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Originally Posted by kane
Example #1 - Gore V Bush 2000: Gore is basically handed the presidency on a silver platter. Clinton is very popular as he leave office and Gore is a sure thing.
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Very false. The electorate had Clinton fatigue, Gore was at a disadvantage because while the economy was strong people were tired of the scandals and gridlock. Sitting VP's have a very hard time getting elected president. George HW Bush was the exception, not the rule.
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Originally Posted by kane
Example #2 - Kerry V Bush 2004: Bush is very unpopular. The economy is in the shiter and things are looking bad for us globally. Kerry comes out strong and seems very presidential. The guy can speak and debates well and is a decorated military veteran. The Bush hits him with the swift boat stuff and Kerry, for reasons known only to him, decides he isn't going to fight back. Guess what? The people want to vote for someone that will fight for them and stand up for them and if Kerry won't defend himself how will he defend us? So, as we know, he loses.
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Kerry didn't come out strong, the convention was a joke. He "almost" made up for it at the debates, but not quite.
He was not a very compelling candidate, but he was the best in a group of second tier candidates. (Notice that Clinton, Gore, Biden, etc all sat 2004 out?)
It's very very rare for an incumbent president to lose during wartime....and as much as people hate Bush now, you forget that he was pretty popular in 2004....AND at that time we still thought we would find WMD in Iraq, and that the Iraq war was justified.
Public opinion on those critical issues didn't turn until the 2006 election.
Also, Obama has proven again and again in this election cycle that he'll punch back, that he won't ignore an attack, no matter how idiotic the attack or attacker may be (see Jerome Corsi)
The rest of what you said was filled with even more distortions and misinformation than the shit I quoted above. You have no earthly idea what you're talking about.
Quit spitting out shit you heard in the barber shop as if it were fact.