didn't say he was seen that way, just that he was. Huge percentages of people in this country think Trump is basically a god who has never done anything wrong in his life, ever.
Oh, also, the Republican candidate expertly played on cultural animus to deliver a big "fuck you" to the social progresses the country had been making. Though this was certainly more dramatic in '68.
2024 was 1968. Let's hope we don't re-run 1972.
No it wasn't. Not even close. 1968 would be riots in Chicago and on the convention floor.
The unpopular incumbent President who had accomplished a lot but had missteps stood down because he knew he wouldn't win. His VP lost relatively narrowly to a totally corrupt, immoral goon who the American people hadn't much loved in the past. There are parallels.
Pre President Nixon was hardly seen as a "totally corrupt, immoral goon" by the majority of Americans though. It took Watergate to get that through most people's skulls.
I didn't say he was seen that way, just that he was. Huge percentages of people in this country think Trump is basically a god who has never done anything wrong in his life, ever.
Oh, also, the Republican candidate expertly played on cultural animus to deliver a big "fuck you" to the social progresses the country had been making. Though this was certainly more dramatic in '68.