I have told this story a number of times, and I just now actually wrote it well for a Billikens.com post. So I will post it here too….<\/p>\n
Everyone thinks that Gore is an out-there choice for 2008, and it may be…But, I think we should look at the following before we necessarily rule him out.<\/p>\n
Candidate A and Candidate B are running for President in #. Candidate B is the current VP. Candidate B struggles with being in the shadow and the impact of his popular predecessor (the current President who he is VP to). Candidate A wins with the help of a very contested election in State Z. Administration A (Candidate A) is immensely unpopular early in his term. There is a national crisis which Administration A handles well. Administration A is popular. Administration A starts getting significantly involved in a war abroad. Administration A suffers national tragedy. Administration A rides that sympathy\/sentiment to re-election defeating a “poor choice” in Candidate B’s party in election #+4.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Candidate B suffers in the public eye. However, he starts reshaping his image over the years.<\/p>\n
Administration A suffers politcally because of the war they got involved in. The American people don’t see an end to the war. Candidate B decides to run for president again. Candidate B makes a comeback citing the good times of old when he was VP. Candidate B wins this time in November #+8. Meanwhile, Richard Nixon (Candidate B)<\/em> suffers in the public eye (Losing Gubernatorial Race in California). However, he starts reshaping his image over the years.<\/p>\n Johnson Administration (Administration A)<\/em> suffers politcally because of Vietnam (the war they got involved in)<\/em>. The American people don’t see an end to the war. Richard Nixon (Candidate B)<\/em> decides to run for president again. Richard Nixon (Candidate B) <\/em>makes a comeback citing the good times of old (gotta love the ’50s) when he was VP. Richard Nixon (Candidate B)<\/em> wins this time in 1968.<\/p>\n Now, let’s apply this to some more modern settings. Meanwhile, Al Gore (Candidate B)<\/em> suffers in the public eye (The Beard Phase, the Liberalness, Endorsing Dean). However, he starts reshaping his image over the years. (Anyone see that nice article about Katrina & Gore?)<\/p>\n Bush Administration (Administration A)<\/em> suffers politcally because of the war they got involved in. The American people don’t see an end to the war. Al Gore (Candidate B)<\/em> decides to run for president again. Al Gore (Candidate B)<\/em> makes a comeback citing the good times of old (gotta love the ’90s) when he was VP. Al Gore (Candidate B)<\/em> wins this time in November 2008 (#+8)<\/em>. I have told this story a number of times, and I just now actually wrote it well for a Billikens.com post. So I will post it here too…. Everyone thinks that Gore is an out-there choice for 2008, and it may be…But, I think we should look at the following before we necessarily rule him […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gore-theory","category-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nNow…Who’s story is this? It isn’t a prediction of the future…It happened. Here is the story again, with names.
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\nJohn Kennedy (Candidate A) <\/em>and Richard Nixon (Candidate B) <\/em>are running for President in 1960 (#). Nixon is the current VP. Nixon struggles with being in the shadow and the impact of his popular predecessor, Eisenhower (the current President who he is VP to)<\/em>. Kennedy wins with the help of a very contested election in Illinois (State Z)<\/em>. Kennedy (Administration A (Candidate A))<\/em> is immensely unpopular early in his term (Bay of Pigs)<\/em>. There is The Cuban Missile Crisis (national crisis which Kennedy Administration (Administration A)<\/em> handles well. Kennedy Administration (Administration A) <\/em>is popular. Kennedy Administration (Administration A)<\/em> starts getting significantly involved in Vietnam, a war, abroad. Kennedy Administration (Administration A)<\/em> suffers national tragedy (JFK’s Assasination)<\/em>. Johnson Adminstration (Administration A)<\/em> rides that sympathy\/sentiment to re-election defeating a “poor choice” in Republican (Candidate B’s)<\/em> party in 1964 (#+4)<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nGeorge W. Bush (Candidate A)<\/em> and Al Gore (Candidate B)<\/em> are running for President in 2000. Al Gore (Candidate B)<\/em> is the current VP. Al Gore (Candidate B)<\/em> struggles with being in the shadow and the impact of his popular predecessor, Bill Clinton (the current President who he is VP to). Bush (Candidate A)<\/em> wins with the help of a very contested election in Florida (State Z)<\/em>. The Bush Adminstration (Administration A (Candidate A))<\/em> is immensely unpopular early in his term. There is 9\/11 (a national crisis)<\/em> which the Bush Adminstration (Administration A)<\/em> handles well. Bush Administration (Administration A) is popular. The Bush Administration (Administration A)<\/em> starts getting significantly involved in Iraq (a war abroad). Bush Adminstration (Administration A)<\/em> suffers national tragedy (Still Riding 9\/11, War on Terror, and Iraq (i.e. Getting Saddam). Administration A rides that sympathy\/sentiment to re-election defeating a “poor choice” in Gore’s (Candidate B’s)<\/em> party in election 2004 (#+4)<\/em>.<\/p>\n
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