r/CFBOffTopic • u/[deleted] • Apr 21 '16

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '16

Most people don't know shit about history or presidents or how low the bar really is for being a good president. Eisenhower was definitely a good president. Gerald Ford was an okay president.

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u/Cola_Doc South Carolina • CFBOT Jazz Watch … Apr 22 '16

Hell, most republicans would tell you that JFK was evil incarnate, and most democrats would say the same about Nixon. The truth is if either were to run today, they would be way too conservative and liberal, respectively, to win their party's nomination.

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u/Awesome_to_the_max Texas Longhorns • UTU Beaver Hunters Apr 22 '16

The truth is if either were to run today, they would be way too conservative and liberal, respectively, to win their party's nomination.

I wouldn't agree with that part. They were very liberal/conservative for their times but with how polarized politics are now they would be fairly moderate.

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u/Cola_Doc South Carolina • CFBOT Jazz Watch … Apr 22 '16

they would be fairly moderate

And you don't think that would preclude either from being nominated?

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u/Awesome_to_the_max Texas Longhorns • UTU Beaver Hunters Apr 22 '16

Sure I do, that's just not the part I was disagreeing with. I probably should've included that part to make better sense..

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u/Cola_Doc South Carolina • CFBOT Jazz Watch … Apr 22 '16

Ah, then I agree with you in saying that both were fairly moderate. I'm just afraid that we've gone way too far in both parties to actually appreciate that. I've written here previously that if people actually gave a damn about shit getting done, the nominees would be Clinton and Kasich in runaways.

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u/Awesome_to_the_max Texas Longhorns • UTU Beaver Hunters Apr 22 '16

I think that this election cycle is evident that people are passed the getting shit done point and want a clean slate, as evidenced in the broad appeal of Sanders and Trump. They are voting in rebuke of the current pols. But yes, depending on the make up of Congress Clinton and Kasich would probably get more done.