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im talking all time best elections (US only, since its the only real democracy). what are your faves? mine personaly is this one:  truman was so stupid he didnt even read the paper, and thought he won , making him down as one of the dumbest presidents since george bush. ill be crowdsourcing this for a buzzfeed listicle article so make em good guys
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Gotta be the 2000 election. That thing went down to the wire in spectacular fashion. Every other election pales.
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Jul 21, 2015 22:13
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The 2016 GOP primary
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Jul 21, 2015 22:14
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Runner up: The 2012 GOP primary
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Jul 21, 2015 22:15
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2032 when bristol palin was elected queen of north america on the promise of bombing the nagorno karabakh republic for reason of balancing the budget
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Jul 21, 2015 22:16
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Maw, Maw, where's my pa? He's gone to the White House, ha ha haw!
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Jul 21, 2015 22:27
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comedy option oh wait US only GODDAMMIT
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Jul 21, 2015 22:48
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The 2003 CA Governor election. loving Gary Coleman was trying to be governor.
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Jul 21, 2015 22:53
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dogcrash truther posted:Gotta be the 2000 election. That thing went down to the wire in spectacular fashion. Every other election pales. Agreedery. This isn't a brag because I was absolutely politically retarded at the time, way moreso than I am now (very), but I remember talking to a friend in September or October about how unusually close the race seemed to be going and commenting "oh man, I hope it takes them weeks to figure out who won. I hope they are recounting ballots right up to Inauguration Day." I should have wished for something better instead 
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Jul 21, 2015 23:18
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1800. George Washington was out of the picture, Adams referred to Jefferson as a transvestite, and the guy who wrote the declaration of independence almost lost to the bitchface idiot Aaron Burr, his own chosen running mate.
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Jul 22, 2015 02:54
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dogcrash truther posted:Gotta be the 2000 election. That thing went down to the wire in spectacular fashion. Every other election pales. sounds like you've never heard of Rutherford B Hayes
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Jul 22, 2015 02:56
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2012 for all the repuglican tears
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Jul 22, 2015 03:02
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Paper With Lines posted:1800. Aaron Burr owns for somehow being a worse Vice President than Dick Cheney Best election is 1992
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Jul 22, 2015 03:03
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Paper With Lines posted:1800. Gotta give some love to 1824, when another Adams awoke the unquenchable bloodlust of Andrew Jackson. If you think 2000 was lovely with the guy who lost the popular vote losing, how about the guy who wins both the popular vote and a plurality of the electoral collage losing? Henry Clay only survived probably trading his votes to Adams for the position of Secretary of State by some odd quirk. Maybe Jackson was so mad he couldn't even think of murder?
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Jul 22, 2015 03:24
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As long as Trump keeps laying out sick burns, this one
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Jul 22, 2015 03:25
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Gyges posted:Gotta give some love to 1824, when another Adams awoke the unquenchable bloodlust of Andrew Jackson. If you think 2000 was lovely with the guy who lost the popular vote losing, how about the guy who wins both the popular vote and a plurality of the electoral collage losing? Henry Clay only survived probably trading his votes to Adams for the position of Secretary of State by some odd quirk. Maybe Jackson was so mad he couldn't even think of murder? What is also funny about Clay is he thought himself better than being the VP so he declined William Henry Harrison's VP slot which is  as gently caress because he's the one who died a month in.
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Jul 22, 2015 03:27
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when a corpse won the senate over John Ashcroft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri,_2000
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Jul 23, 2015 15:57
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beyonce had one of the best elections of all time
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Jul 23, 2015 17:07
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:beyonce had one of the best elections of all time keep this kind of bullshit troll in the pink forum jeffery.
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Jul 24, 2015 21:32
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the last one. i dunno what its gonna be like but its bound to be crazy
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Jul 24, 2015 21:43
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Gyges posted:Gotta give some love to 1824, when another Adams awoke the unquenchable bloodlust of Andrew Jackson. If you think 2000 was lovely with the guy who lost the popular vote losing, how about the guy who wins both the popular vote and a plurality of the electoral collage losing? Henry Clay only survived probably trading his votes to Adams for the position of Secretary of State by some odd quirk. Maybe Jackson was so mad he couldn't even think of murder? didn't jackson's own election involve people in washington calling his wife a whore or was that just another insane episode of old hickory's life of violence
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Jul 25, 2015 16:39
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:didn't jackson's own election involve people in washington calling his wife a whore or was that just another insane episode of old hickory's life of violence From pretty much the moment they married to the moment she died his opponents went out of their way to call her a whore. Which is part of why being an opponent of Jackson had a high mortality rate. She died shortly after his election and he blamed every one of his political foes for causing her death. The fact that neither Calhoun or Clay died at his hand is frankly amazing. The death of Rachel Jackson actually lead to one of Jackson's really touching actions. His Secretary of War's wife was ostracized from Washington society because she was deemed lower class and a whore. This pissed Jackson off and when everyone failed to follow his demand that they knock that poo poo off, canned his entire cabinet(which seemed to have originated as a plan by future President Van Buren to gain control of the cabinet). Dude was 110% not down with people disparaging the morals of a man's wife. Calhoun's wife Floride leading the charge against Peggy Eaton really pissed of Jackson since he viewed it as his VP going against him.
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Jul 25, 2015 22:00
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The whole Palin thing was hilarious in 2008 , from when McCain picked her to when she couldn't name any magazines to Tina Feys impressions. Rick Santorum calling Obama a friend of the family , other GOP antics in 2012. Also the Biden and Paul Ryan debate was a loving doozy lol Some other goon mentioned it but California in 03 was pretty spectacular
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Jul 25, 2015 22:29
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Also the Obama Romney debate was classic when Obama talked about Battleships and also the "governor you may proceed" moment.
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Jul 25, 2015 22:33
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Top City Homo posted:when a corpse won the senate over John Ashcroft Okay, this gets my vote Rocks posted:"governor you may proceed" moment. Can someone link this for me? I vaguely remember, but not quite, what it is egon_beeblebrox has issued a correction as of 22:56 on Jul 25, 2015 |
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Jul 25, 2015 22:34
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egon_beeblebrox posted:Can someone link this for me? I vaguely remember, but not quite, what it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfmKpA30Xeo If Candy hadn't done an on the spot fact check it might not have been as great. However Romney does stumble for a second or two after Obama says "Please proceed, governor" because he realizes that something must be wrong.
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Jul 25, 2015 23:14
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Gyges posted:Gotta give some love to 1824, when another Adams awoke the unquenchable bloodlust of Andrew Jackson. If you think 2000 was lovely with the guy who lost the popular vote losing, how about the guy who wins both the popular vote and a plurality of the electoral collage losing? Henry Clay only survived probably trading his votes to Adams for the position of Secretary of State by some odd quirk. Maybe Jackson was so mad he couldn't even think of murder? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0max6HBUmd0
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Jul 26, 2015 00:56
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My favorite: When Aaron Burr tried to pull a fast one over Thomas Jefferson to steal the election and then when it backfired they still had to be President and VP together. And then Burr got all pissy, shot Hamilton, formed a militia, ran away, got called out for treason, fled to Europe, lived on Craven Street in London, married a younger woman, spent all her money and was divorced after only four months, and then died.
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Jul 26, 2015 01:03
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Gravy Train Robber posted:My favorite: When Aaron Burr tried to pull a fast one over Thomas Jefferson to steal the election and then when it backfired they still had to be President and VP together. And then Burr got all pissy, shot Hamilton, formed a militia, ran away, got called out for treason, fled to Europe, lived on Craven Street in London, married a younger woman, spent all her money and was divorced after only four months, and then died. You forgot to mention the treason was trying to carve out a new country that was ruled by himself from the Louisiana Purchase. If only Hamilton had the dueling prowess of Jackson. He could have planned it out to take Burr's shot and then take his time so he could shoot that fucker right in the throat.
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Jul 26, 2015 01:54
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1912 was kinda funny Top City Homo posted:when a corpse won the senate over John Ashcroft The world would have been better off with Ashcroft in the Senate instead of getting appointed AG though.
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Jul 26, 2015 02:04
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Whiskey Sours posted:The world would have been better off with Ashcroft in the Senate instead of getting appointed AG though. world would have been better off without Ashcroft, period.
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Jul 26, 2015 02:32
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Gravy Train Robber posted:My favorite: When Aaron Burr tried to pull a fast one over Thomas Jefferson to steal the election and then when it backfired they still had to be President and VP together. And then Burr got all pissy, shot Hamilton, formed a militia, ran away, got called out for treason, fled to Europe, lived on Craven Street in London, married a younger woman, spent all her money and was divorced after only four months, and then died.  (and agreed)
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Jul 26, 2015 02:44
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1920, Eugene V. Debs runs as a write-in candidate for the Socialist Party of America while imprisoned and disenfranchised for life for his statements against the draft and American support for WWI. He still got 913,693 (3.41%) votes. He was down from his last run in 1912, though, when he got 901,551 (5.99%) of the vote (which holy poo poo that population boom in 8 years).
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If you're getting excited to watch The Donald cut a bloody swath across the GOP primaries then you ought to say a little prayer of thanks to Andrew Jackson, the crackpot who originally opened the floodgates for every genocidal populist to capture the heart of America's great unwashed. At Jackson's victory party the White House was opened to the public, resulting in thousands of dollars of damage as drunken revelers smashed their way through the entire building. Jackson had to slip out of a side window to escape and the crowds were only cleared after the supply of alcohol was moved out onto the front lawn. Jackson helped pioneer a particular style of US politics that champions the everyday white man against both Washington / financial elites and 'inferior' races such as blacks and natives, and he could troll the French better than George Dubya.
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