Mandate Agonistes.

Curly1918 18400 posts Joined: Aug 30, 2017

Posted 2:17 pm on Nov 8, 2024

LBJ, Nixon and Reagan all had landslides and all three administrations ended on sour notes.

Given Trump’s legendary lack of impulse control… what are the odds he will also be cursed?

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Mandate Agonistes. Curly1918 2:17pm · 11/8/24
- imagine all the vaginas he can grab now.NT WestCoastIrishFan 3:33pm · 11/8/24
  - Envy?NT Curly1918 7:00pm · 11/8/24
  - Falls under presidential immunity I assume.NT iairishcheeks 4:47pm · 11/8/24
    - Only at certain times.NT BaronVonZemo 8:32pm · 11/8/24
- What was sour at end of Reagan’s second term? Didn’t Bush 1 win after Reagan?NT jray 2:30pm · 11/8/24
  - Iran/Contra scandal and senility... and he was younger than Trump will be.Link Curly1918 2:47pm · 11/8/24
    - Well, Ollie North was busy keeping promises behind people's backs.NT BaronVonZemo 8:35pm · 11/8/24
- He doesn’t have a mandate even close to what they had. He did win decisively by the standards of Frank L 2:23pm · 11/8/24
  - His devotees believe he has a mandate and given who he is winning a majority seems like one. Curly1918 2:54pm · 11/8/24
    - I think we are saying pretty much the same thing.NT Frank L 3:56pm · 11/8/24
      - Frequently! I just have purged my soul of anger Curly1918 6:44pm · 11/8/24
        
        Wow, didn’t know that. Fred posts here occasionally. My Dad said his teams were juggernauts and he Frank L 6:49pm · 11/8/24
        
        Fred was the younger brother. I met him but we never connectedNT Curly1918 6:53pm · 11/8/24
        
        Big Frank’s grandson also played for the Irish. Remember him well. Good lineman. Don’t know which Frank L 6:57pm · 11/8/24
- Dunno, there's a LOT to fix. But I do know that the Trump Tax Cut gamble won, and it will now be BaronVonZemo 2:18pm · 11/8/24

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