• glimmer_twin [he/him]
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    26 days ago

    Has anyone else ever run a third time after being unsuccessful twice? The thing about the DNC is they have a production line of anonymous tank-raised ghouls, they learned their lesson about hitching their hopes to one egg after Clinton I think

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]
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      26 days ago

      I think Nixon ran several times before getting elected. He was VP to Eisenhower.

      • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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        26 days ago

        He won (as VP to Eisenhower) in '52 and '56, lost the election to JFK in '60, lost his gubernatorial race in '62, lost the primary in '64 to Barry Goldwater, then he won in '68 and '72.

    • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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      26 days ago

      they learned their lesson about

      No they didn't, they learned nothing.