(June 17, 2017 at 1:11 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(June 17, 2017 at 11:01 am)vorlon13 Wrote: In my recollection, I come up with Ted Kennedy vs Carter's re-election bid. But Ted didn't win the nomination, but he had considerable support.
Ted probably didn't have a chance however, and we'll never know about some of the permutations, but he did not help Carter at all with his challenge. Maybe Reagan would have still won with Ted sitting out the primaries, but it's something to ponder.
My recollection is pretty hazy, but I expect that frustration over the hostage crisis didn't hurt Reagan's odds at all.
Carter's presidency coincided with my first years of being 'out' and sexually active. I'm lucky to remember his name.
I am a Kennedy fan of sorts, and do remember Ted challenging Carter and making quite a ruckus. Granted I'm from a rural area*, but my recollection regarding why Ted failed was pretty much entirely attributable to Chappaquiddick and Mary Joe Kopechne's death. (I was strangely optimistic when Ted passed away that there might have been a final release of information from his files on the matter but there wasn't.) I don't have a theory of my own about what happened, BTW, but I have never read any explanation I found to be cohesive, coherent, and complete either. Ted's own affidavit or deposition or whatever is one of the least plausible and omits explanations and/or acknowledgement of other actions/events that both were proven or absolutely disproven to have occurred that night. Unfortunately, no other scenario ever put forward explains everything to my satisfaction and Mr. Occam's either.
*Memories are long out here, and I can't think of anyone that thought Ted had a chance, where as the 'city folk' were less concerned about Chappaquiddick.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
