Reply #39: I still don't understand it either ...

[Pepperbelly]

I mean ... I could understand Nixon winning. He was the incumbent and although he had not ended the war as he promised, he did inherit it without a doubt. When he got it we were in mid-shitstorm. So I didn't expect the citizenry to hold him totally responsible for it. I expected some grief for him because of the bombing and invasion of Cambodia but not a lot.

He didn't get any.

McGovern was a very decent, intelligent, honorable man with an exemplery record of achievement. He should not have lost that badly. The Egleton/Shriver thing was unfortunate but not a deal breaker. Nixon's CREEP did a lot of 'rat fucking' during the election but that couldn't have accounted for the wave of support for Nixon.

The only thing tho ... waking up on the day after the election wasn't very pleasant although I do remember than as the Supreme Court effectively appointed Bonehead in 2K, the weather turned cloudy, windy and cold and then we were hammered with an ice storm. Omens are kinda tough to swallow but that one ... :shrug: