(June 17, 2017 at 7:29 pm)vorlon13 Wrote:(June 17, 2017 at 1:11 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: 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.
Remember the spoof Volkswagen commercial in National Lampoon that said if Ted had had a VW Bug, he would be President? Man, they caught some shit for that!
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
